(act, fusion, string jazz, acoustic ) radio.string.quartet.vienna - celebrating the mahavishnu orchestra (music John McLaughlin) - 2007, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless
radio.string.quartet.vienna - celebrating the mahavishnu orchestra
Жанр: fusion, string jazz, acoustic
Год выпуска диска: 2007
The ACT Company
ACT 9462-2 [2007]
Аудио кодек: FLAC
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue + Complete Artwork
Битрейт аудио: lossless
Продолжительность: 01:06:56
Трэклист:
1. Open Country Joy
2. A Lotus on Irish Streams
3. Vital Transformation
4. The Dance of Maya
5. Dawn
6. Dream
7. Thousand Island Park
8. Meeting of the Spirits
9. Celestial Terrestrial Commuters
10. Hope
11. Birds of Fire
12. You know, you know
13. Sanctuary
14. ResolutionОригинальные, неожиданные струнные обработки легендарных Mahavishnu Orchestra. Струнные делают пластинку фьюжном в кубе.
all composed McLaughlin, John
Line Up:
Bernie Mallinger - violin
Johannes Dickbauer - violin
Cynthia Liao - viola
Asja Valcic - cello
John Kelman - All About Jazz :A string quartet paying tribute to the high energy, high velocity Mahavishnu Orchestra of the early 1970s? An oxymoronic concept perhaps, but Veinnese radio.string.quartet's Celebrating The Mahavishnu Orchestra not only honors the spirit of the group, but proves that Mahavishnu Orchestra founder/guitar icon John McLaughlin's writing can provide plenty of grist for unexpected and challenging interpretations.Classical string quartets tackling a jazz repertoire is nothing new—Kronos Quartet, for example, has released two albums of music by Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk—but radio.string.quartet's take is considerably more successful than most. The quartet not only captures Mahavishnu Orchestra's dynamics, complexity and sometimes reckless fury, but its improvisational aspect as well. This is no polite string quartet; it's as much a take-no-prisoners ensemble as the group it references.Relegated to historical relevance for too long, McLaughlin's music has only recently been recognized for its repertory potential. Drummer Gregg Bendian's The Mahavishnu Project has been expanding the music for five years, most recently on the outstanding Return to the Emerald Beyond (Cuneiform, 2007), while keyboardist/drummer Gary Husband's A Meeting of Spirits (Alternity, 2006) turns McLaughlin's music into more unfettered, often abstract, solo piano outings.Celebrating The Mahavishnu Orchestra, while by no means literal, leans towards The Mahavishnu Project's more reverential approach. The album's fourteen tracks—culled largely from Inner Mounting Flame Columbia, 1971) and Birds of Fire (Columbia, 1972)—may be recognizable, but violinist Bernie Mallinger and Klemens Bittman take considerably liberty with arrangement, rhythm and improvisational opportunity.Originally an all-acoustic rubato tone poem, a gentle pizzicato violin pulse rests underneath the resonant long tones of violin, viola and cello, giving "A Lotus on Irish Stream unexpected forward motion. The equally acoustic ambience of "Thousand Island Park loses its defined rhythm here, however, with cellist Asja Valcic's primary voice turning it inside out.But it's the electric Mahavishnu Orchestra tracks that are the real revelation. Gone is the defining guitar arpeggio of The Inner Mounting Flame's first salvo, "Meeting of the Spirits, replaced instead by an atmospheric swarm of strings over the cello's two-note motif. When the quartet moves more fervently into the song's defining contrapuntal theme, the arpeggio is hinted at but never clearly articulated. There's no need for the drum intro to the 9/8 "Vital Transformation ; the aggressive attack of the strings provides all the power that's needed.While there's stronger arrangement here than with the original more jam-centric Mahavishnu Orchestra; everyone gets ample opportunity to demonstrate their improvisational acumen. The ethereal middle section of "The Dance of Maya may have little to do with the earthier original, but the irregularly metered boogie that finally coalesces with an opposing theme remains intact.Celebrating The Mahavishnu Orchestra is the perfect mix of respect and irreverence that music this bold deserves. The reference points are clear, but radio.string.quartet has taken McLaughlin's writing and the spirit of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and turned them into a superb and deeply personal musical statement.
aboutTo the artist page of radio.string.quartet.vienna"When I was first given the demo CD of the recordings of the compositions I wrote for the "Mahavishnu Orchestra" performed by the radio.string.quartet.vienna, I imagined something of dubious quality.
