FLAC tracks +Booklet | Classical | 72:19 | 1CD | 233 MbRoger Smalley (1943–2015) made his mark, first in his native Britain and then in Australia, as composer, pianist, conductor, writer, academic and teacher.

Although as performer and commentator he was at the forefront of musical modernism, he was also very fond of nineteenth-century Romanticism, and much of his music bridges the gap between old and new, retaining its roots in the past while reflecting the concerns of his own time, as the works on this album demonstrate.

Tracklist:01. Albumblatt02. 9 Lives (A Song-Cycle About Cats): No. 1, With Slow & Confidential Pace03. 9 Lives (A Song-Cycle About Cats): No. 2, In a Dim Corner of My Room04. 9 Lives (A Song-Cycle About Cats): No. 3, A Cat Tinkles Discord on a Piano05. 9 Lives (A Song Cycle About Cats): No. 4, Of a Noble Race She Came06. 9 Lives (A Song Cycle About Cats): No. 5, I Am the Cat of Cats07. 9 Lives (A Song Cycle About Cats): No. 6, One of the Clock, and Silence Deep08. 9 Lives (A Song Cycle About Cats): No. 7, The Cat Has a Nervous Ear09. 9 Lives (A Song Cycle About Cats): No. 8, I Shall Go into a Cat10. 9 Lives (A Song Cycle About Cats): No. 9, Observe the Cat upon This Page11. Capriccio No. 112. Barcarolle13. Morceau de concours14. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 1, —15. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 2, —16. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 3, —17. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 4, —18. Piano Pieces I – V: No. 5, —19. 3 Studies in Black & White: No. 1, Gamelan20. 3 Studies in Black & White: No. 2, Moto perpetuo21. 3 Studies in Black & White: No. 3, Dialogue22. Lament for the Victims of Natural Disasters