Haimovitz, Matt And Burrrleson, Geoffrey / Odd Couple
Album: Odd Couple   Collection:Classical
Artist:Haimovitz, Matt And Burrrleson, Geoffrey   Added:Sep 2008
Label:Oxingale Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2009-06-14 Pull Date: 2009-08-16 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Aug 2 Jul 19 Jul 12 Jul 5 Jun 21
Airplays: 1 1 1 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Jul 31, 2009: Memory Select
Sonata for Cello and Piano (Elliott Carter): Moderato/Vivace, Molto Leggiero
4. Jul 04, 2009: Music Casserole
Canto I
2. Jul 17, 2009: Memory Select, guest Rent Romus
Part I -- I
5. Jul 01, 2009: Briefcase Full Of Simchas
Canto I
3. Jul 10, 2009: Trailways
Canto Iii
6. Jun 17, 2009: KZSU's Heartbleeps
Canto I

Album Review
Wedge
Reviewed 2009-06-08
Modern classical music, cello/piano duets.

1,2 -- by David Sanford, action-packed
3,4,5 -- Sonata by Samuel Barber, quite 'classical' sounding
6,7,8,9 -- Elliott Carter. More abstract but not over the edge
10,11,12,13 -- Augusta Read Thomas. Quite modern.

1,2-- An action-packed piece: tense, hard piano and stiff, vicious cello. Part 2 starts quiet, but both get raucous.
3- Dramatic, sweeping. Fast-paced, very "classical" feeling. Touches of slow, dark romance in the middle.
4- Sad. Super perky fast segment in the middle, though.
5- A wandering tunefulness, mostly mid/fast. Rumbly intro. Grumpily dramatic, satisfying ending.
6- Prickly clockwork piano gives way to bold, sweeping cello
7- Percolating, sunny.
8- A mid/fast moroseness, forceful
9- Busy; lots of quick, criss-crossing lines. Gets vicious but ends surprisingly quietly
10- Spiky fast. Poking piano; plucky cello
11- Slow, floating, a little unsettling. Cobwebs.
12- Snappy, fast
13- Slow, questioning. Ends on an extremely high, glassy note (and 13 seconds of silence).

Track Listing
1. I   7. Vivace, Molto Leggiero
2. Ii   8. Adagio
3. Allegro Ma Non Troppo   9. Allegro
4. Adagio - Presto - Adagio   10. Canto I
5. Allegro Appassionato   11. Canto Ii
6. Moderato   12. Canto Iii
  13. Canto Iv