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Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet
by John Eyles
It seems almost inevitable that the five-star, five-disc box set Morton Feldman Piano (Another Timbre, 2019), by Apartment House pianist Philip Thomas, should overshadow Feldman releases on Another Timbre and other labels, not least because of its six-hour duration and Thomas' exquisite performances. However, as the Another Timbre catalogue reveals, there is far more to Feldman than his compositions for solo piano. Two Pianos and other pieces, 1953-1969(Another Timbre, 2014) featured Thomas and John Tilbury playing pieces for two pianos, ...
read morePhilip Thomas: Morton Feldman Piano
by John Eyles
Everything about this six-hour, five-disc box-set of Morton Feldman piano music radiates the care, attention-to-detail and, yes, love that have been invested in producing it. The artwork, packaging, documentation and information are all second to none, as is the crystal-clear recording quality. Any cynic questioning the need for another exquisitely-produced box-set should note that, among its one-hundred-and-fifty-plus releases to date, this is only the second box-set issued by Another Timbre, the first being the much-praised six-disc Wandelweiser und so weiter; ...
read moreMorton Feldman: Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
by John Eyles
"Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello" (often abbreviated to “PVVC") was Morton Feldman's final composition, receiving its premiere on July 4th 1987, less than two months before the composer's death from pancreatic cancer on September 3rd. This recording of the piece dates from January 2017 at Henry Wood Hall, where it was recorded by Simon Reynell. The quartet of Mark Knoop on piano, Aisha Orazbayeva on violin, Bridget Carey on viola and Anton Lukoszevieze on cello had performed “PVVC" the previous September ...
read moreL’arte di ascoltare. Tre nuove uscite dalla Another Timbre
by Enrico Bettinello
Tra le etichette che indagano le sonorità contemporanee sperimentali tra composizione e improvvisazione, con una particolare attenzione agli ambiti più minimali e silenziosi, la Another Timbre si è conquistata in questi anni un posto di assoluto e meritato rilievo. La materia, si sa, non è di facile gestione. Spesso si tratta di proposte che richiedono all'ascoltatore una forte volontà di contribuire al senso stesso della musica e questo è certamente un elemento che--Cage insegna--è di grande fascino ...
read moreMorton Feldman: Two Pianos and other pieces, 1953-1969
by John Eyles
It has become a truism that AMM pianist John Tilbury is an interpreter of Morton Feldman's music par excellence--one of the very best, if not the best. Such opinions are backed up by his Feldman recordings such as Morton Feldman: All Piano (LondonHALL, 1999), Triadic Memories--Notti Stellate A Vagli (Atopos, 2008) and For Philip Guston (Atopos, 2013). Developed over decades, his touch, timing and note placement make Tilbury's readings of Feldman fresh and alive--as close to definitive as one could ...
read moreMorton Feldman: Neither
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Neither is not an opera in any sense of the conventionally accepted form. There is no story, a dramatis personae of just one; no mise-en-scène... and no libretto; just 87 words by the poet and playwright, Samuel Beckett, set down on a page as if it were poetry. While there is a distinct drama in the presentation of the words and music, the absence of theater is palpable. However, there is an almighty intensity that arises from the deeply emotional ...
read moreMorton Feldman: The Viola in My Life
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si registrano i giorni del comporre, le varie partiture, le cangianti sequenze e le varianti di scrittura e di formazione dell'"opera" The Viola in My Life dell'insuperabile Morton Feldman. Fondamentale nella sua essenza “indeterminata" e “indeterminabile," The Viola in My Life marca una rottura decisiva nelle modalità di notazione adottate dal compositore americano. Vicina per periodo in cui è stata composta e analoga per spirito ad un altro sommo capovoloro quale è Rothko Chapel, quest'opera va letta come un tentativo ...
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