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It is James' first album of classical works and the first classical release on our label.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album is presented in a beautiful sleeve featuring a new painting by Billy Childish. The first LP 200 orders will include an art print of the cover and will be signed by James.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cem\u003eMore Info\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003eRevered for his Hammond organ work, soul-jazz grooves, soundtrack-inspired sound, and his three-decade career leading the JTQ, unknown to many is James’ deep love of classical music. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerhaps due to a wariness of the taboos around someone of his background recording classical music, it’s a project he has delayed for some time. Until now. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving worked with James since the formation of the label, we’re hugely proud to go on this journey with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I’ve been wanting to do this for ages because solo classical piano is a big part of my musical life but not its not represented in any way by me publicly… It’s this aspect of my music that informs all the other musical genres that I’m involved in and its central to that, be it orchestrating, performing or composing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - James Taylor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003eRecorded solo on a Steinway grand piano, James performs some of his favourite pieces from the classical cannon, with familiar tunes alongside lesser-known works on this beautiful, atmospheric recording. 'Shadows and Dreams' explores Taylor’s love of classical piano across nine tracks, including his interpretations of pieces by JS and CPE Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Scarlatti.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003eFeeling music must evolve and move forward – much as it did when in the late 1980s the James Taylor Quartet released a jazzy Herbie Hancock cover to indie kids – Taylor feels strongly that these classical sonatas must also be fresh, modern and relevant and shouldn’t just be in the hands of a certain few but shared with the many as their composers intended. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“My sense is that James Taylor Quartet fans may find it pleasant to put this album on while they’re going about their day and hopefully it’ll kindle some kind of new love for this music in them.”\u003c\/span\u003e  - James Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"dm-caption\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'When Ed and I discussed bringing James back to the label, it was the diversity of the music that he wanted to make that truly excited us. 'Shadows And Dreams' was central to that concept'\u003c\/span\u003e - Dean Rudland, Acid Jazz Records \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cem\u003eTracklisting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. J S Bach – Polonaise In G Major BMV 130\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Beethoven – Sonata No 20 Opus 49 'Leichte Sonata' First Movement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Beethoven – Sonata No 20 Opus 49 'Leichte Sonata' Second Movement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. CPE Bach – Solfeggietto In C Minor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Beethoven – Sonata No 8 'Pathetique' Second Movement Adagio Cantabile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. J S Bach – French Suite No 5 Gavotte\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. W A Mozart – Sonata K 545\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8. Domenico Scarlatti – Allegretto In E Minor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9. 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