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Silvestrov / Part / Ustvolskaya / Lubimov / Trostiansky / Rybakov: Misterioso
by AAJ Italy Staff
Esce per ECM New Series un interessantissimo CD che racconta della musica classica contemporanea russa più di quanto il titolo non voglia. Misterioso sono cinque pezzi di musica da camera: “Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano” (1945) e “Violin Sonata” (1952) della compositrice Galina Ustovolskaya (nata a Leningrado nel 1919), “Spiegel im Spiegel” (1978), in una ...
Francois Couturier: Nostalghia - Song for Tarkovsky
by Brad Glanden
Working in the former Soviet Union during the Cold War era, Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky encountered the repression typically endured by artists operating under the Kremlin's control. Unable to channel his frustrations into explicitly anti-authoritarian films, Tarkovsky instead concentrated on the equally savage conflicts of spirituality. Though the authorities in Russia backed him financially, his films ...
Susanne Abbuehl: Compass
by AAJ Italy Staff
La cantante svizzero-olandese Susanne Abbuehl è solita frequentare territori sofisticati e liminali, nei quali gli stili - jazz, classica, pop - si intrecciano e confondono l’uno con l’altro. E questo Compass, non fa eccezione: la sua impostazione è decisamente cameristico-contemporanea, con prevalenza di atmosfere sospese e pensose, molto nordeuropee, ma richiama anche la poetica di altri ...
Charles Lloyd: Sangam
by AAJ Italy Staff
Storico perlustratore dei più diversi universi musicali, Charles Lloyd ha una considerevole conoscenza della musica orientale; non è perciò un caso che, nell’affrontare un concerto commemorativo del grande batterista e suo collaboratore Billy Hiddings, abbia scelto di esibirsi in un trio includente, accanto ad Eric Harland (batterista del suo quartetto), anche Zakir Hussain, virtuoso indiano della ...
Dino Saluzzi Group: Juan Condori
by Budd Kopman
Juan Condori is one of most heartfelt and deeply moving releases you will come across. It is about remembrance--of childhood, people and place, of things lost and regained, of relationships, of a life lived fully, with intent. It actually does not matter what label you give this music, but if you must, let ...
Trio Beyond: Saudades
by CJ Shearn
Jack DeJohnette always admired his peer, the late great Tony Williams (1945-97). He assembled Trio Beyond with guitarist John Scofield and keyboardist Larry Goldings, with the goal of exploring the music of the Tony Williams Lifetime from 1969, an ensemble that embraced jazz and rock, treating the combination as an entity all its own. The group's ...
Dino Saluzzi Group: Juan Condori
by Robert R. Calder
Juan Condori is useful if you want to find out how Dino Saluzzi, born 1935, a slightly younger veteran bandoneonist, sounds relative to Astor Piazzolla--not only is the setting comparable, but the music made by this family group is well worth hearing anyway. Saluzzi has the more lyrical turn of phrase, and the band has a ...
Mark Feldman: What Exit
by Robert R. Calder
As an instrumentalist, Mark Feldman is mind-boggling. His violin technique isn't lotsa notes, it's careful phrasing and command of tone, and a huge sound which would have offended some pseudo-classicists of some decades ago. It's “Romantic"! For a classy Feldman performance, try “Father Demo Square" here, with Anders Jormin setting the pace (the bassist may be ...
Ralph Towner: Timeline
by AAJ Italy Staff
I dischi di Ralph Towner per sola chitarra si sono fatti più frequenti nel tempo, come se la dimensione intima ad essi collegata fosse diventata quella privilegiata, e la presenza di altri musicisti con cui confrontarsi non più necessaria. Successivo ad Ana e ad Anthem, questo Time Line ne prosegue la linea, con composizioni originali eseguite ...
Mark Feldman: What Exit
by Budd Kopman
Violin, viola and cello are among the last instruments from the traditional orchestra whose sound is fully accepted in modern jazz. (You can also add oboe and bassoon to the list.) In the process of adaptation, some players of these instruments have distanced themselves from the orchestra. One modern jazz string exponent, Mat ...
