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2012 Elina Duni Quartet - Matane Malit {ECM} [24-88.2]

Elina Duni Quartet / Matanë Malit (Matane Malit) Формат записи/Источник записи: [TR24][OF] Наличие водяных знаков: Нет Год издания/переиздания диска: 2012 Жанр: Contemporary Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Folk, World Fusion, Balkan, Albanian Издатель(лейбл): ECM Records Продолжительность: 53:49 Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: Digital Booklet Треклист: 1. Ka një mot 2. Kjani trima 3. Kur të kujtosh 4. Vajzë e valëve 5. Unë ty moj 6. Erë pranverore 7. Çelo Mezani 8. Ra kambana 9. Çobankat 10. Kristal 11. U rrit vasha 12. Mine Peza Контейнер: FLAC (*.flac) Тип рипа: tracks Разрядность: 24/88,2 Формат: PCM Количество каналов: 2.0   Отчет DR foobar2000 1.3.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1 log date: 2016-03-01 00:01:57 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyzed: Elina Duni Quartet / Matane Malit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR Peak RMS Duration Track -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR12 -0.26 dB -17.23 dB 5:12 01-Ka një mot DR11 -2.72 dB -17.83 dB 4:07 02-Kjani trima DR11 -0.24 dB -15.40 dB 4:06 03-Kur të kujtosh DR12 -0.25 dB -16.87 dB 5:29 04-Vajzë e valeve DR11 -2.36 dB -20.06 dB 3:55 05-Unë ty moj DR12 -0.23 dB -17.23 dB 3:35 06-Erë pranverore DR12 -0.48 dB -18.86 dB 5:42 07-Çelo Mezani DR11 -0.24 dB -13.07 dB 4:16 08-Ra kambana DR11 -0.23 dB -14.12 dB 5:15 09-Çobankat DR13 -0.25 dB -17.67 dB 4:53 10-Kristal DR11 -0.14 dB -14.33 dB 3:25 11-U rrit vasha DR13 -0.86 dB -19.40 dB 3:57 12-Mine Peza -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of tracks: 12 Official DR value: DR12 Samplerate: 88200 Hz Channels: 2 Bits per sample: 24 Bitrate: 1722 kbps Codec: FLAC ================================================================================     Об исполнителе (группе) Elina Duni (born March 1981, Tirane, Albania) is a Swiss-Albanian jazz singer and composer. She left Albania at the age of ten. She went on to study classical music and jazz in Switzerland, but after 2004 Albanian folk music became a prime influence. In a review John Fordham concluded by saying "This quartet definitely sounds like rising star material for ECM."     Об альбоме (сборнике) Female singer plus piano trio equals jazz album, right? Wrong. Elina Duni's debut album is a tribute to her Albanian heritage, and while there are elements of jazz in the arrangements (and certainly in the instrumentation), there's little to nothing jazzy about her singing or about the songs. These are Balkan folk songs, some of them light in tone and content and others exploring and elucidating the deep cultural ruptures that have characterized the region's history for centuries: topics include exile, sheepherding, political resistance, romantic love, and labor. But unless you either speak Albanian or follow along with the translations in the liner notes, you'll have to divine these subtleties from the music itself -- and luckily, Duni is the kind of singer who can communicate an awful lot of subtlety with just a gentle change of dynamics or a shift in timbre. She sings with almost no vibrato and a minimum of ornamentation, her voice ringing out like a glass bell pitched in the alto range. Then there are the time signatures, which you may not notice unless you're trying to dance: "Kur Të Kujtosh," for example, seems to be written in 11/8. Although tempos vary somewhat and instrumental textures do as well, it's hard to identify highlights on this remarkable album -- all of the tracks share a similar feeling of haunting regret, and all of them are deeply beautiful. This is one of those very rare albums that doesn't insist on your undivided attention, but rewards it richly anyway. AllMusic Review by Rick Anderson Источник (релизер): what\kivius
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