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Kappeler / Zumthor: Herd

Read "Herd" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe

Swiss duo pianist Vera Kappeler and percussionist Peter Conradin Zumthor deliver a haunting program of eleven simple but effective mood pieces. They share a spare aesthetic which marries elements of minimalism, folk, jazz and circus music into an idiosyncratic, but by no means inaccessible, whole. While their previous outing together, Babylon-Suite (ECM, 2014), was inspired by the biblical Book of Daniel, the genesis of Herd is more mysterious still. The sleeve and liner notes hint at a narrative, but one ...

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Vera Kappeler, Peter Conradin Zumthor: Babylon-Suite

Read "Babylon-Suite" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro

Un'eleganza persino un po' estenuata, benché squarciata da intermittenti bagliori, caratterizza questo che è l'album d'esordio del duo svizzero per l'etichetta di Manfred Eicher. Vi trovano posto composizioni per lo più a firma congiunta (ma “Ne Pidu Ja Do Lesa" è un tema tradizionale ucraino) con cui la coppia risponde a una commissione dell'Origen Cultural Festival (registrazioni del giugno 2013 presso l'Auditorium RTSI di Lugano, ingegnere del suono il nostro Stefano Amerio). “La Babilonia del titolo--ci viene ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Herd

Intakt Records
2021

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Babylon-Suite

ECM Records
2014

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