| Quattro Mani / Kindred Spirits |
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| Album: | Kindred Spirits | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Quattro Mani | Added: | Oct 2008 | |
| Label: | Bridge Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2009-07-19 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-20 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Sep 13 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 | Aug 9 | Jul 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 19, 2022: | Music Casserole Kindred Spirits (2) | 4. | Aug 29, 2009: | Party at Grandma's Manic Music | |
| 2. | Sep 11, 2009: | Memory Select - w/The Bad Plus Kindred Spirits (2) | 5. | Aug 25, 2009: | That's Not That's Not Bluegrass! Three Rags For Two Pianos (2) | |
| 3. | Aug 31, 2009: | Mixed Up Class Lansky: It all adds up | 6. | Aug 22, 2009: | Music Casserole Cut-Time Shout |
| Album Review |
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| Wedge Reviewed 2009-07-19 | ||
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Classical pieces for two pianos ("four hands"). Modern compositions done up in a "normal" classical-sounding vein. Like any classical music, the fast segments really get your attention, and of course both pianists can really fly. (5,8, Susan Grace and Alice Rybak - pianos. 1,2,3- Ragtime! in a classical but still upbeat vein. 1,3 are fast; 2 is slower and flowery. 4- An old-jazzy touch in some off-time rhythms. Upbeat. 5- Racing, almost a little stomping. Cool. 6- Serious "classical," fast notes in a slow setting 7- Lightly flickering high notes 8- Fast and showy 9- Slow. Gets into a hypnotic two-chord pattern at the end. 10- Catchy mid/fast, with an intriguing melody 11- Grand classical with some ridiculously fast/accurate runs. Slow, stately feel overall. 12- Wow, sounds almost like glam rock. Lotta low notes, thumping beat. (Apparently composesr William Bland used Limp Bizkit as a source. Aw, come on, William, you can find better rock than that!) 13- Fast and fun. Admittedly could be more "manic." It gets into repetitious pecking that's fun in the way it builds up rhythms. 14-23- A suite of ten short movements, most of them less than 1 minute each. Probably best to play them all together. Mostly nice, esp. 14,15,17, but ends sternly and hammering. | ||
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