Groovebox

Groovebox

Groovebox
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Composer: Doors
Composer: Michael Nyman
Composer: Maurice Jarre
Composer: Astor Piazzolla
Composer: Kenji Bunch
Composer: Ronn Yedidia
Performer: Ahn Trio
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2002-10-22
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. Riders On The Storm
  2. Yellow Beach
  3. The Engadiner Suite: Summer
  4. The Engadiner Suite: Autumn
  5. The Engadiner Suite: Winter
  6. The Engadiner Suite: Spring
  7. Milonga Del Angel
  8. Swing Shift: Prelude
  9. Swing Shift: Night Flight
  10. Swing Shift: Interhour
  11. Swing Shift: Club Crawl
  12. Swing Shift: Magic Hour
  13. Swing Shift: Grooveboxes
  14. Lullabye

Music reviews of Groovebox

Music Review: Impressive, seductive and breathtaking
Rating: 4 Stars

Out of 3000+ cd's (and still counting) in my collection thus far, this disc gets a lot of playback. Those who are looking for the fusionesque takings of Vanessa Mae and Bond, look elsewhere for these girls stay strictly acoustic, demonstrating that contemporary works need nothing more than a pianoforte, cello and violin.

These works are incredibly moving, though having said that I didn't care much for the Rataj arrangement of "Riders on the Storm" but it is a nice beginning for what comes next.

Maurice Jarre's "Engadiner Suite" for me evokes memories of the first time I heard Vivaldi's "Four Season". Except that this suite leaves me dreamy, wanting more. Thankfully, there is always the track before button.

Nyman's "Yellow Beach" is melancholy, taking my mind on a journey to the yellow sands of one of the beautiful beaches here on the Queensland coast that are about 30 minutes drive from where I live.

The stand out works on this for me are Piazzolla's "Milonga del Angel" and Kenji Bunch's "Swing Shift".

I've heard many arrangements of this Piazzolla composition (for bandoneon + orchestra, classical accordion + orchestra or in a trio or quartet arrangement), but this for me is the one I always return to. Dreamy, seductive, sensuous and intensely romantic are the only words I can use to describe it. The perfect accompaniment to a glass of red wine on a cold night with your lover.

Bunch's "Swing Shift" may not be to everyone's liking (friends of mine have labelled it as "trying too hard to sound modern"). While Bunch admits that he's not much of a night owl, I believe he has encapsulated the hours of the night in the Big Apple quite well. The 'Prelude', 'Club Crawl' and 'Magic Hour' are my favorite movements within this work. 'Magic Hour' simply is delightful music to play late at night as one goes to sleep.

'Grooveboxes' (the namesake of the album) is an intriguing movement. Being a club music listener (especially house and techno) and geek, this is certainly an interesting experiment in recreating the effect of live use of a groovebox. It takes time to get used to, but I think the Ahn Trio certainly has succeeded in pulling off what Kenji Bunch intended to highlight with this movement. After all, NYC still is a place where one can go to an all night dance party.

The final work, Yedidia's "Lullabye" is a fitting close to this album; an intensely moving tribute to the composer's generation before (not only his, but our own today) who are slowly departing from this world and taking with them life experiences and knowledge that we will never find out about.

All in all, the three Ahn sisters play with passion, drive, intensity and delicacy on each of the works here. Was an album that has been worth every cent of its price. Now if only they would come down here to Australia so we here can experience the musical virtuosity of the Ahn sisters live.

I only give this 4 stars instead of 5 because the recording itself at times is a bit lacking (recording levels are a bit too low in certain parts for my liking, this does not detract from the inherent beauty of the performance itself in the studio).

Definitely a recommended buy from me.
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