Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
What must be heard by contemporary jazz generalists as a typical ECM type European music creation, pianist Christian Wallumrod has conjured up a nomadic series of themes that touch on various strains of ethnic music. Echoes of classical and chamber musics, and Manfred Eicher's brand of tonally reserved, emotionally balanced, and coolly rendered sounds provide a rich but predictable musical palette. The title A Year from Easter might suggest many themes of hope, looking forward, sudden dismay, prayers for peace and justice, and post-distress emergence. While all that and more is present in the music, there's also a sense of forgiving, mutual trust, love, and that balance so needed in a life of ups and downs. Wallumrod must inevitably be compared to ECM stablemates Keith Jarrett, Mike Nock, and Bobo Stenson, but also to fellow Europeans Lennart Aberg, Thomas Clausen, and American icon Paul Bley. His band with violinist Nils Økland and trumpeter Arve Henriksen further draw comparisons to Jenny Scheinman and Kenny Wheeler respectively. Their sonic union with Wallumrod's piano or harmonium is a marriage of sheer beauty, wisdom and mutual agreement, and the CD unfolds like an epic novel. The dainty chamber like "Arch Song" starts the voyage, followed by the French/Middle Eastern requiem "Eliasong," with Wallumrod on harmonium. "Stompin' at Gagarin" pushes up the fun quotient, albeit deliberate and stealth, while the sad "Wedding Postponed" and the invocation "Psalm" turn the music somber and reverent. Sporadic piano and stroked-over toned cymbals on the percussive "Unisono" leads to the long toned sonic text piece "Lichtblick," the faux "Horseshoe Waltz," with its breathing and clattering sounds not in 3/4 time, and the somber afterthought visage of the title track, again identified by the harmonium. There's a delicate two-note actual waltz "Japanese Choral," Økland's pensive violin featured for "Sketch," a repeat of "Eliasong," Økland's violin assimilating a flute during "Neunacht," and the closer "Two Years from Easter" with Økland and Henriksen in a more resolved and hopeful mood. This CD, obviously, needs to be heard in its entirety, as there are really no stand-alone pieces. It's a wondrous journey though the human condition, to be shared and not recommended to loners or disenfranchised separatists of the intelligent music world, still coming easily recommended.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From £10.83/month
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Traditional, Composer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Arranger, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, Work Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Composer, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Composer, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Composer, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Composer, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nils Økland, Violin, Fiddle, Viola d amore, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Per Oddvar Johansen, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød, Composer, Piano, Harmonium, Toy Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Christian Wallumrød Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
What must be heard by contemporary jazz generalists as a typical ECM type European music creation, pianist Christian Wallumrod has conjured up a nomadic series of themes that touch on various strains of ethnic music. Echoes of classical and chamber musics, and Manfred Eicher's brand of tonally reserved, emotionally balanced, and coolly rendered sounds provide a rich but predictable musical palette. The title A Year from Easter might suggest many themes of hope, looking forward, sudden dismay, prayers for peace and justice, and post-distress emergence. While all that and more is present in the music, there's also a sense of forgiving, mutual trust, love, and that balance so needed in a life of ups and downs. Wallumrod must inevitably be compared to ECM stablemates Keith Jarrett, Mike Nock, and Bobo Stenson, but also to fellow Europeans Lennart Aberg, Thomas Clausen, and American icon Paul Bley. His band with violinist Nils Økland and trumpeter Arve Henriksen further draw comparisons to Jenny Scheinman and Kenny Wheeler respectively. Their sonic union with Wallumrod's piano or harmonium is a marriage of sheer beauty, wisdom and mutual agreement, and the CD unfolds like an epic novel. The dainty chamber like "Arch Song" starts the voyage, followed by the French/Middle Eastern requiem "Eliasong," with Wallumrod on harmonium. "Stompin' at Gagarin" pushes up the fun quotient, albeit deliberate and stealth, while the sad "Wedding Postponed" and the invocation "Psalm" turn the music somber and reverent. Sporadic piano and stroked-over toned cymbals on the percussive "Unisono" leads to the long toned sonic text piece "Lichtblick," the faux "Horseshoe Waltz," with its breathing and clattering sounds not in 3/4 time, and the somber afterthought visage of the title track, again identified by the harmonium. There's a delicate two-note actual waltz "Japanese Choral," Økland's pensive violin featured for "Sketch," a repeat of "Eliasong," Økland's violin assimilating a flute during "Neunacht," and the closer "Two Years from Easter" with Økland and Henriksen in a more resolved and hopeful mood. This CD, obviously, needs to be heard in its entirety, as there are really no stand-alone pieces. It's a wondrous journey though the human condition, to be shared and not recommended to loners or disenfranchised separatists of the intelligent music world, still coming easily recommended.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:09
- Main artists: Christian Wallumrød Ensemble
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM
- Genre: Jazz
© 2005 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.