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Jeroen van Veen - Van Veen: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (2018) [Hi-Res]

Jeroen van Veen - Van Veen: Piano Music, Vol. 2 (2018) [Hi-Res]

BAND/ARTIST: Jeroen van Veen

  • Title: Van Veen: Piano Music, Vol. 2
  • Year Of Release: 2018
  • Label: Brilliant Classics
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: 24bit-48kHz FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 08:34:13
  • Total Size: 6.38 GB
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Tracklist:

CD1
01. Continuum, Pianoconcerto No. 1, I
02. Continuum, Pianoconcerto No. 1, II
03. Continuum, Pianoconcerto No. 1, III
04. Continuum, Pianoconcerto No. 1, IV
05. Continuum, Pianoconcerto No. 1, V
06. Continuum, Pianoconcerto No. 1, VI
07. Continuum, Pianoconcerto No. 1, Applause
08. Minimal Prelude 50 for two Pianos

CD2
09. Incanto No. 2, Section 01
10. Incanto No. 2, Section 29
11. Incanto No. 2, Section ossia 36
12. Incanto No. 2, Section 36
13. Incanto No. 2, Section 44
14. Incanto No. 2, Section 46
15. Incanto No. 2, Section 63
16. Minimal Prelude 48

CD3
17. Ripalmania for 6 Pianos, I
18. Ripalmania for 6 Pianos, II
19. Ripalmania for 6 Pianos, III
20. Ripalmania for 6 Pianos, IV
21. Ripalmania for 6 Pianos, V
22. Ripalmania for 6 Pianos, VI
23. In Sea, for any Combination of Instruments

CD4
24. Minimal Prelude 41
25. Minimal Prelude 46
26. Minimal Prelude 47
27. Minimal Prelude 49 for Piano and Tape Delay
28. Minimal Prelude 51, Hotwax
29. Minimal Prelude 52, for Mike
30. Minimal Prelude 53

CD5
31. Minimal Prelude 58, for Luk Perceval
32. Minimal Prelude 54
33. Minimal Prelude 55
34. Minimal Prelude 56
35. Minimal Prelude for Two Rippen Grand Pianos and 6 Ebows
36. Almost Six o'Clock
37. Una corda

CD6
38. Velvet Piano, Looping I
39. Velvet Piano, Into Space
40. Velvet Piano, Intemite
41. Velvet Piano, Deepness
42. Velvet Piano, Looping II
43. Velvet Piano, in 5
44. Velvet Piano, Toy Piano
45. Velvet Piano, Rhythmical Pleasure
46. Velvet Piano, Looping III
47. Minimal Prelude 60, Tango for Organ

CD7
48. Ebow4two
49. Building
50. Inside Out
51. Muted String
52. Dreaming
53. Rocking
54. Back to f
55. Sambanova
56. Two Ways
57. On the Move
58. With a Little Help from my Piano

A cornucopia of catchy melodies and hypnotic music from the king of minimalist piano.

Jeroen van Veen has won international success with albums of Satie, Pärt, Glass and Riley. These are only some of the most significant composers whose work he has recorded for Brilliant Classics in building a library on record of minimalist piano music. Simplicity, repetition and appealing melody are the qualities shared by all the composers who subscribe to this aesthetic, and they underlie van Veen’s own compositions.

Although subtitled Volume 2, this is the third album to focus exclusively on the pianist as composer. Books 1 and 2 of his Minimal Piano Preludes were reissued on a 2CD set (BC95383) in 2016, and won high praise from MusicWeb International: ‘Both spectacular and simple, these pieces all have bags of content and an underlying surge of joy in creation and performance that is irresistible.’ Further preludes feature in a 5CD box of his piano music (BC9454) and this sequel takes us up to Minimal Prelude No.60, a ‘tango for organ’.

‘All my music is about time and space,’ says van Veen in a booklet essay. ‘The duration of music is an essential part of the concept in my music. The concept of music, specifically my minimal oriented music, only can exist in time. The slow progression, building of the material, the motifs and the search for new sounds is audible in this new box.’ All the works featured here were composed between 2010 and 2018.

Continuum (CD1) is a concertante work for piano and flute octet. Incanto (CD2) is another CD-length piece, entirely composed in an unusual 11/8 time signature. Ripalmania (CD3) is written for six pianos, a scoring which creates an entrancing effect. In Velvet Piano (CD6) van Veen explores the timbral possibilities of pianos prepared with objects after the style of John Cage, though without the American composer’s aim of disconcerting the listener. The final disc is a celebration of minimalist jazz, in which the border between composition and improvisation almost vanishes.

Jeroen van Veen about his own piano music: “All my music is about time and space. The duration of music is an essential part of the concept in my music. Time goes by so quickly in these modern times that it has become an exclusive privilege to people. The concept of music, specifically my minimal oriented music, only can exist in time. The slow progression, the building of the material, the motifs and the search for new sounds is audible in this new box”.
This set contains music ranging from one piano, two pianos, piano and keyboards, organ, up till 6 pianos.
Jeroen van Veen established himself as “The leading exponent of minimalism today” (Fanfare), “Jeroen van Veen has been a powerhouse in the piano world” (Musicweb). His numerous recordings for Brilliant Classics include works by Glass, Reich, Ten Holt, Pärt, Satie, Tiersen, Einaudi, Preisner and many others.


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