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Artist: Elliot Simpson, Justin Christensen
Title: The Wayward Trail
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: MicroFest Records
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
Total Time: 01:06:09
Total Size: 254 mb / 1.2 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Elliot Simpson, Justin Christensen - The Wayward Trail (2015) [Hi-Res]
Tracklist
01. 15 Zwiefache
02. Steel Suite: I. Prelude "Tastar de corde"
03. Steel Suite: II. Balkan Dance
04. Steel Suite: III. A New Waltz in Pelog
05. Steel Suite: IV. Gigue "Maggie's Jigs"
06. Songs & Toods: Schneidertood
07. Songs & Toods: Dismission of Great I
08. Songs & Toods: Sweet Betsy from Pike
09. Songs & Toods: Eskimo Lullaby
10. Songs & Toods: 85 Chords "The Historical Tuning Problem"
11. Forward
The last two album reviews featuring just intonation were John Schneider’s Harry Partch and Ben Johnston recordings. Through his MicroFest Records label comes this excellent album by American-born guitarist Elliot Simpson. If you’re not familiar with MicroFest, “Grammy winning producer John Schneider and Grammy nominated pianist Aron Kallay, themselves critically acclaimed performers of ‘microtonal’ music, created MicroFest Records to share their love of exciting repertoire that is simply unavailable anywhere else” (MicroFest). This album is no exception and is extraordinary for its music, the instrument, and quality performances by Simpson.
The album is filled with a variety of music from composers at the forefront of new music and microtonal writing. The works can draw a historical influence back to composer Harry Partch who was a pioneer in the field and “would come to refer to his complex stylistic development as a ‘wayward trail’.” My personal favourite from the album is the beautiful work by Zimmerman filled with spacious and sparkling harmonics. It’s a wonderful piece to become lost in as the drifting motifs delicately bounce about in alternating duple and triple meter. Steel Suite by Doty is a bit more rustic but delivers some interesting folky dances and energy. Coincidently, I’ve been working on transcriptions of Dalza (fl. 1508) which is, as I far as I know, the first reference to “tastar de corde” (in Italian, literally, “testing of the strings”) meaning a prelude exploring chords. The work by Larry Polansky throws us a more dissonant flavour along with exploring what that means on the unique instrument. The folk tunes that appear gave me an occasional giggle but many of the musical settings were very touching. I’m assuming it’s Simpson himself singing on the album. The Trumpet on 85 Chords is played by Justin Christensen. Forward by Ezequiel Menalled is an extended and spacious exploration of the harmonies and further microtone possibilities as the performer tampers with the tuning of the open strings. The lovely recording quality and the clear sound of the instrument make this a wonderful closing of the album. Fantastic playing by Simpson, I love the sound of the instrument. Steel-strings record better than nylons, the album sparkles in the higher register but also has a rich low-end.
艺术家：埃利奥特·辛普森、贾斯汀·克里斯滕森
作品名称：《迷途小径》（The Wayward Trail）
发行年份：2015年
厂牌：微音乐节唱片公司（MicroFest Records）
音乐类型：古典音乐
音质：FLAC无损格式 / FLAC 24比特 - 96.0千赫兹 + 小册子
总时长：1小时06分09秒
总大小：254兆字节 / 1.2吉字节
网站：专辑预览
埃利奥特·辛普森、贾斯汀·克里斯滕森 - 《迷途小径》（2015年）[高解析度]
曲目列表
01. 《十五次双重奏》（15 Zwiefache）
02. 《钢铁组曲》：第一首，前奏曲《试弦》（“Tastar de corde”）
03. 《钢铁组曲》：第二首，《巴尔干舞曲》
04. 《钢铁组曲》：第三首，《佩罗格调式的新圆舞曲》
05. 《钢铁组曲》：第四首，吉格舞曲《玛吉的吉格舞》
06. 《歌曲与小曲》：《施奈德小曲》（Schneidertood）
07. 《歌曲与小曲》：《伟大的我的离去》（Dismission of Great I）
08. 《歌曲与小曲》：《来自派克的甜贝茜》（Sweet Betsy from Pike）
09. 《歌曲与小曲》：《爱斯基摩摇篮曲》（Eskimo Lullaby）
10. 《歌曲与小曲》：《85个和弦 “历史调音问题”》
11. 《前进》（Forward）
之前两篇关于纯律的专辑评论分别是约翰·施奈德录制的哈里·帕奇和本·约翰斯顿的作品。通过他的微音乐节唱片公司发行了这张由美国出生的吉他手埃利奥特·辛普森带来的出色专辑。如果你不了解微音乐节唱片公司，“格莱美获奖制作人约翰·施奈德和格莱美提名钢琴家阿隆·卡莱，他们本身就是备受赞誉的‘微分音’音乐演奏者，创立了微音乐节唱片公司，以分享他们对那些在其他任何地方都无法找到的令人兴奋的曲目的热爱”（微音乐节唱片公司介绍）。这张专辑也不例外，其音乐、乐器以及辛普森的高质量演奏都堪称非凡。
这张专辑充满了来自处于新音乐和微分音创作前沿的作曲家们的各种音乐作品。这些作品在历史影响上可以追溯到作曲家哈里·帕奇，他是该领域的先驱，并且“后来将自己复杂的风格发展称为‘迷途小径’”。这张专辑中我个人最喜欢的是齐默尔曼创作的优美作品，其中充满了开阔且闪耀的和声。当那些飘忽的主题在二拍子和三拍子之间微妙地跳跃时，这是一首能让人沉浸其中的美妙乐曲。多蒂创作的《钢铁组曲》则更具乡村风格，但带来了一些有趣的民间舞蹈节奏和活力。巧合的是，我一直在研究达尔扎（活跃于1508年）的作品改编，据我所知，这是首次提到“tastar de corde”（意大利语，字面意思是“试弦”），指的是一首探索和弦的前奏曲。拉里·波兰斯基的作品给我们带来了更不和谐的风格，同时也在这种独特的乐器上探索了其含义。出现的那些民间曲调有时会让我会心一笑，但许多音乐情境都非常感人。我猜在专辑中演唱的就是辛普森本人。在《85个和弦》中吹奏小号的是贾斯汀·克里斯滕森。埃泽奎尔·梅纳尔德创作的《前进》是对和声的一次扩展且开阔的探索，并且随着演奏者对空弦调音的调整，进一步挖掘了微分音的可能性。出色的录音质量和乐器清晰的音色使得这首作品成为专辑精彩的收尾。辛普森的演奏太棒了，我喜欢这种乐器的声音。钢弦的录音效果比尼龙弦更好，这张专辑在高音区闪耀，同时在低音区也有丰富的音色表现。
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