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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
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © ECM
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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Yuri Honing & Wolfert Brederode – Avalon Songs (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:20 minutes | 682 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Challenge Records
Jazz saxophonist Yuri Honing issued his album of modern pop cover songs, Star Tracks, in 1996. Three years later, following the same format, Sequel was released. He made the Top 100 Dutch album charts in 2009 with the Verve release Phase Five, which featured dance producer Floris Klinkert sampling Honing’s saxophone to create new compositions.
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