Alexander von Schlippenbach – Slow Pieces for Aki (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Alexander von Schlippenbach – Slow Pieces for Aki (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:08 minutes | 1,68 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Intakt Records

The pianist, two days in the studio, alone at the piano. A retreat in Zurich. Focus is on the now, the recording is running. Preparation time for the new compositions: about a year. Getting attuned to the music: a lifetime. Alexander von Schlippenbach, Slow Pieces For Aki, the emphasis being on the word “slow,” not on rediscovering slowness but discovering slowness anew – dedicated to his wife Aki Takase.

With slow pieces, short pieces, compositions in which every single note demands the highest degree of attention, virtuosity shifts from the purely technical to the actual notes themselves, avoiding all irrel­evancies. Sounds that are able to glow in the dark and form themselves into star signs. It is not only Jazz and New Music that appear from far away, but also classical and romantic music, always reflected by the personality, the life and playing experience of Alexander von Schlippenbach.

From my subjective point of view, dare I suggest, there is a certain serious lyricism. Slow, full of passion and filled with dedication to the music. (Bert Noglik, Liner notes)

Tracklist:

1. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Frühling im Schnee (02:49)
2. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation I (02:15)
3. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Torso (04:28)
4. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation II (01:46)
5. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation III (01:27)
6. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Tell You (02:36)
7. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation IV (02:18)
8. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Cleo (04:50)
9. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation V (03:01)
10. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Naniga nandemo (02:46)
11. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation VI (01:59)
12. Alexander von Schlippenbach – A-Blues (01:49)
13. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Blues B (02:31)
14. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation VII (01:14)
15. Alexander von Schlippenbach – I Told You (03:34)
16. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation VIII (01:26)
17. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation IX (02:21)
18. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Dydo (02:11)
19. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Improvisation X (01:13)
20. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Frage nicht (02:41)
21. Alexander von Schlippenbach – Zycado (02:42)

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