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Tonu Korvits - Mirror (2016)

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Tonu Korvits - Mirror (2016)

Tõnu Kõrvits - Mirror (2016)
Anja Lechner, violoncello; Kadri Voorand, voice; Tõnu Kõrvits, kannel
Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Estonian Philarmonic Chamber Choir; Tõnu Kaljuste, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 235 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 150 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: ECM | # New Series 2327, 481 2303 | Time: 01:03:07

Mirror is the first ECM New Series album from Estonian composer Tonu Korvitz (born 1969), who emphasizes his links to his homelands music at several levels. The album begins with a fantasy on a song by Veljo Tormis. Like the older composer, Korvitz has been influenced by folk song and archaic musical tradition, which find their echo in the refined and texturally-rich spectrum of his own, labyrinthine pieces. His music is well served here by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra and the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir under Tonu Kaljustes assured direction and by soloist Anja Lechner. Lechners cello is foregrounded in Peegeldused Tasaset Maast (2013), Laul (2012, rev. 2013) and the albums largest piece Seitsme Linnu Seitse Und (2009, rev. 2012), a collaboration with the poet Maarja Kangro, which is both choral suite and cello concerto. In these seven dreams of seven birds the choir sings in Estonian and English and the cello conjures both birdsong and swooping flight.

Valentin Silvestrov - Leggiero, Pesante (2002)

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Valentin Silvestrov - Leggiero, Pesante (2002)

Valentin Silvestrov - Leggiero, Pesante (2002)
Rosamunde Quartett; Anja Lechner, cello; Silke Avenhaus, piano;
Simon Fordham, violin; Maacha Deubner, soprano

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 220 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 169 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: ECM | # ECM New Series 1776, 461 898-2 | Time: 01:10:30

Valentin Silvestrov is hardly a household name in the United States; however, in the Ukraine, he enjoys a similar standing to that of his Estonian counterpart Arvo Pärt. But that is where the resemblance ends. Whereas Pärt in his holy minimalism reinvents techniques that derive from Renaissance practice, Silvestrov's roots are planted in late Romanticism. His music is steeped in all of the emotion and drama that such a stylistic association would imply. Leggiero, pesante is a collection of Silvestrov's chamber music, and as an introduction to the musical world of Silvestrov, this ECM New Series release admirably fits the bill. Most impressive are the performances of the Sonata for violoncello and piano (1983) and the third Postludium by cellist Anja Lechner and pianist Silke Avenhaus. In these works, Silvestrov strives toward a synthetic union between the two instruments. Lechner and Avenhaus achieve this end spectacularly well and manage to blanket the performances in an emotional sensitivity that gives voice to Silvestrov's intentions, yet retains the personality of the performers.

Anja Lechner & François Couturier - Lontano (2020)

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Anja Lechner & François Couturier - Lontano (2020)

Anja Lechner & François Couturier - Lontano (2020)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 200 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 132 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:54:59
Classical, Chamber Jazz | Label: ECM Records

After their highly acclaimed 2014 debut album as a duo, Moderato cantabile, Anja Lechner and François Couturier widen the scope of music even further. The duo sings in a voice of its own, be it with original compositions, free improvisations, drawing upon a Bach cantata or an Argentine folk lament or subtle inclusion of works by Henri Dutilleux, Giya Kancheli or Anouar Brahem. Having internalized influences and repertoire the German cellist and the French pianist not only locate atmospheric and expressive connections among far-flung sources, but also create new music that reflects and refracts its inspirations.

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anja Lechner, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson - Tigran Mansurian: Quasi parlando (2014)

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Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Anja Lechner, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Candida Thompson - Tigran Mansurian: Quasi parlando (2014)

Tigran Mansurian - Quasi parlando (2014)
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin; Anja Lechner, violoncello
Amsterdam Sinfonietta; Candida Thompson, conductor and lead violin

EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 250 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 198 Mb | Scans included
Classical | Label: ECM | # ECM New Series 2323, 481 0667 | Time: 01:02:35

Quasi Parlando is an important addition to ECM's documentation of the work of Tigran Mansurian, an often breathtaking account of highly original contemporary chamber orchestra music. Issued in the wake of his 75th birthday, the album presents four works for soloists and strings, and marks the ECM debut of the Moldovan violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja, winner of the 2013 Gramophone Awards 'Record of the Year'. It opens with the Armenian composer's fiercely-concentrated Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and String Orchestra, and proceeds to new music performed by its dedicatees: the lyrical Romance, dedicated to Patricia Kopatchinskaja, and the intensely expressive Quasi Parlando, dedicated to German cellist Anja Lechner. Both are world premiere recordings, as is the Violin Concerto No 2, subtitled Four Serious Songs, which concludes the programme. Throughout, the soloists deliver committed performances, as does the Amsterdam Sinfonietta under the direction of Candida Thompson.