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Monday, 21 April 2014 George Lloyd A Diary of a Friendship An extremely attractive and entertaining disc of contemporary works for recorder and guitar receive very fine playing from

Duo Oldrup/Lauridsen Available from www.lulu.com It is always exciting to hear music from composers that one has not previously heard of. A new disc from Gateway Music http://gatewaymusic.dk features five separate composers, of which I am only familiar with one, Vagn Holmboe. The others, Ole Buck, Christos Farmakis, Frode Barth and Hermann Rechberger, whilst new to me, certainly provide some attractive and fascinating music. e-mail [email protected]

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▼ 2014 (62) DUOL 001 ▼ April (13) An extremely attractive and entertaining disc of c... This disc features the recorder and guitar partnership of Christina Lauridsen and Peter A fine collection of piano works by Oldrup who perform under the name of Duo Oldrup/Lauridsen www.eyktime.com Howard Blake r... Voices of Exile, a fine choral work from Danish composer Ole Buck (b.1945) www.ewh.dk/default.aspx? Richard B... TabId=2449&State_2955=2&composerId_2955=193 studied the piano from the age of A wonderful tribute to Claudio Abbado on twelve and achieved a breakthrough at the age of twenty, with Calligraphy for soprano Audite wi... and chamber orchestra. He later studied in Aarhus, producing such works as Fioriture Cameo Classics bring us fine works by (1965) for flute and piano and Punctuations (1968) for orchestra. Buck's Summertrio Kenneth Leig... (1968) for flute, guitar and cello indicated a new direction for Danish music, often termed Leif Ove Andsnes provides wonderful insights as he... the 'new simplicity'. More recently his compositions have included Microcosm (1992) for string quartet, Rivers and Mountains (1994) for orchestra and Flower Ornament Music Vladimir Ashkenazy and the (2002) for chamber group. Philharmonia Orchestra ... Extremely fine performances of works for It is his Petite Suite (1994) that features on this release. Part I has a lovely little figuration two piano... for descant recorder around the quieter guitar part. Whilst there is often a dissonance to Two glorious choral works by Poulenc in the music, it is always melodic with some lovely variations of the theme before a brilliant highly rec... coda. Works of substance by Toshio Hosokawa that bring a...

Part II is based on a rising and falling, often repeated motif that is attractive in its A thoroughly enjoyable performance of simplicity, with a central section that has rapid, alternating solo passages before a George Muffa... particularly attractive coda. Thomas Adès’ violin concerto makes a terrific coup...

Part III is full of varying rhythms with some attractive drooping phrases for recorder and Very attractive works for broken consort some delightful writing for both instruments. by Matthe...

► March (19) This is a delightful little work that receives a lovely performance from these two fine artists. ► February (15)

Christos Farmakis (b.1981) www.christosfarmakis.com was born in Greece and studied ► January (15) music theory and harmony in Thessaloniki and counterpoint and fugue in Athens. Since 2007 he has lived in Copenhagen, where he studied composition with Hans Abrahamsen, ► 2013 (157) Bent Sørensen, Niels Rosing-Schow and electroacoustic composition with Hans Peter ► 2012 (102) Stubbe Teglbjærg, at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

Farmakis’ work for bass recorder and guitar is entitled “9” (2008 rev. 2012) and opens Follow me on Twitter on a repeated note from the guitar and is developed as the bass recorder enters with its Follow @ReviewClassics distinctive character fully brought out in this composer’s writing. Slowly the guitar provides more expansive chords as the recorder rises to its upper range in playing of some Tweet 1 virtuosity becoming, at times, quite agitated. Eventually the music falls to a quieter section, again with Lauridsen providing some fine sounds using a variety of techniques. There is Like Share 31 people like this. Sign Up to see w hat your friends like. much sensitive playing from Oldrup in this atmospheric music, full of lovely sounds.

Van Holmboe (1909-1996) was, of course, one of Denmark’s most distinguished 20th century composers. His music is no stranger to the recording studio but I hadn’t heard his Har du slidgigt? Canto e Danza (1992) before. The first part, Canción de siege opens with a sultry melody vegetabilskglucosamin.dk for guitar with Oldrup drawing some lovely textures from his instrument. The recorder soon Prøv glucosamin mod slidgigt. joins adding to the Iberian feel of this piece, apparently inspired by a Spanish harvest Dokumenteret virkning. Prøv song. Both players bring a delicacy to the music in many of the passages. There is a gratis! faster central section full of fine dexterous playing from both artists and a final slow variation that again conjures lovely images.

The second of the two pieces is Danza, a lively dance with a melancholy middle section that provides some lovely little flourishes for the recorder before leading to a livelier coda.

