Jörgen van Rijen, Alma Quartet - Mirrored in Time (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Despite its long history, the trombone has a very limited chamber music repertoire. Jörgen van Rijen, principal trombonist of the Concertgebouworkest, has wished to rectify this deficiency by initiating a fruitful collaboration between his own instrument and the string quartet, the pinnacle of chamber music. Mirrored in Time thus presents a collection of powerful arrangements and attractive new works covering a wide range of styles. Together with the Alma Quartet, van Rijen has created a wonderful springboard for the further development of the trombone repertoire in chamber music.

Framed by adaptations of contemporary pieces by Bryce Dessner and Chiel Meijering respectively, this recording presents five pairs of works. Each of these consists of an arrangement of an existing composition from bygone times mirrored by a recent or completely new work. John Dowland is echoed by Nico Muhly, Béla Bartók by Dimitar Bodurov, Gabriel Fauré by Jacob TV, Erik Satie by Florian Magnus Maier and Robert Schumann by Martijn Padding. With this programme, Mirrored in Time tells the story of what might have been - and how it is now.

TRACKLIST

1 Dessner: Trombone Quintet: I. —
2 Dowland: I Saw My Lady Weep (Arr. N. Muhly for Chamber Ensemble)
3 Muhly: All Perfections Keep
4 Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Vol. 4: No. 113, Bulgarian Rhythm No. 1 (Arr. D. Bodurov for Chamber Ensemble)
5 Bodurov: Inner Voice
6 Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Vol. 4: No. 115, Bulgarian Rhythm No. 2 (Arr. D. Bodurov for Chamber Ensemble)
7 Fauré: La Chanson du pêcheur (Arr. S. Verhelst for Chamber Ensemble)
8 Veldhuis: Syracuse Blues
9 Satie: Gnossienne No. 1 (Arr. J. van Rijen for Chamber Ensemble)
10 Maier: Fadenschein
11 Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (Arr. G. van Keulen for Chamber Ensemble): I. Zart und mit Ausdruck
12 Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (Arr. G. van Keulen for Chamber Ensemble): II. Lebhaft, leicht
13 Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73 (Arr. G. van Keulen for Chamber Ensemble): III. Rasch und mit Feuer
14 Padding: Schumann's Last Procession [Version for Trombone & String Quartet)
15 Meijering: Rock That Trombone



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