Ralph Towner: Anthem on CD
Anthem
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
- Label:
- ECM
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2000
- Item number:
- 3497854
- UPC/EAN:
- 0731454381420
- Release date:
- 28.8.2015
A new solo album from one of the great masters of the acoustic guitar. Ralph Towner has appeared in many contexts for ECM since 1972, but it is perhaps his outstanding solo recitals which most clearly emphasise both his improvisational brilliance and his finely-wrought compositional sense. The dictionary defines an anthem as a solemn song of praise; there are several on this disc. Most are written by Towner himself and played with the "almost oriental sense of balance and dignity" that the New York Times long ago singled out as hallmarks of Ralph's work, but the repertoire here also includes Charles Mingus's solemn song of praise in memory of Lester Young, "Goodbye, Pork Pie Hat" as well as "Gloria's Step", written by the late Scott LaFaro.
Reviews
B. Klostermann in Stereo 3/01: "Unter den zahllosen eigenen Projekten, die Ralph Towner außerhalb der Gruppe Oregon verfolgt, kommt seiner Soloarbeit auf akustischen Gitarren ein besonderer Stellenwert zu. Delikate, dabei immer klare Strukturen verbinden sich mit einem markanten Anschlag, eingängig-sangbare Themen mit komplexen Formen und mehrstimmiger, kontrapunktischer Linienführung. Auf dem vierten Soloalbum deckt Towner das gesamte Spektrum zwischen Komposition und Improvisation ab, von weitgehend ausgeschrieben bis völlig frei."Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Solitary Woman
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2 Anthem
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3 Haunted
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4 The Lutemaker
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5 Simone
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6 Gloria's Step
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7 Four Comets I
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8 Four Comets II
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9 Four Comets Iii
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10 Four Comets IV
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11 Raffish
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12 Very Late
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13 The Prowler
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14 Three Comments I
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15 Three Comments II
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16 Three Comments Iii
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17 Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
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