Remember, these compositions were written for an electric jazz-fusion group 34 - 35 years ago, and while the 2nd version of Mahavishnu Orchestra had a string quartet within the group, the drums, bass and electric guitar were always there and very present.
From the first note I was struck by the way this group had 'appropriated' my music and made it their very own. They even got the atmosphere which was present all those years ago. The other aspect that touched me deeply was the importance they attach to improvisation, and they do improvise!
The quartet is also not without humour: just listen to that version of "Celestial Terrestrial Commuters"...
This is no ordinary string quartet. The love of, and the dedication they have to their respective instruments is marvellous, and the fact that they have taken what was electric jazz-fusion music, fused it with their training in 'classical' music, and conserved the 'electric' atmosphere is outstanding.
Throughout the listening of this recording, the radio.string.quartet.vienna brought me back to the wonderful days of the Mahavishnu Orchestras with true enjoyment. Thank you!
John McLaughlin"The biggest surprise of the 2006 Berlin Jazz Festival came from Austria, and it was a big festival, comprising a grand total of 32 events. The Viennese conceptualists go to the very limits of the dynamic range, the colour palette and demonstrate a profusion of nuance that imparts breadth and spirituality on the rough and energetic originals”, says the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the radio.string.quartet.vienna, who presented their project celebrating the mahavishnu orchestra to an enthusiastic audience last autumn in Berlin.“moviemiento goes radio”. Everything began in the year 2000, when Austrian composer/accordionist Klaus Paier asked Bernie Mallinger to put together a string quartet for his CD “Moviemiento”. The result: The CD is nominated for the “Amadeus Award” and the “moviemento string quartet” develops a vigorous life of its own. Over the course of several musical projects and some personnel changes, it turns into the “radio.string.quartet.vienna” in today’s line-up. “The ‘radio’ bit of the name stands for contemporary music, musical diversity and also entertainment. Also the name just felt right” (Asja Valcic).The Sound of Mahavishnu. The arrangements of John McLaughlin’s 1970’s compositions touch a nerve with many former Mahavishnu-fans. Others doubt that a classical string quartet can handle the sheer energy level of the original “Mahavishnu-Orchestra”. However, John McLaughlin himself begs to differ: In a complete endorsement of the result and the quality of the performance of the radio.string.quartet.vienna, he offers to write the liner notes himself.Another factor adding interest to celebrating the mahavishnu orchestra, can be found in the wildly differing biographies of the four musicians themselves:Bernie Mallinger (a freelancer on the Austrian music scene since 1997, an active band-leader, composer, arranger, in demand side-man and teacher): “I was already a fan of the Mahavishnu Orchestra as a student. Being a fiddle player myself, I was fascinated by the way McLaughlin integrated the instrument into a normal jazz-rock line-up. He opened up horizons for me in a number of different ways, by combining different styles and sounds in a way that hardly anyone has achieved, either before or after him. From my point of view, the melodic, harmonic and rhythmic variety in this music makes it uniquely suitable for treatment by a string quartet. With my arrangements I never once tried to emulate the sound of the original fusion band. Rather, I bring out the structure of the compositions and show them in a new light.”Asja Valcic (graduated as a classical cellist in Zagreb aged 18, has been touring since then as a member of international orchestras and a highly sought-after soloist): "I have much more freedom here than in classical music. Anything that is seen as unwanted noise, scraping, whistling or squealing in classical music can become a musical event in our music. We have consciously utilized these effects on the new album. The result is that the four individual instruments often merge into a completely new sound entirely without the use of electronic effects.Johannes Dickbauer (following his classical studies in Salzburg and Vienna, he is currently adding the finishing touches at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia). An aptitude for jazz runs in the family: “My uncle Klaus (Vienna Art Orchestra, Saxofour) was definitely a role model as I started to improvise. The whole thing began as a hobby, but I am finding it more and more fascinating to bring the different sounds and timbres of the violin to jazz music.”Cynthia Liao (from Taipei, has adopted Vienna as her new home-town). The temperamental violist was principle viola in numerous international orchestras and opera houses before she discovered her affection for the radio.string.quartet.vienna. She brings humour and charm to her role of “communicating between the registers”: “This music needs a tremendous energy on stage. This is something that creates a constant challenge for us, and makes working together an exciting experience on the borderlines of styles and cultures.”A welcome relief from the yearlong Mozart-marathon: Vienna, the “European capital of music”, is finally transmitting a new and vital heartbeat: The radio.string.quartet.vienna keeps a rich tradition alive – in a refreshingly unconventional way.
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