Alice Sara Ott - Chopin Project

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Jan 5, 2016 Sold Date

Sep 11, 2015 Start Date

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Article name: Chopin Project
Genre: Soloinstr. ohne Orchester Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: Others Classics Number of tracks: 9

Tracklist LP - 1

Arnalds, ?lafur - Verses 4:03 Arnalds, ?lafur - Piano Sonata No.3: Largo 9:17 Arnalds, ?lafur - Nocturne in C Sharp Minor 4:25 Arnalds, ?lafur - Reminiscence 4:35 Arnalds, ?lafur - Nocturne in G Minor 3:01 Arnalds, ?lafur - Eyes Shut - Nocturne in C Minor 6:41 Arnalds, ?lafur - Written In Stone 3:27 Arnalds, ?lafur - Letters Of A Traveller 4:18 Arnalds, ?lafur - Prélude in D Flat Major ("Raindrop") 5:57

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This week's entry in the very-much-like-nothing-heard-before sweepstakes comes from Icelandic electronic musician and composer Ólafur Arnalds and German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott, whose recording of Chopin waltzes inspired the project. What's here are recordings of Chopin piano compositions, plus original compositions by Arnalds based on motifs from Chopin. In one case, Eyes Shut/Nocturne in C minor (track 6), the two are combined. Arnalds' pieces employ his own electronic keyboard textures, plus a live string quintet. On top of this, the pianos are vintage instruments hunted down in Reykjavik, and the ambience, if you will, was manipulated by recording in various venues and with various microphones there. And, on top of all this, Arnalds adds ambient soundscapes (noise, sounds of conversation, whispers, etc.) to the music. The ideas seem packed in a bit thick. The string quintet, for example, was a sound unused by Chopin, and it introduces an element that seems discordant with the source material. But there is a major X factor working in favor of this release: nobody has ever tried anything much like this, either with Chopin or with any other composer, and it just might be the beginning of something new and important. Check it out!

James Manheim

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This week's entry in the very-much-like-nothing-you've-ever-heard-before sweepstakes comes from Icelandic electronic musician and composer Ólafur Arnalds and German-Japanese pianist Alice Sara Ott, whose recording of Chopin waltzes inspired the project. What you get are recordings of Chopin piano compositions, plus original compositions by Arnalds based on motifs from Chopin. In one case, "Eyes Shut/Nocturne in C minor" (track six), the two are combined. Arnalds' pieces employ his own electronic keyboard textures, plus a live string quintet. On top of this, the pianos are vintage instruments hunted down in Reykjavik, and the ambience, if you will, was manipulated by recording in various venues and with various microphones there. And, on top of all this, Arnalds adds ambient soundscapes (noise, sounds of conversation, whispers, etc.) to the music. The ideas seem packed in a bit thick. The string quintet, for example, was a sound unused by Chopin, and it introduces an element that seems discordant with the source material. But there is a major X factor working in favor of this release: nobody has ever tried anything much like this, either with Chopin or with any other composer, and it just might be the beginning of something new and important. Check it out and decide for yourself! ~ James Manheim

James Manheim