Wolfert Brederode, Matangi Quartet & Joost Lijbaart
Release Date: 23 September 2022
Label: ECM
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 602445818648
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
Ruins and Remains, a suite for piano, string quartet and percussion, was composed by the Dutch pianist Wolfert Breferode in 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
Over time, however, it has come to embody meanings broader and more personal, with wide-ranging resonances. "At a number of levels, the piece has to do with grief and loss and learning to stand up again," Brederode says. There is a vulnerable but resilient quality to the music, as it hovers over its emotional terrain, with moods both bleak and guardedly hopeful.
Highly sensitive playing by Brederode, percussionist Joost Lijbaart and the Matangi Quartet (increasingly regarded as one of Holland's most adventurous string quartets), distinguish a special album recorded in Bremen's Sendesaal in August 2021 and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Wolfert Brederode: piano
Matangi Quartet:
Maria-Paula Majoor: violin
Daniel Torrico Menacho: violin
Karsten Kleijer: viola
Arno van der Vuurst: cello
Joost Lijbaart: drums, percussion
Tracklisting
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Norma Winstone & Kit Downes
Oded Tzur
Kenny Wheeler, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland & Bill Frisell
Fred Hersch
John Taylor, Norma Winstone & Kenny Wheeler
Keith Jarrett & Jan Garbarek
Jan Garbarek Quartet
Kurt Rosenwinkel
Tomasz Stanko Quartet
Jiem
Ant Law & Brigitte Beraha
Tom Green Septet
Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
Elaine Delmar
Ross McHenry
