Jeroen Van Veen - Van Veen: Piano Music (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Minimal Preludes, Book III: Prelude No. 25 in A Minor (Bonus Track)
02. Minimal Preludes, Book III: Prelude No. 26 in B-Flat Minor
03. Minimal Preludes, Book III: Prelude No. 27 in C Minor
04. Minimal Preludes, Book III: Prelude No. 28 in F Minor
05. Minimal Preludes, Book III: Prelude No. 29 in D-Flat Major
06. Minimal Preludes, Book III: Prelude No. 31 in B-Flat Minor
07. Minimal Preludes, Book III: Prelude No. 37 "Goodbye Nokia" in A Minor for Piano Four Hands
08. Minimal Preludes, Book IV: Prelude No. 32 in B Minor
09. Minimal Preludes, Book IV: Prelude No. 33 in A Minor for Piano Four Hands
10. Minimal Preludes, Book IV: Prelude No. 34 in F Minor
11. Minimal Preludes, Book IV: Prelude No. 35 in C Minor
12. Minimal Preludes, Book IV: Prelude No. 36 in A Minor for Piano Four Hands
13. Minimal Preludes, Book IV: Prelude No. 38 in C-Sharp Minor
14. Ballade for Frank for Piano and Carillon
15. Slash for Prepared Pianos
16. Incanto No. 3 for Two Pianos
17. Minimal Blurrr for Piano and Tape
18. Incanto No. 4 for Two Pianos: I. −
19. Incanto No. 4 for Two Pianos: II. −
20. Incanto No. 4 for Two Pianos: III. −
21. The Four Elements for Piano and Tape: I. Air
22. The Four Elements for Piano and Tape: II. Water
23. The Four Elements for Piano and Tape: III. Earth
24. The Four Elements for Piano and Tape: IV. Fire
25. Repeating History for Piano Duo
26. Molly for Two Pianos Eight Hands or Four Pianos
27. NLXL: Soundscape. North Sea
28. NLXL: NLXL I. Opening
29. NLXL: Soundscape. The Dunes
30. NLXL: NLXL II. Going Down
31. NLXL: Soundscape. Oud-Maarsseveen
32. NLXL: Structures
33. NLXL: Soundscape. A10 Near Amsterdam
34. NLXL: Density
35. NLXL: Space
36. NLXL: Soundscape. Passing Trains
37. NLXL: On the Train
38. NLXL: Rollercoaster
39. NLXL: On Our Way To?
40. NLXL: In Holland
41. NLXL: Soundscape. Amsterdam
42. NLXL: Industrial Threat
43. NLXL: Soundscape. Industry
44. NLXL: Incanto No. 3. 7 Notes on 7 Instruments
45. NLXL: Soundscape. Extrema
46. NLXL: On the Beat
47. NLXL: NLXL
48. NLXL: Who Will Win?
49. NLXL: Soundscape. Zaanse Schans
50. NLXL: Sliced Country
51. NLXL: Heartbeat
52. NLXL: Music Box Playing NLXL Waltz
53. NLXL: NLXL III

Repetition of motifs within a composition is nothing new: Soler’s Fandango, Bach’s Chaconne and Pachelbel’s Canon, to name just three examples, all make use of it. But for Dutch composer Jeroen van Veen it is the most important element ‐ the essence, as it were ‐ of music. Rooted in tonality, and subject to the interaction and choices of the performers, it can prove immensely powerful.

Indeed, it was on this premise that van Veen launched his compositional career with two volumes of 24 Minimal Preludes; this exciting 5‐CD release contains follow‐up pieces to those works, ones that reflect the composer’s approach to music as the structuring of LEGO® bricks – the individual components that create variation within a composition. As well as Incanto – a series of compositions for two or more keyboards in which the music develops slowly, utilising techniques such as fluctuation of speed – the release also includes NLXL, a musical illustration of Holland’s landscape patterns as seen from the air, based on a book of the same name by Dutch photographer Karel Tomeï. The work is created by way of a multitrack recording with a variety of keyboard instruments, with large segments versus smaller segments of The Netherlands’ landscape expressed through longer and shorter note values.

The composer himself is the main performer here, assisted by Frank Steijens on the carillon and his wife for works requiring four hands or two pianos. Described as “the leading exponent of minimalism in Holland today”, van Veen’s hypnotic, trance‐inducing music makes for an experience unlike any other, transporting the listener to “another place” through ever‐changing soundscapes.

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