Yvonne Troxler - Brouhaha (2012)
Contemporary Classical | Innova | 2012 | 42:50 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Scans | Various File Hosts | 188 MB
Glass Farm Ensemble
Contemporary Classical | Innova | 2012 | 42:50 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Scans | Various File Hosts | 188 MB
Glass Farm Ensemble
New York pianist Yvonne Troxler (b. 1962) recently released a CD of her own compositions, titled Brouhaha, featuring her Glass Farm Ensemble. There is a compositional unity on the album that makes each piece feel like an entry in a musical journal. Never really in-your-face, nor too deeply ethereal, the musical gestures that comprise this music have an almost improvisatory feel to them. The timbral variety and tasteful use of space widen sonic expectations, so that you almost don't realize that the new soundscape is in fact an officially different piece.
...Ms. Troxler has traveled along her own path and found her own voice, in music that doesn't lack passion but seeks to explore sound and note parameters with originality. Classical high modernity lurks in the background as the trunk from which she branches, and the growth is strong and healthy, so to speak (pardon the mixing of metaphors). I especially like the agitated excitement of "Kaleidoskop" and its well thought-out interplay between voices. Troxler shows eloquence, memorability and inspired craftsmanship in this round of chamber works. Glass Farm is a superior performance vehicle that excels in realizing the music. That's a terrific combination and this album brings lots of pleasure!
What a lovely album it is! A disc by previously unknown to me composer (who is, in fact, Swiss-born and New York-based), it was an impulse buy. But after repeated listenings I really came to enjoy its soundworld. It is as if every piece is an opening into Troxler's sonic universe, each one is a different facet yet somehow connected to each other, a part of the whole. Compositions are meditative, elusive, tender even, notwithstanding the fact that some may sound more robust then others. Intelligently sparse use of instrumentation creates some memorable ethereal textures. Innova has been releasing some excellent music in recent years, and this record is one of their successes.
Compositions:
Penn 1, for flute, bass flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone and piano (2006/2011) [8:15]
Shergotty, for three percussionists (2004/2011) [9:32]
Brouhaha, for violin, cello and three glass bowl players (2010) [11:24]
Susurrus, for viola, cello and piano (2011) [7:00]
Kaleidoskop, for tenor saxophone, electric guitar, percussion and piano (2005) [6:34]
Tracklist:
1. Penn 1 [8:15]
2. Shergotty I [3:41]
3. Shergotty II [3:02]
4. Shergotty III [2:49]
5. Brouhaha I [5:31]
6. Brouhaha II [5:53]
7. Susurrus [7:00]
8. Kaleidoskop I [2:05]
9. Kaleidoskop II [2:04]
10. Kaleidoskop III [2:25]
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Read more about the CD here.
Of related interest:
www.glassfarm.org/index1z.htm
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