Jean Muller - Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

I really love the piano trio,” says Aki Takase, with a passion that mirrors her playing. “But not the old idea, where the pianist is king, and the bassist and the drummer are just sidemen. We are equal.” Indeed, all three musicians are in focus in the trio AUGE: bassist Christian Weber and drummer Michael Griener are among the most original virtuosos of their instruments. On Intakt they have presented brilliant albums with the New York saxophonist Ellery Eskelyn. Christian Weber recorded albums with Co Streiff and Oliver Lake. Michael Griener is a member of the band Die Entta¨uschung and Monks Casino with Alexander von Schlippenbach. Over the course of nearly four decades pianist Aki Takase has provided fresh impetus with different musicians such as reedists David Murray and Rudi Mahall or fellow pianist (and husband) Alexander von Schlippenbach. The Berlin-based Chicago journalist Peter Margasak writes about the recording: “The music on the debut album from the collective trio AUGE is wide-open, operating from an unobstructed vista where everything seems possible … Free improvisation rarely sounds so cogent, rippling with an adroit command of rhythm and harmony that erases the line between design and spontaneity.”

With Togetherness Music, British pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins presents a fascinating musical panorama, a distillation and synthesis of different traditions and influences, reflecting the broad spectrum of an extraordinary musical spirit. Released to celebrate Hawkins' 40th birthday, this six-movement quasi-orchestral work is an extensive expansion and revision of a piece which originated with a commission from conductor and composer Aaron Holloway-Nahum for the Riot Ensemble, to feature Hawkins and saxophone icon Evan Parker – with whom Hawkins has enjoyed a now more than decade-long musical association – as soloists. The new incarnation of the work features the original forces, augmented by additional acoustic improvisers and the electronic wizardry of Matthew Wright. Whilst the Riot Ensemble are primarily renowned for their performances of notated contemporary classical music, and Parker is one of the seminal figures in free improvisation and the post-Coltrane jazz continuum, roles shift fluidly throughout this work, creating an entirely distinctive soundworld. Collaborations among improvisers and classical musicians can be fraught – a clash of cultures," writes musician James Fei in the comprehensive liner notes. "When it works, however, something unique and in-between becomes possible." Indeed: Togetherness Music shows new musical possibilities. A highly contemporary musical work, which points to the future.

TRACKLIST

01. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: I. Allegro moderato
02. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: II. Andante cantabile
03. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: III. Allegretto
04. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280: I. Allegro assai
05. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280: II. Adagio
06. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280: III. Presto
07. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor K. 310: I. Allegro maestoso
08. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor K. 310: II. Andante cantabile con espressione
09. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor K. 310: III. Presto
10. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Semplice": I. Allegro
11. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Semplice": II. Andante
12. Jean Muller - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Semplice": III. Rondo. Allegretto



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