ARVO PART - Tabula Rasa - 2nd Mov

A collection of music from some recent scoring projects

Die Fremde Piano 8

Jocelyn Pook - The Last Day (Untold Things)

Gracias a quien fue mi hogar, techo y lluvia. Que la gente se de cuenta que aquí se me llenó el pecho de vida y nadie volverá a habitar esta historia como yo. <3 

Make it Up

Grandioso

Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm improvise a song in front of an audience in Berlin on Ólafur's 2011 solo tour.

More information on Ólafur's solo tour can be found at www.olafurarnalds.com/solotour



Ólafur Arnalds & Nils Frahm - Improvisation in Berlin 2011

Composer: Behzad Abdi
Virtuoso kiev orchestra
Conductor: Nazar Yakobenchuk

Ascent

Lachrymosia

Poseidon

Lau Nau: Poseidon

Compiling four pieces for four different ensembles, David Lang’s "writing on water" is a free-flowing recording that presents several unusual and rarely revealed facets of the composer who is perhaps most well-known for his monumental choral works (the Pulitzer-winning "the little match girl passion" and the more recent epic "the national anthems"), as well as his poignant song cycles ("death speaks" and "love fail"). 

From the struggle between dissonance and melody portrayed in “pierced” to the sweeping, oceanic scope of the title piece, the music defines a path that can be as serpentine as it is rigid (“forced march”) or as minimal as it is immense. Riveting performances by Alarm Will Sound, Real Quiet, Crash Ensemble, the London Sinfonietta, Synergy Vocals and more make writing on water an electrifying, free-spirited and rambunctious addition to the Cantaloupe catalog.

writing on water

David Lang & Alarm Will Sound – increase

16B5 is a tale about the days I have lately spent in Beirut, Lebanon. I walked everyday through multiple inputs meeting contraddictions, beauty, ruins, history, colors, tastes and smells of a country made of amazing people. It was a profound and intense experience that has left something special in my heart.

tracks
1_   16B5 (0'00")
2_   Mahatma Ghandhi Street (2'12")
3_   3 Ohm (5'34")
4_   VYVYAN (6'19")
5_   Mar Mikhael (12'52")
6_   The Flame Tree (14'33")

original music: luca longobardi

recorded, mixed and mastered in Rome

Soundscape for track #2 recorded in Mahatma Ghandhi Street, Beirut on June 28 2019

artwork: The building by luca longobardi

piano: Scholze upright (1985)

mics: Oktava MK-012 (modded, cardioid capsule)

synths and electronic gears:

_ Modular (Mutable Instruments Braids, Veils, Warps, Ripples, Clouds - ALM Busy Circuits Pamela's New Workout - Expert Sleepers Disting mk4)
_ Korg Volka Sample
_ IK Multimedia UNO Synth
_ Strymon Big Sky

Released on July 19 under Paralleli Records

all rights reserved

16B5 (Mixtape edit)

Lorenzo Marasso was born in Torino, Italy. He graduated from the Conservatorio di Milano in 1994. The same year, he enrolled in the postgraduate program at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he also studied orchestral conducting. In 1996, Lorenzo participated in the Park Lane Group Young Artist Series performing at the Southbank Centre in London, a solo recital of contemporary compositions by Paul Patterson, James Macmillan, John McCabe and Nimrod Borenstein. Lorenzo's commitment to performing contemporary works led him to participate to the Valentino Bucchi Piano Competition in Rome where he was a prize winner. Further engagements included performing the UK premiere of Keith Jarrett's Sonata for Violin and Piano at the Hatherleigh Festival as well as works by Nigel Clarke and John McCabe in the presence of the composers. Later on Lorenzo founded String Orchestra Project, an ensemble devoted to performing the chamber orchestral repertoire with no boundaries of styles or combination of players. In 2017 Lorenzo founded Bauhaus Records, a recording label devoted to restoring a more healthy and direct relationship between musicians and the recorded product. Current catalogue include the complete Inventions and Sinfonias by J.S. Bach, performed by Lorenzo, and Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross. In June 2018 Lorenzo premiered "Partizan", a staged melologue for pianist and actor that Lorenzo commissioned LA-based composer Anne LeBaron. In February 2019 Lorenzo appeared on Classical KING FM NW Focus LIVE, a radio show showcasing the Pacific Northwest’s diverse music scene. Lorenzo currently lives in the Seattle area where he continues his activity of solo and collaborative pianist as well as chamber musician and educator and enjoys collaborations with the Philharmonia Northwest, Seattle University and Key to Change.