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Traum der Jugend is a 2023 release by the saxophone quartet Kebyart, whose unusual name is a pun of that of the Balinese gamelan Gong Kebyar ensemble, suggesting flaring contrasts but also a sudden realization of group cohesion. Kebyart has such cohesion in spades; this album contains impressive ensemble playing and a fine sense of how to sequence and bring together a diversity of materials. Kebyart sets itself the mission of developing a repertory for saxophone quartet, which is currently almost nonexistent. The group commissions new works, and there is a thoroughly enjoyable one here in the form of Jörg Widmann's seven Capricci for saxophone quartet, which were written for and premiered by the group, notwithstanding the booklet listing saying that all the works on the album were arranged. This is a marvelously idiomatic piece (sample the fifth capriccio, "Keys"). The rest of the album consists of arrangements of various earlier works, with a sort of three-act structure that really shows what is possible with an album of this kind. The middle act, after the Widmann, features sacred pieces and two of Mendelssohn's dense, polyphonic Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81. At the end come two Songs Without Words (Felix Mendelssohn) and two of the Four Lieder for Piano, Op. 6, of Fanny Mendelssohn, more melodic and transparent in texture. The impression by the end is that this group really can do it all, and one has the feeling of having traversed a lot of musical ground. Much more than a novelty, this album is exemplary in the way it develops a new musical medium.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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7 Capricci (Jörg Widmann)
Jörg Widmann, Composer - Schott Music Group, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Jörg Widmann, Composer - Schott Music Group, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Jörg Widmann, Composer - Schott Music Group, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Jörg Widmann, Composer - Schott Music Group, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Jörg Widmann, Composer - Schott Music Group, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Jörg Widmann, Composer - Schott Music Group, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Jörg Widmann, Composer - Schott Music Group, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Felix Mendelssohn, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Fanny Mendelssohn, Composer - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Fanny Mendelssohn, Composer - Kebyart, Arranger, MainArtist
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
Album review
Traum der Jugend is a 2023 release by the saxophone quartet Kebyart, whose unusual name is a pun of that of the Balinese gamelan Gong Kebyar ensemble, suggesting flaring contrasts but also a sudden realization of group cohesion. Kebyart has such cohesion in spades; this album contains impressive ensemble playing and a fine sense of how to sequence and bring together a diversity of materials. Kebyart sets itself the mission of developing a repertory for saxophone quartet, which is currently almost nonexistent. The group commissions new works, and there is a thoroughly enjoyable one here in the form of Jörg Widmann's seven Capricci for saxophone quartet, which were written for and premiered by the group, notwithstanding the booklet listing saying that all the works on the album were arranged. This is a marvelously idiomatic piece (sample the fifth capriccio, "Keys"). The rest of the album consists of arrangements of various earlier works, with a sort of three-act structure that really shows what is possible with an album of this kind. The middle act, after the Widmann, features sacred pieces and two of Mendelssohn's dense, polyphonic Four Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81. At the end come two Songs Without Words (Felix Mendelssohn) and two of the Four Lieder for Piano, Op. 6, of Fanny Mendelssohn, more melodic and transparent in texture. The impression by the end is that this group really can do it all, and one has the feeling of having traversed a lot of musical ground. Much more than a novelty, this album is exemplary in the way it develops a new musical medium.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:26
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Kebyart
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Linn Records
- Genre: Classical
2023 Outhere 2023 Kebyart
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