Vale

Behind the finest and most moving pieces of contemporary-classical

music lie deeply personal and poignant stories, and Simon Goff's new

album Vale is no exception. The British violinist and composer's dazzling

exploration of the interface between violin and technology and between

the poles of intimacy and grandeur, as rich and deep and wide as the

landscape that lies its heart, named after the Vale of York where Goff

grew up. The album encapsulates not just a landscape but a place in time

and an identity forged through youth and adulthood, all viewed from his

current base in Berlin.