Kristjan Järvi and French label Naïve launch the Kristjan Järvi Sound Project. This original recording series presents the charismatic conductor's extensive classical, world music and jazz collaborations, while capturing the essence of this vibrant and original musical personality. The Kristjan Järvi Sound Project spans Järvi's prolific musical output with an ambitious release schedule over several years. Recordings will reflect all of Kristjan Järvi's activities, from Music Director of MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Gstaad Festival Orchestra, to the Baltic Youth Philharmonic (BYP) and his acclaimed classical-world-hip-hop-jazz group, Absolute Ensemble. As a creative force on today's music scene, Järvi is known for his innovative classical music programmes and instinctive vision for cross-genre collaborations. The first album on the Kristjan Järvi Sound Project is Balkan Fever. The brainchild of Kristjan Järvi, Balkan Fever features the vibrant colours of folk-influenced orchestral pieces by Enescu and Kodály, with hypnotic sounds, melodies and beats from the Balkans. The album stars a trio of virtuosic Balkan musicians - kaval-player Theodosii Spassov, and guitarists Miroslav Tadic and Vlatko Stefanovski - while the live concert recording captures the highly-charged atmosphere of intoxicating classical-folk-jazz fusion. The result is an electrifying sound experience.
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5.59 x 5.28 x 0.35 inches; 2.82 Ounces
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3.0 out of 5 starsOkay, but not quite what I was expecting.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2015
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I heard one track of this on Radio 3 and bought the disc on the strength of that. I think I had been expecting something more along the lines of
Jordi Savall's Balkan Spirit
. This seemed a bit staid by comparison.
The music and the music making are marvelous but the documentation is sadly lacking. Apart from Enescu's Romanian Rhapsody it gives absolutely no information about the music, not even where it is from.