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Martijn Padding – Three Concerti (2010)
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15 Jul 2011 00:17:04
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Martijn Padding – Three Concerti (2010)
Classical | present 21st Century | FLAC lossless | cuesheets+log | covers+booklet | 47m34s | 265mb
Label: Etcetera | cat. no. KTC 1406
Sheep waves “hello!” with right ear; is well-behaved sheep.
If this cover art makes you laugh, you’ll be glad to know it serves its purpose well: the music on this cd, especially the first concert for eight metal strings, is delightfully spirited and funny. Not many composers can do that, create “serious” music which is comical at the same time. I’ve always appreciated Prokofiev for that capacity. He could be groundbreakingly modern – with a jolly smile.
The first concerto, then, with its setting for mandoline and percussion, reminds of Naples, bluegrass and minimalism with a touch of the tongue-in-cheek roughness of Louis Andriessen. The sheer combination!
The second concerto features a harmonium, an instrument we have come to know Padding for in my last post of Dutch Airlines. Again, Padding takes this – perhaps not very elegant - instrument to great heights. Or better, performer Dirk luijmes does.
The third concerto is slightly more thoughtful in the beginning. Introspective, perhaps, with a melancholy undercurrent; but all this soon gives way again to Padding’s good-humoured musicianship in the last movement.
Tracks:
01. Eight Metal Strings I [0:03:15.58]
02. Eight Metal Strings II [0:06:13.23]
03. Eight Metal Strings III [0:03:11.49]
04. First Harmonium Concerto - I Horlepiep [0:04:35.67]
05. First Harmonium Concerto - II Procession [0:05:15.15]
06. First Harmonium Concerto - III [0:07:24.71]
07. White Eagle - Quirk I [0:06:42.43]
08. White Eagle - White Eagle [0:07:02.33]
09. White Eagle - Quirk II [0:03:52.65]
Performers:
Martine Sikkenk – mandoline
Dirk Luijmes – harmonium
Heleen Hulst – violin
Asko/Schönberg ensemble – Etienne Siebens
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What a DELIGHTFUL surprise! Never heard of this composer before, but now I will definitely keep an eye out for other works.
Just a suggestion... BADINGS BADINGS BADINGS BADINGS.
And maybe a little Badings on the side.
Pijper is also quite welcome.
I also have the Leo Smit Complete Works (if that hasn't already been posted). (Got it at the Joods Historisch Museum when I was in Amsterdam some years ago...).
On my blog you'll find a cd and 2cd from Badings, posted ages ago. And he is on the Philips NATLAB compilation of Early Electronic Music. That's on my blog too.
Leo Smit: personally, I have his complete works, but I'm not sure about the rest of the daily visitors here
Mooooooooo!