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The American avant-garde trio Bearthoven has nothing to do directly with Beethoven, or with bears. It's not a conventional piano trio but comprises a pianist, a double bassist, and a percussionist, which is enough to allude to the traditional format but to allow considerable flexibility in terms of repertory. Here they play music by composer Scott Wollschleger, who gets curiously muted billing in the graphics. But it fits the capabilities of Bearthoven quite well. Wollschleger favors shimmering textures that might group him broadly with the minimalist school, but he interrupts them with gestures of tension or fear that result in an effect entirely different from that of a Glass or Pärt. Here, Bearthoven pianist Karl Larson interprets such tensions as the result of the current socio-political situation. He might have had a more abstract interpretation at a different time, but the meeting point between composer and performer is clearly defined on this album. American Dream, broken into five tracks for recording convenience, is the only one that makes use of the full trio, and is the one where the extramusical meanings are clearest. But sample the final duo, We See Things That Are Not There, a duo for piano and vibraphone/crotales, where an attempted antiphonal agreement can never quite take shape. It's direct, somewhat unsettling, and performed with the requisite precision by this rising trio. Recommended.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Gas Station Canon Song (Scott Wollschleger)
Karl Larson, Artist, MainArtist - Scott Wollschleger, Composer
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
American Dream (Scott Wollschleger)
Scott Wollschleger, Composer - Bearthoven, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
Scott Wollschleger, Composer - Bearthoven, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
Scott Wollschleger, Composer - Bearthoven, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
Scott Wollschleger, Composer - Bearthoven, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
Scott Wollschleger, Composer - Bearthoven, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
We See Things That Are Not There (Scott Wollschleger)
Matt Evans, Artist - Karl Larson, Artist, MainArtist - Scott Wollschleger, Composer
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
American Dream (Scott Wollschleger)
Scott Wollschleger, Composer - Bearthoven, Ensemble, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
Albumbeschreibung
The American avant-garde trio Bearthoven has nothing to do directly with Beethoven, or with bears. It's not a conventional piano trio but comprises a pianist, a double bassist, and a percussionist, which is enough to allude to the traditional format but to allow considerable flexibility in terms of repertory. Here they play music by composer Scott Wollschleger, who gets curiously muted billing in the graphics. But it fits the capabilities of Bearthoven quite well. Wollschleger favors shimmering textures that might group him broadly with the minimalist school, but he interrupts them with gestures of tension or fear that result in an effect entirely different from that of a Glass or Pärt. Here, Bearthoven pianist Karl Larson interprets such tensions as the result of the current socio-political situation. He might have had a more abstract interpretation at a different time, but the meeting point between composer and performer is clearly defined on this album. American Dream, broken into five tracks for recording convenience, is the only one that makes use of the full trio, and is the one where the extramusical meanings are clearest. But sample the final duo, We See Things That Are Not There, a duo for piano and vibraphone/crotales, where an attempted antiphonal agreement can never quite take shape. It's direct, somewhat unsettling, and performed with the requisite precision by this rising trio. Recommended.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 8 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Karl Larson Bearthoven Matt Evans
- Composer: Scott Wollschleger
- Label: Cantaloupe Music
- Genre: Klassiek Kamermuziek
(C) 2019 Cantaloupe Music (P) 2019 Cantaloupe Music
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