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Those familiar with previous work by these two instrumentalists will find no surprises on their second duo album, which consists primarily of compositions by pianist Bjornstad, interspersed with fragments of works by composers of the European Renaissance (William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Guillaume Dufay, and the obscure German composer Gregor Aichinger) and a couple of David Darling compositions, one of them written for multi-tracked cello. The sixteen pieces on this disc are highly consistent in terms of mood and texture: from Bjornstad's "Epigraph No. 1" that opens the program to the Aichinger compositions "Factus Est Repente" that closes it, the feeling is one of deep calm and contemplation. To call this music "minimalist" wouldn't be entirely accurate, since there's quite a bit of harmonic movement and not much repetition, but because Bjornstad and Darling's playing is so consistently gentle and the music is so consistently quiet and pleasant, this album has a flavor that will be familiar to fans of Philip Glass and Arvo Part. Recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - William BYRD, Composer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Orlando Gibbons, Composer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Composer, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Composer, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Guillaume DuFay, Composer - DAVID DARLING, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
DAVID DARLING, Arranger, Cello, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Erik Kongshaug, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ketil Bjørnstad, Arranger, Piano, Work Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gregor Aichinger, Composer
℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Those familiar with previous work by these two instrumentalists will find no surprises on their second duo album, which consists primarily of compositions by pianist Bjornstad, interspersed with fragments of works by composers of the European Renaissance (William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Guillaume Dufay, and the obscure German composer Gregor Aichinger) and a couple of David Darling compositions, one of them written for multi-tracked cello. The sixteen pieces on this disc are highly consistent in terms of mood and texture: from Bjornstad's "Epigraph No. 1" that opens the program to the Aichinger compositions "Factus Est Repente" that closes it, the feeling is one of deep calm and contemplation. To call this music "minimalist" wouldn't be entirely accurate, since there's quite a bit of harmonic movement and not much repetition, but because Bjornstad and Darling's playing is so consistently gentle and the music is so consistently quiet and pleasant, this album has a flavor that will be familiar to fans of Philip Glass and Arvo Part. Recommended.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:54
- Main artists: Ketil Bjørnstad David Darling
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2000 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2000 ECM Records GmbH
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