Daniel Lippel, Ben Roidl-Ward – An Unopened Seashell (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Daniel Lippel, Ben Roidl-Ward – An Unopened Seashell (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:14 minutes | 799 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © New Focus Recordings

Composer Yi-Ting Lu releases her debut album, An Unopened Seashell, a collection of five solo works that demonstrates her capacity for using musical materials to explore extra-musical phenomena. Featuring performances by bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward, harpist Ben Melsky, pianist Lam Wong, saxophonist Thomas Giles, and guitarist Daniel Lippel, An Unopened Seashell is an exciting first release from a composer with a captivating balance between her management of development and structure, creative approach to instrumental writing, and a flair for expressive character.

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Daniel Lippel – Aufs Lautenwerk (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Daniel Lippel – Aufs Lautenwerk (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:18 minutes | 805 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © MicroFest Records

In a historic first, critically acclaimed Guitarist Daniel Lippel brings these three beloved masterworks in their original keys to a classical guitar refretted in Baroque well temperament. They were written at & for the keyboard, where each key has it’s own unique Affekt. What a joy it is to finally hear them in all of their original key-colored glory. Composer/critic Kyle Gann has said, “Playing Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier in today’s equal temperament is like exhibiting Rembrandt paintings with wax paper taped over them.” The same may well be said of Bach played on the modern equal tempered guitar. “Aufs Lautenwerk” is a co-release with John Schneider’s Los Angeles based MicroFest Records and available in digital format through their catalogue.

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