D'Amore
An unusual pairing – a feast for the senses in stunning sound
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Composer or Director: Traditional, Attilio (Malachia) Ariosti, Garth Knox, Marin Marais, Tobias Hume, Roland Moser, Klaus Huber
Genre:
Chamber
Label: ECM New Series
Magazine Review Date: 9/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 476 6369
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Malor me bat |
Garth Knox, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Garth Knox, Composer |
Variations on 'Les folies d'Espagne' |
Marin Marais, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Marin Marais, Composer |
Manners of Speaking |
Roland Moser, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Roland Moser, Composer |
(A) Pavan |
Tobias Hume, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Tobias Hume, Composer |
(6) Lessons, Movement: Lesson I, in E flat |
Attilio (Malachia) Ariosti, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Attilio (Malachia) Ariosti, Composer Garth Knox, Viola d amore |
...Plainte... |
Klaus Huber, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Klaus Huber, Composer |
Celtic Dance |
Traditional, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Traditional, Composer |
I Once Loved a Lass |
Traditional, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Traditional, Composer |
Jig |
Traditional, Composer
Agnes Vesterman, Cello Garth Knox, Viola d amore Traditional, Composer |
Author: Ivan Moody
The contemporary works, with the exception of Knox’s own inevitably idiomatic fantasy on “Malor me bat”, might seem initially to work against this resonant universe built on the harmonic series, but in fact they are all carefully written with the instrument’s possibilities in mind. Klaus Huber’s …Plainte… is dedicated to Luigi Nono, and it transfers something of the Italian’s fragmented late sound world very successfully to solo viola d’amore, making use in the process of special tunings (three strings are tuned in third-tones). Shortly after listening to this disc for the first time, I was able to hear Knox and Vesterman in concert. While seeing these two instruments interacting as well as hearing them is an undoubted feast of the senses, the stunning sound of this remarkable CD will disappoint nobody.
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