This is a recently issued album by Dustin O'Halloran, who hails from the same musical ecosystem as Max Richter, Peter Broderick, Nils Frahm and Johann Johannsson. O'Halloran seems to have garnered a loyal following with two previous CDs with solo piano work (I haven't heard them). And he has produced a film score for Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette. Here he mixes piano with string quartet in a suave soundscape that would present a perfect foil for a dentist's waiting room. Max Richter is never far away. Ann thought it reminded her of Cliff Martinez's soundtrack for Soderbergh's Solaris, and she's right. But Solaris is a far more rewarding work. Lumière is a little bit too much of chocolate box romanticism to keep one involved. There are a few moments here and there of genuine, touching introspection. But for the best part it doesn't really catch fire.
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