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Tenebre

Bryce Dessner

Reviews (4)

BBC music magazine

2020 January

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Kate Wakeling

2020 January

"Dessner's muscular works are well paired with Germany's Ensemble Resonanz who play with a fierce but precise energy. Highlights include the title work, Tenebre (2011) ... hesitant shivers of sound gradually grow in force and complexity, before the work softens in its final section, introducing some glorious vocals from Mose Sumney ... The recording throughout has a closeness and crispness which well matches both Dessner's tightly-wrought works and Ensemble Resonanz's taut performances".

Diapason

2020 janvier

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Benoît Fauchet

2020 janvier

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or".

Fono Forum

2020 Januar

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Dirk Wieschollek

2020 Januar

"Der ist viel in der Film- und Rockmusik unterwegs ... Sein "Post-Minimalism" klingt jedoch wesentlich kraftvoller und dramatischer (um nicht zu sagen rockiger) als Philip Glass, schmutziger als Arvo Pärt, vielleicht aber weniger vielgestaltig als bei Erkki-Sven Tüür. Dass Dessners Musik nicht spurlos an einem vorbeischnurrt, ist der äusserst druckvollen und pointierten Umsetzung des 18-köpfigen Hamburger Streicherensembles zu verdanken".

The gramophone

2020 March

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Pwyll ap Siôn

2020 March

"Bryce Dessner confessed to having been shocked by the precision and energy of Ensemble Resonanz's performances when he first heard them. However, the composer's punchy post-minimalist style is in many ways ideally suited to this group's uncompromising visceral power. In the hands of Ensemble Resonanz, the two earliest works featured here - Aheym (2009) and Tenebre (2010) - become supercharged manifestations of the original versions for string quartet".