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King Übü Örchestrü 2021: Roi
by John Eyles
The large improvising ensemble King Übü Örchestrü first saw the light of day when they recorded their debut album, Music Is Music Is (Uhlklang, 1985) in Akademie der Künste, Berlin, in December 1984. It was a sign of the times that their trumpeter Mark Charig was prevented from going to Berlin for the recording. But, with players such as drummer Paul Lytton, trombonist Radu Malfatti, cellist Alfred Zimmerlin and violinist Phillipp Wachsmann in the line-up, the music was exceptional. Two ...
read moreAlfred Zimmerlin: Euridice
by AAJ Italy Staff
Primo album ECM per il grande violoncellista (notevole anche come improvvisatore) svizzero Alfred Zimmerlin che presenta tra pezzi “per forze ridotte, tutti in esecuzioni sia piene di energie che di sensibilità": “String Quartet" nr. 1 (2001-2) e nr. 2 (2003), eseguiti in ordine invertito, inframmezzati da “Euridice singt" (2001-4). La musica da camera sembra ancora essere un locus amoenus in cui rifugiarsi per intrecciare trame e lasciare, pur tra quattro pareti, libera l'immaginazione. Zimmerlin lo dimostra concedendosi il lusso del ...
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