Globe Travel Homeland
Ravello, 2022
8/10
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Pianos and percussion come together here, where compositions by living composers are fleshed out with much attention to tonality and melody thanks to Sang-Hie Lee (piano), Martha Thomas (piano), Kevin von Kampen (percussion) and Zack Hale (percussion).
Eun Hye Park’s “Persona For Two Pianos And Two Percussion Players” opens the listen with dense, exciting percussive manipulation alongside firm, atmospheric keys in the cinematic delivery, and “Tango Suite In Three Scenes” follows with the graceful piano flowing with much melody, as the pianists work together with dynamic interaction.
Michael Sidney Timpson’s “Eight Quodllibets” arrives in the middle, and meshes the complicated finger acrobatics that can rumble with mystery, while Lee and Thomas present much forcefulness in the nearly abrasive “Frozen Land”, where soft moments also populate the Chan Hae Lee composition.
The album exits on the 3 movements of Robert Paterson’s “Deep Blue Ocean”, where a very absorbing quality comprises the shifting moods and mesmerizing progressions from the stunning keys.
A very powerful display of exceptional talent, the players here make for a complicated but easily enjoyable affair that allows the artists to play off each others respective skills with much awe.
Travels well with: DRAX- CHAOS + Contemplation; Wesley Ferreira- Into The Green