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Lys means light in violinist Mari Samuelsen's native Norwegian language, and the pieces on this album, with Samuelsen accompanied by the contemporary music orchestra Scoring Berlin and by smaller groupings drawn from that, make reference to the concept of light in some way. It's the kind of album that sticks mostly within a slow-to-moderate tempo range and a meditative mood; when the zippier Midi of Anna Meredith appears at the end, it seems to come out of nowhere. All of the music is by female composers or artists; these include Hildegard of Bingen and Beyoncé, but most are composers aiming at the middle-of-the-road Classic FM listenership and its cousins in other countries. Samuelsen's violin, usually providing a kind of wash layer, is not virtuosic, but its sound has to be carefully controlled so as not to disturb the mood. One's response to the album may depend on one's preferences regarding this genre, but note that Samuelsen works more variety than usual into this fixed framework. Beyoncé's Halo is one example. Another is the inclusion of a light electronic layer in some of the pieces, and a third is the use of some extended violin techniques; hear the quite distinctive pizzicatos in the second of the two excerpts from Caroline Shaw's Plan & Elevation. Deutsche Grammophon's mastering engineers convincingly tie together sound from several sources in various countries, and in general, this is a drive-time classical album that will stretch the ears a bit.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Meredi, Composer, Producer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Dobrinka Tabakova, Composer, Arranger, Work Arranger - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julien Quentin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hannah Peel, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Electronic Percussion - Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Corrigan, Arranger, Orchestrator - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Plan & Elevation (Caroline Shaw)
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Shaw, Composer - Juan Moreno, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Krause, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Shaw, Composer - Juan Moreno, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Krause, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hannah Peel, AssociatedPerformer, Electronic Percussion - Juan Moreno, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Krause, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Laura Masotto, Composer, Music Production, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor, MainArtist - Rutger Hoedemaekers, Producer - Fabien Leseure, Producer, Recording Engineer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Margaret Hermant, Composer, Producer, Harp, Violin, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Hildegard Von Bingen, ComposerLyricist - Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor, MainArtist - Tormod Tvete Vik, Contributor, Transcription - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Beyoncé Knowles, ComposerLyricist - Ryan Tedder, ComposerLyricist - Evan Bogart, ComposerLyricist - Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Muis, Producer - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
24 Preludes for Violin and Piano, Op. 46 (Lera Auerbach)
Lera Auerbach, Composer - Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Julien Quentin, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor, MainArtist - Max Knoth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Hannah Peel, Composer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Max Knoth, Arranger, Work Arranger - Juan Moreno, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Krause, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Erland Cooper, Composer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Jonathan Stockhammer, Conductor, MainArtist - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hania Rani, Composer, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dobrawa Czocher, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Cornelius Dürst, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer - Scoring Berlin, Strings, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Clarice Jensen, Composer, Producer, Programming, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - American Contemporary Music Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Juan Moreno, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Krause, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rupert Coulson, Producer, Mixer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Anna Meredith, Composer, Arranger, Programming, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Moreno, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Götz-Michael Rieth, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Philip Krause, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mari Samuelsen, Producer, Violin, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anusch Alimirzaie, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Lys means light in violinist Mari Samuelsen's native Norwegian language, and the pieces on this album, with Samuelsen accompanied by the contemporary music orchestra Scoring Berlin and by smaller groupings drawn from that, make reference to the concept of light in some way. It's the kind of album that sticks mostly within a slow-to-moderate tempo range and a meditative mood; when the zippier Midi of Anna Meredith appears at the end, it seems to come out of nowhere. All of the music is by female composers or artists; these include Hildegard of Bingen and Beyoncé, but most are composers aiming at the middle-of-the-road Classic FM listenership and its cousins in other countries. Samuelsen's violin, usually providing a kind of wash layer, is not virtuosic, but its sound has to be carefully controlled so as not to disturb the mood. One's response to the album may depend on one's preferences regarding this genre, but note that Samuelsen works more variety than usual into this fixed framework. Beyoncé's Halo is one example. Another is the inclusion of a light electronic layer in some of the pieces, and a third is the use of some extended violin techniques; hear the quite distinctive pizzicatos in the second of the two excerpts from Caroline Shaw's Plan & Elevation. Deutsche Grammophon's mastering engineers convincingly tie together sound from several sources in various countries, and in general, this is a drive-time classical album that will stretch the ears a bit.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:07
- Main artists: Mari Samuelsen Scoring Berlin Jonathan Stockhammer
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2022 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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