Morton Feldman – Crippled Symmetry: at June in Buffalo

[scarlattiglenross]

Just wanted to tell people about the maiden release on my new label, frozen reeds.

Many of the recipients so far have been full of praise, and you'll find a couple of reviews here:

http://www.thewatchfulear.com/?p=7595

http://www.buffalonews.com/entertainment/gusto/music/disc-reviews/article968290.ece


Morton Feldman
Crippled Symmetry: at June in Buffalo
The Feldman Soloists
frozen reeds fr1/2

In 2000, Eberhard Blum, Nils Vigeland, and Jan Williams came together once more as "The Feldman Soloists" to perform Crippled Symmetry, the trio Feldman composed for them, on the 25th anniversary celebration of the festival he founded. The recording of this concert is now finally available on CD, and is destined to become the reference release of this work.

Required listening for all fans of Feldman's rich, hypnotic world of enigmatic harmony and mnemonic echo. Mastered by Denis Blackham, and presented in a card package which unfolds to reveal the musicians' "butterfly-like" arrangement on stage.

"This turned out to be one of the best performances that we had ever given together. The rare and indescribable 'magic moment' of occasion and ambience seems to have inspired us. The recording of the concert belongs to my most valued sound documents. When I listened to it for the first time, my immediate reaction was: this performance ought to be available on CD. Now, ten years later, it is." -Eberhard Blum

Please find more info, a short excerpt, and purchasing possibilities at http://frozenreeds.com/?p=21

[scarlattiglenross]

Five-star review in The Guardian!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/15/feldman-crippled-symmetry-review?CMP=twt_fd

[bhodges]

Five-star review in The Guardian!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/15/feldman-crippled-symmetry-review?CMP=twt_fd

Sounds fantastic, congratulations! As a Feldman fan, I'll have to check this out. Good luck with the new label, too.

--Bruce

[scarlattiglenross]

Thanks for your kind words.

Another five star review today, this time in The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-the-feldman-soloists-crippled-symmetry-at-june-in-buffalo-frozen-reeds-8095951.html

[scarlattiglenross]

Just wanted to mention that our release is one of Alex Ross's ten notable recordings of 2012 in The New Yorker:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/11/ten-notable-classical-music-recordings-of-2012.html

Many thanks to those of you who have purchased it!