Great Britain's MusicWeb said about the disk: "This is an hour of music that
is often profound without being pretentious, sometimes light-hearted but
never 'lite', humorous without being arch, and immensely appealing but never
frivolous...from beginning to end this is a fine, impassioned, attractive
work, played alternately with great vigour and delicacy by both Beln and
Australian pianist David Fung, one that deserves a place in the violin
sonata repertoire." They said of the entire collection, "Quality music,
quality performances, quality production."
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Composer Lawrence Dillon (b. 1959) has produced an extensive body of
work, from brief solo pieces to a full-length opera. Although he lost
50% of his hearing in a childhood illness, he began composing as soon as
he started piano lessons at the age of seven. In 1985, he became the
youngest composer to earn a doctorate at The Juilliard School, and was
shortly thereafter appointed to the Juilliard faculty. Dillon is now
Composer in Residence at the University of North Carolina School of the
Arts, where he has served as Music Director of the Contemporary
Ensemble, Assistant Dean of Performance, and Interim Dean of the School
of Music. He was the Featured American Composer in the February 2006
issue of Chamber Music magazine.