Metier Records MSV CD92046 (released November 2001) Contents: Sonatina no.2: Ennead (op.26, 2000) along with chamber works: Nocturnal (op.33, 1991) Nancy Ruffer: flute, Julian Warburton: percussion, Corrado Canonici: double bass, Nicolas Hodges: piano Tesserae F - Domination of Black (op.15f, 1999) Andrew Sparling: solo bass clarinet Scardanelli Dreams (op.37, 1997-8) Sue Anderson: mezzo, Nicolas Hodges: piano all first recordings

• 'Nicolas Hodges plays it brilliantly ... vividly gestural, beautifully coloured, and compellingly fluid.'
  Stephen Pettitt, Sunday Times, 2 December 2001 (full text is here)
• 'Nicolas Hodges, the pianist throughout this disc, masters every nuance the musical landscape requires. He can mention as well as mutter, demonstrate as well as remonstrate, but his formidable technique dissolves difficulty and urges on us the attention this music deserves.'
  Peter Dale, Music and Vision Daily, 24 March 2002 (full review is here)
• 'The dedication of the performers in realizing this intricate but vividly imagined music cannot be overstated. A special mention for Nicolas Hodges, whose playing in three of the works has such an intricacy and control that listening becomes a real pleasure.'
  Graham Simpson, International Record Review, April 2002 (p.52)
• 'The performers ... respond with dedication'
  Nicholas Williams, BBC Music Magazine, April 2002 (p.95)
• 'The playing in all of these works is exemplary although I would single out Nicolas Hodges, who handles the considerable technical demands of Connolly’s writing with aplomb.'
  Christopher Thomas, MusicWeb, August 2002 (full review is here)

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