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The idea is simple. After concerts, there is always someone from the audience who comes to talk to us and asks if we have recorded this or that piece. We have heard this repeatedly over the years, so we decided to combine all of the pieces that we and the audience like on one album. The other common link among these pieces is that all have been arranged or composed for or by us. There’s only one exception: the Rivier, a traditional saxophone quartet, but because we feel such a strong connection to this piece, we decided to make it “ours” as well.
Before the release of the first “Amstel Tracks” we did not think it was such a strong concept, but we were wrong. The album turned out to be the most personal and successful Amstel Quartet CD. The concept of personal taste and emotional links to the works we play turned out to be much stronger than any concept on paper. Thus, we hope that Amstel Tracks Now! will live up to the expectations of all our fans.
After we finished the recording, we realised that releasing this album would mark our fifteenth anniversary.
Before the release of the first “Amstel Tracks” we did not think it was such a strong concept, but we were wrong. The album turned out to be the most personal and successful Amstel Quartet CD. The concept of personal taste and emotional links to the works we play turned out to be much stronger than any concept on paper. Thus, we hope that Amstel Tracks Now! will live up to the expectations of all our fans.
After we finished the recording, we realised that releasing this album would mark our fifteenth anniversary.
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PRESS REVIEWS
"a superb program, musically sublimely constructed and played with absolute devotion. The sheer beauty of timbres, the cohesion of playing of the members of the Amstel Quartet, their symbiosis of colours and spiritual implications transform their interpretations into role models of musicality"
Remy Franck - Pizzicato - January 2012
"een prachtig programma, muzikaal subliem opgebouwd en gespeeld met absolute toewijding. De pure schoonheid van timbres, de samenhang van het spelen van de leden van het Amstel Quartet, hun symbiose van kleuren en spirituele implicaties transformeren hun interpretaties in rolmodellen van muzikaliteit"
Remy Franck - Pizzicato - Januari 2012
"Dat ze goed spelen wisten we al jaren. Maar nu hebben ze een album gemaakt waarmee hopelijk ook een internationale doorbraak volgt."
Forte - Februari 2012
"That they play well, we knew for years. But now they have made an album that hopefully results in an international breakthrough."
Forte - Februari 2012
Remy Franck - Pizzicato - January 2012
"een prachtig programma, muzikaal subliem opgebouwd en gespeeld met absolute toewijding. De pure schoonheid van timbres, de samenhang van het spelen van de leden van het Amstel Quartet, hun symbiose van kleuren en spirituele implicaties transformeren hun interpretaties in rolmodellen van muzikaliteit"
Remy Franck - Pizzicato - Januari 2012
"Dat ze goed spelen wisten we al jaren. Maar nu hebben ze een album gemaakt waarmee hopelijk ook een internationale doorbraak volgt."
Forte - Februari 2012
"That they play well, we knew for years. But now they have made an album that hopefully results in an international breakthrough."
Forte - Februari 2012
TRACKS
- 1 Johann Sebastian Bach ; ’Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland’ BWV 659
- 2 Guillermo Lago; Ciudades - Córdoba
- 3 Guillermo Lago; Ciudades - Sarajevo
- 4 Guillermo Lago; Ciudades - Addis Ababa
- 5 Johannes Brahms; Symphony No. 3 in F Major, op. 90 - Poco Allegretto
- 6 Michael Nyman; Three movements from String Quartet No. 2 - I
- 7 Michael Nyman; Three movements from String Quartet No. 2 - II
- 8 Michael Nyman; Three movements from String Quartet No. 2 - III
- 9 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Adagio & Fuga, K. 546 - Adagio
- 10 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Adagio & Fuga, K. 546 - Fuga
- 11 Samuel Barber; Adagio for strings
- 12 Jan Pieterzoon Sweelinck; Chromatic Fantasy
- 13 Jean Rivier; Grave et Presto
- 14 Maurice Ravel; Pavane pour une infante défunte
- 15 Tan Dun; Three movements from Eight Sketches in Hunan Accent - Floating Clouds
- 16 Tan Dun; Three movements from Eight Sketches in Hunan Accent - Ancient Burial
- 17 Tan Dun; Three movements from Eight Sketches in Hunan Accent - Sunrain
Comments
Agnes Gebhard20|02|2012 15:49LS,Thank you for this beautiful music. Can you please tell me who arranged the Brahms 3rd movement oif the 3rd symphony for 4 saxophones ?
Thank you,
Agnes
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