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Post by julesd68 on Sept 15, 2022 12:03:33 GMT
Ok I was a bit reticent about having this album in Classical Album Choice. It was released on Sony Classical and is solo harp, but the music?? Anyway, let's not get bogged down in genres, have a listen as I think it's an interesting album and I love the harp as both an orchestral and solo instrument.
My favourite tracks are those that are the most eclectic and intriguing, such as Les Marionettes, DAMnation and the title track. A number of tracks have a really sparse and mournful quality to them, almost a soundtrack to some quality Scandi Noir. The one track I dislike is the collab with the ubiquitous Olafur Arnalds - it's far too predictable and derivative. Much more appealing are the tracks with Ryuichi Sakamoto and Iggy Pop! The latter is really quite moving for me and so well conceived.
My personal rating for the album is 4/5.
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Post by Slinger on Sept 15, 2022 16:04:14 GMT
Thoroughly enjoyable, Jules, so thanks for that. I could imagine quite a lot of it being transposed for piano, and sounding just as good. Another thing I sort of half-expected was a bit of a dip in quality beween the " well known" composers, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ólafur Arnalds, and Ms Meijer's self-composed pieces. It didn't. I was looking forward to saying something clever and funny about including Iggy Pop on a " classical" album, but he has the perfect, careworn, dry-as-dust, voice for that piece, and it was a brilliant way to close the album. Also 4/ 5. After a bit of Googling I see my comment about piano might not be too wide of the mark, as she has an album of Einaudi pieces.  This sounds rather interesting too...  www.secondinversion.org/2016/12/19/album-review-the-glass-effect-from-lavinia-meijer/ |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 15, 2022 17:06:13 GMT
More interesting than I expected it to be. Sparse and introspective, it manages to keep the attention. 3/5.
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 15, 2022 18:03:34 GMT
Thoroughly enjoyable, Jules, so thanks for that. I could imagine quite a lot of it being transposed for piano, and sounding just as good. Another thing I sort of half-expected was a bit of a dip in quality beween the " well known" composers, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ólafur Arnalds, and Ms Meijer's self-composed pieces. It didn't. I was looking forward to saying something clever and funny about including Iggy Pop on a " classical" album, but he has the perfect, careworn, dry-as-dust, voice for that piece, and it was a brilliant way to close the album. Glad you enjoyed it too Paul. The Iggy Pop comes as quite a surprise but just works so well I think. I haven't checked out any of Ms Meijer's other albums yet. She has certainly had an excellent and varied musical education / career thus far. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Meijer |
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Post by John on Sept 17, 2022 13:27:00 GMT
I am enjoying this
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 20, 2022 16:24:53 GMT
So how did you rate it John?
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Post by John on Sept 20, 2022 16:28:53 GMT
I give it a 3 Jules
I found it a mixed bag at times like it at other times, wanting to skip to the next track
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Post by julesd68 on Sept 20, 2022 16:33:13 GMT
Thanks John. I wonder if we can tempt any other broad minded music lovers to give this a go!  |
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Post by MartinT on Sept 20, 2022 19:08:57 GMT
Yes, I wish more members would have a go. Nothing to lose here!
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Post by MikeMusic on Dec 28, 2022 11:09:39 GMT
What a very pleasant surprise
Initially I thought vocals would come in and ruin it, but no
Need to listen again or two to score
The boss likes it so can play it with her around (instead of watching TV !)
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Post by julesd68 on Dec 30, 2022 17:29:38 GMT
Glad you enjoyed this and the VFZ - Vocal Free Zone!
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Post by julesd68 on Jan 6, 2023 9:51:11 GMT
This is a rather lovely new recording from Ms Meijer.
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