Push the sky away
Nick Cave
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Reviews (5)
Jazznyt
d. 23. Aug. 2013
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Niels Overgård
d. 23. Aug. 2013
"Det er ikke et af den norske guitarist Terje Rypdals mindeværdige albums som jeg har fået fingrene i her (...) Det er blevet til en kluntet og forskruet bastard, der forsøger at blande mandskor (The Hilliard Ensemble), symfoniorkester (Bruckner Orchester Linz) og Rypdals laaaange guitartoner i et sammenhængende miskmask".
Presto classical
2013
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"Two large compositions, 'Melodic Warrior' and 'And The Sky Was Coloured With Waterfalls And Angels' constitute one of Terje Rypdal's most adventurous albums. The title piece, a 45 minute epic, was commissioned by The Hilliard Ensemble ... The Hilliards sing texts drawn from Native American poetry powerfully echoing the natural world, from Chippewa, Navajo, Pima, and Papago sources, and Rypdal's sustained electric guitar lines soar melodically and dramatically above the strings' broad planes of sound. 'And The Sky ... ' is a darkly-expressive piece of concentrated, explosive power. Both pieces could only have been written by Terje Rypdal, a musician who has spent much of his creative life in the spaces between the genres".
BBC music magazine
2013 November
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Roger Thomas
2013 November
"This new offering ... manages to be interesting and at the same time imperfect at several levels ... Add to this the oddly untidy recording, replete with coughs and low-end boominess, plus the fact that the whole thing sounds absurdly under-rehearsed ... Listen to this disc with that in mind and you'll find it rewarding enough".
International record review
2013 December
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Ivan Moody (f. 1964)
2013 December
"Rypdal's imagination is powerful and unique. Given what one imagines to be the difficulty of organizing performances of works such as these, ECM is to be highly commended for having the vision to preserve them in these outstanding recordings".
Jazz special
Nr. 134 (2013)
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Brian Petro
Nr. 134 (2013)
"I den grad musik, hvor de store kosmiske kræfter slippes løs, og det dystre og helt igennem rædselsvækkende tonesprog leder denne anmelders tanker hen på dommedagsforestillinger i "Johannes Åbenbaring" ... Hold fast - et inferno af skrig og wagnerske dommedagsbasuner kun glimtvis afbrudt af Hilliard-ensemblets vibratoløse englesang, der fortolker de Ligeti-inspirerede vokalpassager. Midt i dette konglomerat står så Rypdals umiskendeligt æteriske guitarsoli. Man kan ikke rigtig finde ud af, om man skal blive bange og trække rullegardinerne for hjemme i lejligheden og krybe skælvende i seng, eller blot læne sig tilbage i sofaen og lade sig konfrontere af dette på en gang imponerende og skræmmende epos, der rulles op for ens indre blik. Jeg vil nu overvinde frygten og gøre det sidste".