Anja Lechner
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If you’re secretly after ‘smooth baroque’ but too embarrassed to click on that playlist, this album is your top-drawer, face-saving solution. If you’re interested in a world in which the viola... —
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Burian: String Quartet No. 4, etc.
RecommendedAndreas Reiner (violin), Simon Fordham (violin), Helmut Nicolai (viola), Anja Lechner (cello), Rosamunde Quartett
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Building a Library, January 2023, Also Recommended
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Silvestrov presents compositional tour de force in this intriguing programme…this musical concoction somehow casts a magical spell, drawing you into the intimacy of Silvestrov’s musical language... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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The collection actively explores the titular notion of lontano – or ‘afar’ – by examining music emanating from beyond the Western classical canon, as well as Bach and Henri Dutilleux’s ‘Prelude... —
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Sounds and Silence
Music for the Film
Keith Jarrett (piano), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Tõnu Kaljuste (conductor), Rolf Lislevand (archlute, baroque guitar), Arianna Savall (voice), Pedro Estevan (percussion), Thor-Harald Johnsen (chitarra battente), Nik Bartsch’s Ronin, Anouar Brahem (oud), François...
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The overall feel of their collection is duly nocturnal, with gentler songs and rippling accompaniments providing a gentle listen. Then there’s a haunting ‘Der Leiermann’, the cello breaking... —
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This reading is alert not only to musical texture, but to the modulating phrase and the dramaturgy of key changes between movements. The playing is limpid and subtly coloured, sparing of vibrato... —
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Il Pergolese
Maria Pia De Vito (voice), François Couturier (piano), Anja Lechner (cello) & Michele Rabbia (percussion, electronics)
If you liked Uri Caine’s updating of the Goldbergs, you should enjoy ‘Il Pergolese’, a homage to Pergolesi that reimagines his music in the context of contemporary improvisation. Melodic lines... —
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Larcher - Ixxu
Andrea Lauren Brown (soprano), Christoph Poppen (violin), Thomas Demenga (violoncello) & Thomas Larcher (piano)
Rosamunde Quartet
