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April 14, 2008
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This sumptuously presented hybrid stereo SACD is enthusiatically recommended to listeners of contemporary classical, especially fans of the Kronos quartet. It will appeal to avant garde art aficionados, and with its complex electric guitar and electronics tracks, also to rock music ... more |
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March 4, 2008
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This is a lovely disc of lyrical short original compositions, performed primarily by the composer-pianist. Mainly in a jazz or jazz/popular idiom, this SACD can be confidently recommended to fans of jazz, popular, folk and new age music.
The 'audiophile disc' has received plenty of deserved ... more |
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January 23, 2008
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This disc comprises eleven original compositions for the unusual combination of cello, trumpet, bassoon and piano/synthesiser. It should appeal to listeners of jazz, New Age, and tonal contemporary classical music. Moreover, the audiophile production qualities are coupled to musical values which are ... more |
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January 1, 2008
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First review of 2008!
Songlines is a Canadian label which promotes the multicultural patrimony of the country's musicians. Its eclectic promotion of avant-garde, world and jazz styles in various presentations of fusion music is reminiscent of Germany's higher profile ECM. The differences seem to be ... more |
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December 10, 2007
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This is another SACD produced by the Norwegian company 2L which features outstanding piano sound. Of the discs I have heard from this source, this seems a particular feature of its music producers and balance engineers. A harmonically rich, even tone from all registers of the keyboard is almost ... more |
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