Morton Feldman
“It haunts the listener into a prism of melancholy. Shifting, unsettling, and yet every bit hypnotic, pianist Aki Takahashi and the world-renowned Kronos Quartet conjure up the ghost of Feldman to wander the streets of New York as if they were abandoned. This single piece, over 79 minutes in length, is like an icy flower that blooms almost undetected… Breathtaking.”
From Mark Swed’s liner notes: “This is music very carefully constructed to keep the listener always surprised. Chords never appear the same way twice; repetitions of motives are always subtly altered in rhythm; the sonic character is always varied, if only slightly. This is music where reiteration is always changing and things that change always seem the same. Feldman’s is ultimately an art that celebrates the act of discovery, of finding and experiencing the sheer physicality of sound.”
SELECT CREDITS
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
with
Aki Takahashi, piano
Produced by Judith Sherman and Kronos Quartet
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
Released by Nonesuch Records
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