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Arild Andersen's Electra was composed for the Spring Theater in Athens for their production. These "18 Scenes," as they are subtitled, represent various cues and serial music for the production of Sophocles' deeply moving classic. Andersen collaborates with both European and Greek musicians here, among them the great vocalist Savina Yannatou, guitarist Eivind Aarset, drummer Patrice Héral, and trumpeter Arve Henriksen. The music is heavily arranged, taut, and spacious. Everything is understated yet utterly dramatic. Voices, drum programs -- courtesy of Andersen and Nils Petter Molvær -- brass, electric guitars, chorus, and solo voices are given direction by Andersen's bass and conducting, allowing a sort of musical story to emerge that not only informs but works independently of the dramatic work they accompany. This is spirit music. Its goes under the radar and slowly, purposefully enters the listener's unconscious and body, creating a space for impressions created by the emotions and unconscious. Like Peter Gabriel's score for The Last Temptation of Christ, the music here suggests more than it demands. It points ambiguously inward and is seductive by its subtlety. It's not "jazz," but then, it isn't anything else either, because it holds so much more inside than mere classification. This is simply a wondrous piece, darkly haunting, yet utterly beautiful for what it leaves out as much what is here. Given what Andersen has created here, the stage production was blessed.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Arild Andersen, Composer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Savina Yannatou, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer - Sophocles, Author - Elly-Marina Casdas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fotini-Niki Grammenou, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Cymbals, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Savina Yannatou, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sophocles, Author - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Cymbals, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Savina Yannatou, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Sophocles, Author - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Savina Yannatou, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Sophocles, Author - Elly-Marina Casdas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fotini-Niki Grammenou, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Nils Petter Molvær, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Arild Andersen, Composer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Paolo Vinaccia, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Sophocles, Author - Chrysanthi Douzi, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Savina Yannatou, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer - Sophocles, Author - Elly-Marina Casdas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fotini-Niki Grammenou, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Savina Yannatou, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrice Héral, Tabla, AssociatedPerformer - Sophocles, Author - Elly-Marina Casdas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Fotini-Niki Grammenou, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Eivind Aarset, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paolo Vinaccia, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen, Composer, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Arve Henriksen, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Arild Andersen Group, MainArtist
℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Arild Andersen's Electra was composed for the Spring Theater in Athens for their production. These "18 Scenes," as they are subtitled, represent various cues and serial music for the production of Sophocles' deeply moving classic. Andersen collaborates with both European and Greek musicians here, among them the great vocalist Savina Yannatou, guitarist Eivind Aarset, drummer Patrice Héral, and trumpeter Arve Henriksen. The music is heavily arranged, taut, and spacious. Everything is understated yet utterly dramatic. Voices, drum programs -- courtesy of Andersen and Nils Petter Molvær -- brass, electric guitars, chorus, and solo voices are given direction by Andersen's bass and conducting, allowing a sort of musical story to emerge that not only informs but works independently of the dramatic work they accompany. This is spirit music. Its goes under the radar and slowly, purposefully enters the listener's unconscious and body, creating a space for impressions created by the emotions and unconscious. Like Peter Gabriel's score for The Last Temptation of Christ, the music here suggests more than it demands. It points ambiguously inward and is seductive by its subtlety. It's not "jazz," but then, it isn't anything else either, because it holds so much more inside than mere classification. This is simply a wondrous piece, darkly haunting, yet utterly beautiful for what it leaves out as much what is here. Given what Andersen has created here, the stage production was blessed.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:52
- Main artists: Arild Andersen Group
- Composer: Arild Andersen
- Label: ECM
- Genre: Jazz
© 2005 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2005 ECM Records GmbH
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