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Canons + Hoquets
(CQB 0704, 2007)
Description
Two contemporary artists, each strong and distinct. Skempton’s expansive canons
offset Kondo’s continuous hockets. Jo Kondo: “I am interested in words more than in
sentences, in sentences more than in paragraphs, in paragraphs more than in a whole
page. Thus, it could be said that in music I am more concerned with each sound than
with the phrases they create.” Howard Skempton: “The power of music to inspire
confidence is more than equalled by its ability to alleviate anxiety. Through music
we are no longer manipulated by time… We can stem the tide of time through the
practice of repetition; or through silence, the last refuge of the fastidious.”
Track Listing
01. Howard Skempton,
Catch (2001),
12m49s
02. Howard Skempton, Tendrils (2004),
19m57s
03. Jo
Kondo,
Hypsotony
(1989), 7m42s
04. Jo
Kondo, Fern (1990),
11m05s
05. Jo
Kondo,
Mr Bloomfield, His
Spacing (1973), 8m57s
Reviews
“Mai avremmo sospettato che da quattro archi si potessero ricavare una così
variegata tavolozza cromatica: musica davvero “abbacinante”!”
Wonderous Stories #13:36 (Italy), July 2008
“Le qualità strumentali del quartetto canadese che porta il nome della sua
violoncellista Isabelle Bozzini, sua fondatrice nel 1999
si possono riscontrare qui più sulle caratteristiche del suono (ottimo), piuttosto
che sul fraseggio (molto controllato).”
Altremusiche (Italy), June 2008
“Es ist hörbar Musik, zu der das hervorragende kanadische Quatuor Bozzini eine große Affinität besitzt. So wird jede Gestalt
nachdrücklich, jeder Zusammenklang bekommt Raum und Tiefe.”
Neuen Musikzeitung (Germany), May 2008
“In their similarities and differences they make an inspiring anthology…”
Vital #624 (Netherlands), April 2008
“Le premier affectionne les canons sensuels et langoureux; le second préfère une
musique primesautière et nerveuse.”
CFLX, Délire actuel (Québec), January 2008
“The revered Montreal-based Quatuor Bozzini are great
modern explorers. Transcending musical traditions is their entire raison d’être.
[…] a confident work of art; something other-worldly, textured, occasionally
repetitious, fragmented, canonic and medieval. It’ll freak your entourage, and
inspire you to new heights. It’s gloriously pompous, really.”
Panpot (Québec), October 2007
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