FRODE HALTLI | ARDITTI QUARTET | TRONDHEIM SOLOISTS - Air (Sørensen | Abrahamsen) (2016) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

The innovative Norwegian accordionist Frode Haltli is heard here with chamber orchestra, with string quartet and solo, performing music written for him by Danish composers Bent Sørensen and Hans Abrahamsen. Sørensen, he notes, has been an influence on his development  as a player, challenging  perceptions of what can be achieved on  the accordion  through tone control and nuances in soft dynamics, a subject explored in detail on It is Pain Flowing Down Softly on a White Wall, where Haltli is heard with the Trondheim Soloists. Hans Abrahamsen’s Three Little Nocturnes find the accordionist in the company of the redoubtable Arditti Quartet. For the title composition Air, Hans Abrahamsen returned, at Frode Haltli’s suggestion, to the early solo work Canzona,  reworking until it became a new piece “characterized by a great sense of peace and a cohesive form”. ecm
Tracklist :
Bent Sørensen
1    It is Pain Flowing Down Slowly on a White Wall 21'30
Hans Abrahamsen
2    Air 11'04
Three Little Nocturnes
3    Andante amabile 2'23
4    Allegro appassionato 2'34
5    Langsam gehend, immer zögernd, mit unsicheren, schleppenden Schritten 3'50
Bent Sørensen
6    Sigrids Wiegenlied 3'26
Credits :
Frode Haltli - Accordion
Arditti Quartet :   
Irvine Arditti - Violin
Ashot Sarkissjan - Violin
Ralf Ehlers - Viola
Lucas Fels - Violoncello
Trondheim Soloists 

JOHN ZORN : Myth And Mythopoeia (2014) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

This is a fabulous collection of five of Zorn’s most exciting and dynamic recent compositions performed by a variety of new music superstars. Pandora’s Box features the acclaimed Arditti Quartet and the brilliant soprano Sarah Sun in one of Zorn’s most colorful and dramatic compositions. Babel is a hard driving fantasia on one note for solo cello and is performed here by the incredible cellist Jeff Zeigler. Hexentarot and Zeitgehöft are two complex fingerbusters performed by Zorn regulars Otto, Campbell and Gosling, and rounding out the CD is the stunning instrumental Requiem Missa Sine Voces, performed by the renowned Talea Ensemble. TZADIK
Tracklist :
1    Pandora's Box 13'48
Cello [Arditti Quartet] – Lucas Fels
Ensemble – Arditti Quartet
Recorded By – Alex Harker
Viola [Arditti Quartet] – Ralf Ehlers
Violin [Arditti Quartet] – Ashot Sarkissjan, Irvine Arditti
Voice – Sarah Maria Sun
2    Missa Sine Voces 13'25
Bass Drum [Talea Ensemble], Percussion [Talea Ensemble] – Alex Lipowski
Chimes [Talea Ensemble] – Matthew Gold
Conductor [Talea Ensemble] – James Baker
Ensemble – Talea Ensemble
Harp [Talea Ensemble] – Nuiko Wadden
Piano [Talea Ensemble] – Stephen Beck
Vibraphone [Vibes] [Talea Ensemble] – Matthew Ward
3    Zeitgehöft 9'16
Cello – Jay Campbell
Recorded By – Marc Urselli
Violin – Chris Otto
4    Babel 4'56
Cello – Jeff Zeigler
Recorded By – Scott Fraser
Recorded By [Recorded With] – Francisco Botero, Lawson White
5    Hexentarot 6'37
Cello – Jeff Zeigler
Piano – Stephen Gosling
Recorded By – Silas Brown
Violin – Chris Otto

ARDITTI STRING QUARTET - U.S.A. (1994) APE (image+.cue), lossless

Conlon Nancarrow : String Quartet N°1    (10:55)

Elliott Carter : Elegy    (3:39)

Charles Ives : Scherzo    (1:30)

Jay Alan Yim :    Autumn Rhythm    16:50

Morton Feldman : Structures    (6:29)

Alvin Lucier : Fragments    7:22

La Monte Young : On Remembering A Naiad    (6:23)

John Cage : Four    20:00

Arditti String Quartet :
Cello – Rohan de Saram
Viola – Garth Knox
Violin – David Alberman, Irvine Arditti

BRUNO MADERNA : For Strings (Arditti String Quartet) (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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