℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released | September 5, 2014 |
Duration | 57m 31s |
Record Label | ECM New Series |
Genre | Classical |
Komitas - Gurdjieff - Mompou: Moderato Cantabile
Anja Lechner, François Couturier
Available in 88.2 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
1.1
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Sayyid Chant - Hymn No. 7 - Dance No. 3
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
6:42 | |||
1.2
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Voyage
François Couturier; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
5:28 | |||
1.3
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Chinar es
Komitas; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
6:29 | |||
1.4
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Canción y danza VI
Federico Mompou; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
5:13 | |||
1.5
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Musica callada XXVIII - Impresiones intimas I
Federico Mompou; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
5:59 | |||
1.6
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Soleil rouge
François Couturier; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
3:37 | |||
1.7
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Papillons
François Couturier; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
7:27 | |||
1.8
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Hymn No. 8 - Night procession
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
6:44 | |||
1.9
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No. 11 - Fêtes lointaines No. 3
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff / Federico Mompou; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
4:47 | |||
Impresiones intimas
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1.10
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VIII: Secreto
Federico Mompou; Anja Lechner; François Couturier |
5:05 | |||
Digital Booklet
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"Production standards are reliably exquisite: one expects nothing less from this source ... the duo settle for relaxed, vaguely ethnic, New Age background music in which one piece segues imperceptibly into the next and rough edges are smoothed away ... listeners in search of a mood of limpid repose could do a great deal worse. Lechner and her partner are seriously accomplished and sensitive players."
- Gramophone
"Five Stars ... what is most remarkable about this recording, by turns melancholically beautiful and mischievously playful, is how diverse yet homogeneous it is ... filled with the unexpected ... dark and dancing, mysterious and implicitly beautiful, Lechner and Couturier capture Moderato Cantabile's meaning ... with unfailing empathy to create a deeper understanding of this music than words could ever articulate."
- All About Jazz
With this release for ECM, German cellist Anja Lechner and French pianist Franҫois Couturier debut their duo collaboration on which they approach the music from their individual vantage points. Lechner is a classical soloist with an uncommon interest in improvisation while Couturier is a jazz musician travelling ever further away from jazz. They present their own arrangements of works by three fascinating outsiders from the margins of music history: G.I. Gurdjieff, Komitas and Federico Mompou, composers who reveal influences from the east, both philosophically and related to folk traditions and religious music. Lechner’s cello assumes almost a singer’s role in these pieces, exploring the strong melodies. Franҫois Couturier’s compositions function as both contrasting and complementary elements.
88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM New Series Studio Masters
Recorded November 2013 at Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano Engineer: Stefano Amerio Cover photo: Woong Chul An Liner photos: Caterina di Perri, Paulo Seabra (10, 11) Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by Manfred Eicher
Recorded November 2013 at Auditorio Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Lugano Engineer: Stefano Amerio Cover photo: Woong Chul An Liner photos: Caterina di Perri, Paulo Seabra (10, 11) Design: Sascha Kleis Produced by Manfred Eicher
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.23 -5.69 to -0.73 | -24.88 -27.60 to -22.39 | -21.52 -24.40 to -18.70 | 14 12 to 14 | |
1 | Sayyid Chant - Hymn No. 7 - Dance No. 3 | -2.62 | -22.39 | -19.5 | 13 |
2 | Voyage | -3.15 | -26.21 | -23.3 | 13 |
3 | Chinar es | -3.41 | -24.77 | -21.8 | 13 |
4 | Canción y danza VI | -4.63 | -24.83 | -21.4 | 12 |
5 | Musica callada XXVIII - Impresiones intimas I | -2.76 | -24.74 | -21.4 | 14 |
6 | Soleil rouge | -2.22 | -24.19 | -20.4 | 14 |
7 | Papillons | -0.73 | -23.08 | -18.7 | 14 |
8 | Hymn No. 8 - Night procession | -4.88 | -27.12 | -23.9 | 14 |
9 | No. 11 - Fêtes lointaines No. 3 | -2.21 | -23.86 | -20.4 | 14 |
10 | VIII: Secreto | -5.69 | -27.60 | -24.4 | 14 |