Red Lanta

Art Lande, Jan Garbarek | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1994)
• Label: Ecm Records
• ASIN: B0000031P2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #955,701 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Quintennaissance

2. Velvet

3. Waltz for a

4. Awakening/Midweek

5. Verdulac

6. Miss Fortune

7. Medley: Open Return/Cancion del Momento

8. Meanwhile

9. Cherifen Dream of Renate

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars underappreciated disc, December 15, 2000

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Thomas Gabuzda "Songs for Dancing Bear" (Montco PA, usa) - See all my reviews
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This is an underappreciated disc, nicely described by the first reviewer. It has largely been critiqued by the jazz field, and it's really more a recording of improvised baroque settings than jazz. It succeeds utterly in that light and has several pieces of (dare I say) ravishing beauty, most notably "Quintennaissance" and "Awakening- Midweek". The latter is one of the prettiest and emotive pieces I've ever heard, something I'd dare to compare with Barber's "Adagio" for sheer beauty. If you enjoy both jazz and chamber musics, you'll probably listen to this often. Only when reviewed as jazz or classical alone does it warrant less than the highest rating.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The perfect early morning "wake up" jazz disc., March 4, 2000

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Richard F. Monk (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews

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Listening to this CD of piano and flute or saxophone music is a great way to start the day. I have the first cut "Quintennaissance" cued up on my CD/alarm clock to wake me up every morning. The opening flute work IS the sound of birds singing. Art Lande's piano work here also conjures up a morning in the woods. Simply beautiful. Cut 5 "Verdulac" uses saxes with the piano to paint an emotional tone poem. It is also intense and lyrical. The two musicians balance each other well. This is exciting music! All the compositions are by Mr. Lande, and have a similar feel. "Awakening - Midweek" could also find its way on my CD/alarm clock, it is a pensive flute/piano piece that is very relaxing, and has an almost a classical feel. The whole CD has an "artsy" feel that would be very much at home being played on a sound system in a art gallery. These are two very talented musicians showing off their considerable skills. Overall an enjoyable, thoughtful listening experience. The sound of the recording is top notch, too.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally unique, and still fresh sounding after over two decades., June 27, 2006

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Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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I like the phrase that one reviewer used- "improvised baroque". That certainly captures the first cut. But the second is certainly jazz to my ears, as is much of the album. This is beautiful, moving music that never descends into the banal, as does so much "New Age" muzak. Lande and Garbarak move from very consonant harmony into dissonant, sometimes jarring harmony, against a harmonic and rhythmic backgound that might put you in mind of some of Bill Evans' work, or even some of Chopin's Nocturnes, and the result is magic.

This album was my introduction to the ECM catalogue- and to Garbarek- back in the 1980s, and it still sounds fresh to my ears. My LP was destroyed in an apartment fire back then, so it's great to see it available again on CD.