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2004

Tilburg Holland

Jared Sacks

Jared Sacks

66.21

Microphones: Bruel & Kjaer 4006, Schoeps
Digital Converters: DSD Super Audio/DCS AD
Speakers: Audiolab, Holland
Software: Pyramix Editing, Merging Technologies
Mixing Board: Rens Heijnis, custom design
Mastering Room: B+W 803d series speakers, Classe 5200 Amplifier
Cables: Van den Hul

Ebony Band

Vincent Cortvrint,
Herman van Kogelenberg flute/piccolo
Jan Spronk oboe
Jan Kouwenhoven oboe/oboe d’amore
Willem van der Vuurst e-flat-clarinet/b-flat-clarinet
Jacques Meertens b-flat-clarinet
Erik van Deuren bass-clarinet
Leo van Oostrom bariton-sax
Gustavo Núñez bassoon
Desirée van Vliet bassoon/contra-bassoon
Fons Verspaandonk, Sharon St.Onge french horn
Frits Damrow, Bert Langenkamp trumpet
Jörgen van Rijen, Alexander Verbeek trombone
Tjeerd Oostendorp tuba
Marleen Asberg, Anna de Vey Mestdagh,
Christian van Eggelen, Annebeth Webb violin
Roland Krämer viola
Daniël Esser violoncello
Mariëtta Feltkamp double bass
Gerda Ockers harp
Gerard Bouwhuis piano
Nick Woud timpani
Hans van der Meer, Herman Halewijn,
Ron Colbers, Fedor Theunisse, Barry Jurjes percussion

Sensemay (1937)
Ocho por radio (1933)
Planos (1934)
Caminando (1937)
Este era un rey (ca.1940)
Hora de Junio (Revueltas/Limantour) (1938/59)
El renacuajo paseador (1936)
Pieza para doce instrumentos (1929)
Preludio y Fuga rtmicos (J. Pomar)
Hommaje a Frederico Garca Lorca (1936)

Silvestre Revueltas was born on New Years eve of 1899 in Santiago Papasquiaro in the Northern Mexican province of Durango. He began playing the violin at the age of eight and studied violin and composition between 1918 and 1922 at the Chicago Music College. In the 1920s he toured as a violin soloist and conductor through the southern United States and Mexico, until the composer Carlos Chavez, at that time Mexicos most important musical authority, asked him to come back to Mexico to be his assistant with the Orquesta Sinfnica de Mxico. This orchestras recent establishment was very much part of a movement which, following the revolution of the teens, was concerned with providing the fledgling Mexican state with a distinctive identity. Revueltas became aware that this endeavor would not be served by re-interpretations of European classics, and concluded that he himself could make an important contribution by devoting himself to composition. In the 10 following years he produced an oeuvre, composed at a feverish pace, in which he used his knowledge of European music to create an effective, sober musical style which strongly expressed his love for the Mexican cultural heritage...

>Gramophone: Editors Choice Spectacularly recorded chamber works by Mexicos master of the grotesque Revueltas recordings. () Heres a disc brimful of energy. If you like the sound of Stravinsky in neo-classical mode then these spiky, rhythmically vital piece by the Mexican Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) will be just up your street. And given the fire that these players (many from Amsterdams Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) bring, its hard to imagine it better done. () A splendid disc derived from concert performances Highly recommended. Gramophone

(...) musical charm, humour and an originality that ranks him along the leading composers from the Americas in the period between the two world wars. (...) The Guardian

() Mooi aan de muziek van Revueltas is dat overal zijn Mexicaanse achtergrond hoorbaar is. () () een cd van een van de weinige serieuzefeel good componisten () () De Ebony Band speelt olv Werner Herbers uiterst aanstekelijk. Parool (...) Wie deze kamermuziek van Revueltas niet kent, MOET deze cd beluisteren. Alle werken erop intrigeren (...) Brabants Dagblad

(...) Die Life-Aufnahmen bertreffen an Brillanz das meiste, was sonst an Studioproduktionen entsteht. Frappierend ist die unglaubliche Prsenz dieses Ensembles. (...) (...) Mit dieser CD beginnt die Glocke zu luten. Die Zeit () aanstekelijke composities, opzwepend Mexicaans slagwerk en zwoele dansmuziek () () Meeslepend. Klassieke Zaken

() Scherp en spannend gespeelde kamermuziek () () De Ebony Band speelt, zoals gewoonlijk, energiek en vol passie Luister Classics Today 10/10 () die Produktion ist ein Mu fr Jeden, der sich ausfhrlicher mit der Musik des 20.Jahrhunderts beschftigt. Klassik-Heute

() Mit exquisitem Feinschliff und schnittig perkussiver Gangart sorgt so die Ebony Band fr genau die verschmitzten Zwischentne und Variethaften Szenerien, um in den raffiniert angelegten Leichgewichten blo keine Langeweile auskommen zu lassen. (...) Rondo

Recorded live before a very well-behaved audience, Channel Classics' multichannel production defines the best in SACD technology, offering exceptional clarity and giving a tactile presence to the players without excessive emphasis coming from the rear. The percussion section sparkles, while contributions of the less assertive instruments (solo strings and harp) register naturally, in excellent balance. This outstanding and unusually interesting disc is one that the composer's many admirers should find irresistible--and it's also an excellent way to get to know Revueltas generally. Classics Today

() Superb CD, each piece is full of instrumental colour and speaks in distinctive voice ()! () Outstanding performances, among the best of this repertoire committed to disc () Fanfare () the players are exquisite, execution is absolute precise, tempos are anything but dreary, and the rich, resonant engineering is also warm and balanced () () Even if you don't like Mexican music, there's something wrong if it doesn't make you want to sing or dance. () American Record Guide

() klare Strukturierung und hrbare Freude am spiel dieser zumeist sehr heiteren, mitunter gerade witzige Musik. (...) Fono forum () ungemein lebhafte und intelligent gearbeitete Musik () Das Orchester

() das spiel der von Werner Herbers geleitenen Ebony Band einfach zu przise und souvern. Die Intonation ist bombensicher, das Zusammenspiel absolut perfekt, alles wirkt minutis einstudiert und sorgfltig ausgefhrt; die Musiker haben es tatschlich verstanden, die Musik auf den Punkt zu bringen. (...) (...) Erstaunlich ist neben der stets unbndigen rhythmischen Energie tatschlich die gerade orchestrale Klangflle, die das Ensemble zu erzeugen vermag. (...) (...) Darber hinaus bietet die SACD bereits in der Stereo-Version ein gestochen scharfes Klangbild. Das von Strgeruschen aus dem Publikum nur marginal beeintrchtigt wird. Klassik.com