Offenbach / Devos / Munchner Rundfunkorchester - Offenbach Colorature - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Collage Project was born out of collaborations from the late 1990s in Cleveland, Ohio. Bassist Aidan Plank and guitarists Dan Bruce and Dan Lippel gravitated towards each other musically through a shared conviction that free improvising need not be restricted by vocabulary and written material in improvised music need not be confined to conventional forms. Over the last several years, the three have reunited to bring together their diverse sets of experiences in contemporary classical music, jazz, and other stylistic contexts. On their debut recording InchOff Brand,Inch the three are joined by guests Nathan Douds (drums), Noa Even (saxophone) and Chris Anderson (trombone) to document the unique musical space they have cultivated.

As Adolf Tegtmeier, the alter ego of Jürgen von Manger, knew quite well, overtures exercise an important function in the opera InchThey begin, you see, right off with the curtain and start by playing all the melodies in a row, everything that happens to come up later. But this is just to give you the chance to familiarize yourself with the music. And of course it's important... so that later on you don't get such a big shock.Inch The orchestral overtures brought together on the present recording make the listener eager to hear each of the particular works following them. Even those who do not recognize the fine details of their design will enjoy the inexhaustible wealth of their melodies, the irresistible rhythms and lyricisms, and the skilled details of their instrumentation. In their entirety the works on this album invite us to approach Jacques Offenbach's sumptuous oeuvre by way of unknown paths on the occasion of the two hundredth anniversary of his birth - without having to worry about Inchlater getting such a big shock.Inch

Offenbach / Ang - Fille Du Tambour Majeur / Belle Helene [COMPACT DISCS] date 11/10/2017