Jakob Kullberg – From Earth to Ether (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 45:59 minutes | 1,40 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Dacapo
There is an evaporating quality to the music of Icelandic composer and conductor DanIel Bjarnason, with sounds that can start softly or loudly, serenely or fiercely, but ultimately dissipate into intangible air. This album, conducted by the composer himself, showcases this characteristic in three captivating works in all-new versions. In Bow to String, the three movements undergo a mesmerizing transformation from a pounding passacaglia to an exhale of frozen breath. In Over Light Earth, the sounds tremble before dispersing to the far edges of the orchestra. And in the Larkin Songs, Bjarnason reflects on fleeting companionship and love.
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Jakob Kullberg, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia – Remembering (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:23:10 minutes | 1,48 GB | Genre: Classical
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On “Remembering”, the Danish cellist Jakob Kullberg continues his collaborations with two of the foremost Nordic composers: Per Norgard and Kaija Saariaho. Praised internationally for his performances of the modern cello concerto, Kullberg regards the concerto form as the encounter of an individual soloist with the sound world of a composer. With living composers this approach often results in an unusual degree of collaboration, as the works gathered here bear witness to. Since 1999, Kullberg has enjoyed a close and unique partnership with Norgard which has resulted in a large number of works.
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