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Album release date → April 2024
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Following the tremendous success of her 2011 album Kuniko Plays Reich, and subsequent recordings of works by the pioneering composer, percussionist KUNIKO has established a reputation as one of the foremost interpreters of Steve Reich. Here she has recorded kuniko plays reich II, a bold programme of innovative works which span Reich’s artistic career and showcase some of his groundbreaking techniques. Composed in his early thirties, Piano Phase is performed in KUNIKO’s own mesmerising arrangement for two vibraphones; characteristically KUNIKO plays both parts. While Nagoya Marimbas uses some composition tools which Reich popularised in Piano Phase, Four Organs draws its inspiration from the Middle Ages. Closing this riveting recital, Mallet Quartet sees Reich in a more melodically expansive mood, albeit with his trademark tight rhythmic drive and canonic textures.
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Album release date → April 2024
Stream//Download//Buy → lnk.to/KunikoPlaysReich_IIID
Following the tremendous success of her 2011 album Kuniko Plays Reich, and subsequent recordings of works by the pioneering composer, percussionist KUNIKO has established a reputation as one of the foremost interpreters of Steve Reich. Here she has recorded kuniko plays reich II, a bold programme of innovative works which span Reich’s artistic career and showcase some of his groundbreaking techniques. Composed in his early thirties, Piano Phase is performed in KUNIKO’s own mesmerising arrangement for two vibraphones; characteristically KUNIKO plays both parts. While Nagoya Marimbas uses some composition tools which Reich popularised in Piano Phase, Four Organs draws its inspiration from the Middle Ages. Closing this riveting recital, Mallet Quartet sees Reich in a more melodically expansive mood, albeit with his trademark tight rhythmic drive and canonic textures.
FACEBOOK→ facebook.com/linnrecordsmusic
TWITTER → twitter.com/LinnRecords
YOUTUBE → youtube.com/user/linnrecordsmusic
WEBSITE → linnrecords.com
#ClassicalMusic #OhMusic #LinnRecords
![SHOSTAKOVICH // Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2 by Simon Trpčeski [EPK]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a0CGoZmXWcE/mqdefault.jpg "SHOSTAKOVICH // Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2 by Simon Trpčeski [EPK]
Release date → May 2021
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In the second of his recordings for Linn, charismatic pianist Simon Trpčeski performs Shostakovich’s two Piano Concertos with the outstanding Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava under Orchestre National de France’s new Musical Director Cristian Măcelaru. Shostakovich’s impish First Piano Concerto exudes the carefree attitude and sassy swagger of the young composer, and proves a perfect match with Simon’s playful pianism and Andrei Kavalinsky’s thundering trumpet. Written as a birthday present (and what a present!) for the composer’s son Maxim, the Second Piano Concerto is an uncharacteristically light-hearted piece given the doom and gloom of the time. Simon’s fiendish virtuosity and musical intelligence revel in this energetic piano favourite. As a generous encore, Makedonissimo’s violinist Aleksandar Krapovski and cellist Alexander Somov join Simon for Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 2. A must have album!
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