Xenia Ensemble / Eastern Approaches
| Album: | Eastern Approaches | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Xenia Ensemble | Added: | Jul 2002 | |
| Label: | Felmay | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2002-08-26 | Pull Date: | 2002-10-28 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 15 | Sep 8 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 06, 2010: | Music Casserole
Chang Music 3 |
4. | Sep 02, 2002: | Come When I Whistle
Yanov-Yanovsky- Chang Music III pt 3 (track 4) |
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| 2. | Sep 11, 2002: | In Your Ear
Mugan Sajahi |
5. | Aug 30, 2002: | Input/Output
Chang Music 3 |
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| 3. | Sep 06, 2002: | Memory Select
Chang Music 3 (3rd mvmt) |
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Album Review
Jacki-O
Reviewed 2002-08-13
Reviewed 2002-08-13
Xenia Ensemble: Eastern Approaches - Music from former Soviet Republics
Label: Felmay
Dramatic string quartet music featuring composers from former Soviet Republics. There is a distinctly Russian melodic style – a sort of cold & sad tone to a lot of the pieces here. Great classical music here. If you don’t want to play a long piece, play something from 2-4 (a 3-part suite).
1. Slow, ponderous, sparse for the first 5 minutes, then some nervous jumping string pluckings, returns to meandering flow alternating with occasional bursts. Dramatic flourishes about halfway; composition recalls Russian gloom-melodies; look for the gong tone @ 18:00 or so.
2. dark, sparse strings; some high pitched violin & an overall sadness/spookiness to it
3. dramatic flourishes & melodic cascades – quite a contrast from the first part (#2) – I couldn’t identify whether there was a vocal on this one.
4. pretty emotional string melodies – a mix of happy flourishes & nervousness with some sad/drama to it.
5. slow & melodic start – at around 5:00 into this piece are some incredible dramatic bursts of string playing – builds up, then goes back into softness. Around 13:00 there are some more dramatic flourishes. I couldn’t identify where magnetic tape was used in this piece.
Label: Felmay
Dramatic string quartet music featuring composers from former Soviet Republics. There is a distinctly Russian melodic style – a sort of cold & sad tone to a lot of the pieces here. Great classical music here. If you don’t want to play a long piece, play something from 2-4 (a 3-part suite).
1. Slow, ponderous, sparse for the first 5 minutes, then some nervous jumping string pluckings, returns to meandering flow alternating with occasional bursts. Dramatic flourishes about halfway; composition recalls Russian gloom-melodies; look for the gong tone @ 18:00 or so.
2. dark, sparse strings; some high pitched violin & an overall sadness/spookiness to it
3. dramatic flourishes & melodic cascades – quite a contrast from the first part (#2) – I couldn’t identify whether there was a vocal on this one.
4. pretty emotional string melodies – a mix of happy flourishes & nervousness with some sad/drama to it.
5. slow & melodic start – at around 5:00 into this piece are some incredible dramatic bursts of string playing – builds up, then goes back into softness. Around 13:00 there are some more dramatic flourishes. I couldn’t identify where magnetic tape was used in this piece.
Track Listing
| 1. | Mugam Sajahi | 3. | Chang Music Iii | |||
| 2. | Chang Music Iii | 4. | Chang Music Iii | |||
| 5. | Night Prayers | |||||