Nuït
May 20, 202210 tracks
This album pays tribute to the goddess of the night sky, Nuit, depicted on the Stele of Revealing as a woman bending over the earth with a body completely covered in stars.
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“The album presents many moods, some are musical melodies and some are unworldly. The cello playing is also marvelous and is, as I would call it, classic Maya Fridman.”
Marcus DiBenedetto, HRAudio
“Much of the listening experience is the exploration of sounds and moods. Our performers push the capabilities of their instruments to explore resonances, contrasts, subtleties, and extremes. Each speaks and responds, blends and contrasts, challenges and submits. It is all a wonderful dialog and exploration. The virtuosity and creativity of the performers makes this all work. I am enchanted.”
Rush Paul, Positive Feedback
“Pianist Maarten van Veen and cellist Maya Fridman planned to play through a list of contemporary pieces, but discovered that they both love improvising. The result, the new album Nuït, is wonderful. Van Veen and Fridman telepathically communicate with each other.”
Erik Voermans, Het Parool
“The way Fridman's cello and Van Veen's piano colour in together is worth kudos to the recording team. With more frequent listening (definitely do), Nuït does eventually become an unwritten composition.”
Paul Herruer, Dagblad van het Noorden
“I think these two musicians may have served up a modern classic. I have only heard two recordings from the TRPTK label – the first a beautiful and gripping Winterreise from Michael Wilmering - and have ended up awarding both Recommended status. Whatever it is that they are up I want to hear a lot more! As for this present release, I am thinking of my Recordings of the Year list.”
David McDade, MusicWeb International