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Richard Reed Parry is one of the members of the monstrously successful Montreal rock band Arcade Fire. This said, try this album out on a friend without identifying the composer, and s/he will be unlikely to guess that it comes from any kind of rock-to-classical crossover background. Parry was not classically trained but had frequent exposure to classical music in his youth, and the music is notated and possessed of an economy and a structural orientation rare in a composer coming from the top echelons of the rock world. The title Music for Heart and Breath refers to the fact that the performers determine the tempo of the music by referring to their own heartbeats and breathing, not in a general way but wearing stethoscopes to put themselves in close touch with their own rhythms. The instrumental contributions are seen as elaborations of these basic beats. One is reminded of Moondog's recollection of the Arapaho music he heard as a youth: "the running beat, and alongside it the walking beat, which is also the universal heartbeat." The booklet makes the grandiose claim that Parry is "slowly creating a new paradigm." Moondog aside, the analogy of music with breathing or with heartbeats is hardly new, and Parry draws on minimalist composers from Steve Reich to Arvo Pärt. The pieces tend to sound similar to one another; the genius of Reich and Philip Glass is that, no matter how simple the music may be, each work remains distinctive. Still, Parry doesn't sound precisely like anyone else, either, and for an initial attempt this is pretty impressive. His textures are not continuous like those of most of the minimalists; the music is divided into short phrases that are like conversational utterances, and some of the textures -- hear the glissandi in the concerto-like "For Heart, Breath and Orchestra" (track three) -- are quite evocative. The whole thing succeeds as a sort of night music, and Parry's engineering team, sending the music rock-style among several different studios, gets superb results.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Nico Muhly, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Courtney Orlando, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Snow, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Hideaki Aomori, Clarinet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nico Muhly, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Caleb Burhans, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nadia Sirota, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Clarice Jensen, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Caroline Shaw, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bryce Dessner, Producer - Annaliesa Place, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Yuki Numata, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shawn Conley, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Amelia Lukas, Flute, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Sato, Oboe, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Interruptions (Heart And Breath Nonet) (Richard Reed Parry)
Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Dessner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Dessner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Dessner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Dessner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Dessner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Dessner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Double Bass, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Aaron Dessner, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - YMusic, Ensemble, MainArtist - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Nadia Sirota, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Adam Armstrong, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bryce Dessner, Producer - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dylan Shad, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Kronos Quartet, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Reed Parry, Composer, Producer - Bryce Dessner, Producer - Nick Lloyd, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
Album review
Richard Reed Parry is one of the members of the monstrously successful Montreal rock band Arcade Fire. This said, try this album out on a friend without identifying the composer, and s/he will be unlikely to guess that it comes from any kind of rock-to-classical crossover background. Parry was not classically trained but had frequent exposure to classical music in his youth, and the music is notated and possessed of an economy and a structural orientation rare in a composer coming from the top echelons of the rock world. The title Music for Heart and Breath refers to the fact that the performers determine the tempo of the music by referring to their own heartbeats and breathing, not in a general way but wearing stethoscopes to put themselves in close touch with their own rhythms. The instrumental contributions are seen as elaborations of these basic beats. One is reminded of Moondog's recollection of the Arapaho music he heard as a youth: "the running beat, and alongside it the walking beat, which is also the universal heartbeat." The booklet makes the grandiose claim that Parry is "slowly creating a new paradigm." Moondog aside, the analogy of music with breathing or with heartbeats is hardly new, and Parry draws on minimalist composers from Steve Reich to Arvo Pärt. The pieces tend to sound similar to one another; the genius of Reich and Philip Glass is that, no matter how simple the music may be, each work remains distinctive. Still, Parry doesn't sound precisely like anyone else, either, and for an initial attempt this is pretty impressive. His textures are not continuous like those of most of the minimalists; the music is divided into short phrases that are like conversational utterances, and some of the textures -- hear the glissandi in the concerto-like "For Heart, Breath and Orchestra" (track three) -- are quite evocative. The whole thing succeeds as a sort of night music, and Parry's engineering team, sending the music rock-style among several different studios, gets superb results.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:24
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: yMusic Bryce Dessner Aaron Dessner Richard Reed Parry
- Composer: Richard Reed Parry
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2014 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin, Under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2014 Richard Reed Parry
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