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4/4 Tet
Gil Selinger
Original neo-romantic compositions for cello quartet
Collection Contents
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slow madness | 5:39 | Play |
| 2 |
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3 pieces for four celli | 16:53 | Play |
| 3 |
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bugeyze | 3:29 | Play |
| 4 |
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klar | 5:12 | Play |
| 5 |
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quandry2 | 6:51 | Play |
| 6 |
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oxygenqt | 4:31 | Play |
| 7 |
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dirge & waltz | 6:02 | Play |
| 8 |
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three short pieces for solo cello | 2:41 | Play |
| 9 |
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stretchqt | 2:32 | Play |
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Description
4/4 Tet features original improvisational compositions by cellist Gil Selinger. Drawing heavily from romantic classical influences as well as a wide variety of other sources this CD features 7 new pieces for cello quartet and 2 for solo cello.
"classical improvisation" is a still relatively unknown style of music. There are very few involved in it, since it really requires all the knowledge and discipline of traditional classical performance practice, and also requires a fluidity with improv usually only associated with jazz and its related styles.
On this CD, cellist Gil Selinger's second as a leader, we enter into the composers private world of compositional improv as all parts are overdubs and there is only one musician crafting all 4 parts for the cello quartets. There are elements of Shostakovich, Ives, Prokofiev, Brahms, Mahler, Beethoven, Mozart as well as downtown improvisers - many which Gil has worked with such as Daniel Carter, Eric Eigner, Francois Grillot, Assif Tsahar, Marilyn Crispell, Walter Thompson, etc...
This music is a fusion of all these styles and sounds funnelled back through a 19th century romantic vision. Some of the tracks can be thought of in terms of "program" music - music which attempts to tell a story through the use of common devices which is still very popular in today's film music.