Norwegian composer, Frode Barth (b.1968) www.frodebarth.com is widely recognized for his contributions to jazz, contemporary and popular music, performing as guitarist with musicians that have included Oscar Peterson. Barth is a graduate of the Music program at Foss videregående skole and completed the instrumental teaching course at the Barratt Due Institute of Music.

He is now active as a guitarist, composer, educator and producer, and has collaborated with a wide range of musicians, and contributed to and released a number of albums, visited festivals in Norway and around the World, and participated in a number of TV and radio programmes.

The Cure (1992) is in three movements. Both instruments enter in a rhythmically varying melody in Towards the Cure, a very attractive piece to which both performers bring much beauty. Soon the music grows faster with some terrific rhythmic playing before the opening tempo returns to conclude. Followers Thermal Waters brings more fiercely rhythmic playing from the guitar as the recorder plays a lively theme to which the guitar eventually adds a counterpoint. There is a short Join this site w ith Google Friend Connect solo passage for recorder before many varying rhythmic variations. The heavy strumming from the guitar leads to the coda. Members (9)

There is a sultry feel to Those who Live in Autumn, with a lovely melody for the recorder and an attractive line for the guitar. There are some fine effects for the guitar as the movement progresses and some terrific ensemble from these two players. This duo brings so much to these pieces, with lovely textures, colour and rhythmic flair. Already a member? Sign in

Barth shows in this work that he has a gift for melody that is combined with terrific rhythms.

Finnish composer, Hermann Rechberger (b.1947) http://sonopt.pp.fi was born in Linz , Austria. He studied graphic art and guitar playing in Linz, before continuing his guitar studies in Zurich and Brussels . He studied composition with Aulis Sallinen at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki as well as electronic music, guitar and oboe. Rechberger has since studied Arab rhythms, for which he wrote the book The Rhythm in Arabian Music in 2003, and djembe playing and African rhythms.

Rechberger has composed five operas and more than 200 works for choir, orchestra, and chamber music ensembles. His works have won numerous national and international awards.

Rechberger's Eyktime (1990) - In honour of Jacob van Eyck is a tribute to the blind recorder player and composer, Jacob van Eyck (c.1590-1657). The guitar opens with a strong chord and an intricate motif before the recorder joins in an attractive theme full of little trills and outbursts as the piece gains momentum. This is extremely virtuosic music giving both players much to do and drawing on many techniques, full of attractive ideas wonderfully realised by these two players. There is a short solo section for the recorder before the guitar re- joins, Lauridsen drawing some amazing textures in this passage. For all the challenges of this piece these players seem to have enormous fun – they certainly come across as full of life and fun. There are also some fine melodic moments before the music arrives at a fast section with some terrific, rather wild playing from the recorder against a repeated motif for the guitar. But it is the recorder that gets the final say.

There is never a dull moment in this piece.

This is an extremely attractive and entertaining disc with very fine playing from Duo Oldrup/Lauridsen. It is very nicely recorded at the Studio Hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music with an ideal balance between the two instruments. There are useful booklet notes.

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Komponisten und Werke der Einspielung Tr. Komponist Werk hh:mm:ss 1 O. Buck Petite Suite 00:13:13 4 C. Farmakis "9" 00:05:54 5 V. Holmboe Canto e Danza 00:08:35 7 F. Barth The Cure 00:09:59 10 H. RechbergerEyktime 00:14:47

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De combinatie blokfl uit en gitaar is populair, in het bijzonder in de Scandinavische hoek, en de jaren negentig leverden hiervoor een kleurvol- le reeks composities op. Tegenwoordig brengen Duo Oldrup/Lauridsen hun eigen energie en hu- mor in bij dit repertoire door vier minder beken- de composities te presenteren, samen met een sfeervol en sensitief gespeeld werk van Christos Farmakis. De twee jonge musici laten horen waarom deze bezetting al een begrip is geworden, met krach- tig gitaarspel en heldere blokfl uitlijnen die samen een sonoor maar vlug geheel vormen. Hun samen- spel is geweldig, zoals in het veelal monoritmi- (advertentie ) sche derde deel van Buck’s Petite Suite – wat fi jn om steeds vlekkeloos inzetten te horen, zonder hij- gende signalen vooraf! Peter Oldrups gitaarspel is The Solo Recorder zelfverzekerd met een royale klank, en hij weet de fl uit zowel op te jagen als te steunen – wel nodig, ed: Andrew Robinson anders wordt deze muziek al snel te braaf. De componisten hebben een rijke hoeveelheid 'H]HSUDFKWLJXLWJHJHYHQ WZHHGHOLJHVHWPHW invloeden gebruikt als inspiratiebron, het pro- SDJLQD¶VVRORPX]LHNYRRU EORNÀXLWSHUGHHOLVHHQ YHUULMNLQJYRRUKHWUHSHUWRLUH

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