Carel Kraayenho & Matangi Quartet – Beethoven vs Piazzolla (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:36 minutes | 623 MB | Genre: Classical
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In the program ‘Beethoven vs Piazzolla’ these two composers who do not always color within the musical lines and who do not allow themselves to be tamed by musical rules are being played. Together with the renowned bandoneonist Carel Kraayenhof, we embark on a journey of discovery by connecting the progressive ideas of these musical rebels. We have played this exciting program before and the hopeful question always followed: “Did you also record this?”
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Matangi Quartet – Outcast: Alfred Schnittke – String Quartet No. 3 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 21:57 minutes | 208 MB | Genre: Classical
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With their album ‘Outcast’, Matangi makes its case for artistic freedom and for musical expressiveness that stems from repression.
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Lori Lieberman featuring Matangi Quartet – The Girl And The Cat (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:04:04 minutes | 637 MB | Genre: Folk
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When singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman wrote the worldwide hit ‘Killing Me Softly’ in the early 70’s, her life changed forever. She became part of the renowned West Coast scene that also featured artists like The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, John Stewart which led to collaborations with Leonard Cohen amongst others. Her new album ‘The Girl And The Cat’ sees her working with the Matangi Quartet, a Dutch string quartet well known for their groundbreaking collaborations with other musicians, both classical and popular. For this album, besides writing her lyrics and songs, she also arranged the scores and orchestrated for the string instruments with Stefanie Fife. The album release will be accompanied by a show in Carnegie Hall, followed by a Dutch tour.
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Lori Lieberman featuring Matangi Quartet – The Girl And The Cat (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:04:04 minutes | 637 MB | Genre: Folk Rock, Singer-Songwriter
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Drive on Records
When singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman wrote the worldwide hit ‘Killing Me Softly’ in the early 70’s, her life changed forever. She became part of the renowned West Coast scene that also featured artists like The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, John Stewart which led to collaborations with Leonard Cohen amongst others. Her new album ‘The Girl And The Cat’ sees her working with the Matangi Quartet, a Dutch string quartet well known for their groundbreaking collaborations with other musicians, both classical and popular. For this album, besides writing her lyrics and songs, she also arranged the scores and orchestrated for the string instruments with Stefanie Fife. The album release will be accompanied by a show in Carnegie Hall, followed by a Dutch tour.
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Wolfert Brederode, Matangi Quartet, Joost Lijbaart – Ruins and Remains (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 47:46 minutes | 876 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Ruins and Remains, a suite for piano, string quartet and percussion, was composed by the Dutch pianist Wolfert Breferode in 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
Over time, however, it has come to embody meanings broader and more personal, with wide-ranging resonances. “At a number of levels, the piece has to do with grief and loss and learning to stand up again,” Brederode says. There is a vulnerable but resilient quality to the music, as it hovers over its emotional terrain, with moods both bleak and guardedly hopeful.
Highly sensitive playing by Brederode, percussionist Joost Lijbaart and the Matangi Quartet (increasingly regarded as one of Holland’s most adventurous string quartets), distinguish a special album recorded in Bremen’s Sendesaal in August 2021 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
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Matangi Quartet – Outcast: Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 22:36 minutes | 195 MB | Genre: Classical
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With “Outcast”, the Dutch string quartet Matangi breaks a lance for artistic freedom and musical expression – and now also against a senseless war. The three Soviet Russian composers composed music that ran dangerously counter to the tastes of the regime under which they lived. Shostakovich kept a packed suitcase ready in case he was arrested by the KGB. Schnittke’s work was viewed with suspicion and his performances were regularly prevented. In addition to his musical work, the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov is also known for his political commitment.
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Matangi Quartet – Outcast – Schnittke, Silvestrov & Shostakovich (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:09:40 minutes | 601 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Matangi Quartet
With “Outcast”, the Dutch string quartet Matangi breaks a lance for artistic freedom and musical expression – and now also against a senseless war. The three Soviet Russian composers composed music that ran dangerously counter to the tastes of the regime under which they lived. Shostakovich kept a packed suitcase ready in case he was arrested by the KGB. Schnittke’s work was viewed with suspicion and his performances were regularly prevented. In addition to his musical work, the Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov is also known for his political commitment.
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