REIÐ
20 december 20195 tracks
As much as I try to find the right words to describe the intention behind this album, I repeatedly come to a dead end.
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Tracklist
- Michael Gordon: Light is Calling7:12
- Fjóla Evans: Reið - Hagall - Bjarkan10:02
- Giovanni Sollima: Hell I5:05
- John Tavener: Wake Up ... And Die17:00
- Lou Reed (arr. David Lang): Heroin10:42
Press
“It's a ride which I won't soon forget, and one that absolutely gave me my money's worth. It's almost as if I need a break after listening to all 17 emotional minutes.”
“The tension in Evans' beautiful piece is also fully expressed here, thanks in part to the excellent recording.”
“[Heroin] is typically Velvet Underground, in an imaginative atmosphere of threat and danger. Most impressive is not the piece, but the cello playing of Fridman in combination with her deeply penetrating voice.”
“Here is an immersive contemporary journey offered by Russian-born cellist Maya Fridman. Sollima's Hell I is particularly transportive.”
“Maya’s latest album is called Reið and it really enchanted us. It offers a fascinating mix of electronic landscapes with solo cello that explore the boundaries of classical and pop music, ensuing in an intriguing piece by John Tavener for solo cello accompanied by six more cellos. And finally as catharsis, a magnificent interpretation of Lou Reed’s Heroin, in which Maya both plays cello and sings.”
“Maya gives meaning to the music through a meticulous playing style where refinement and control go hand in hand. You can hear the perfectionism, without it becoming clinical. With this transfer of emotions, not in the least because of Maya's refined voice, REIÐ is more than worth listening to.”
“Surely, music and meaning are on a high level. But the performances on REIÐ are worthy of that. Thanks to the high-end, sophisticated sound engineering – a key element of the Utrecht-based label TRPTK – and mostly thanks to the authenticity of an intensly lively interpretation.”
“What is beyond doubt is her performance on the cello and her singing. As bold as she wields the bow, as delicate and thinly translucent is her voice, precisely in the song Heroin.”
“Maya Fridman (1989), a Russian-born cellist living in the Netherlands, delivers yet another compelling and mesmerizing masterpiece with her latest album Reid (journey). The mysterious combination of electronics, vocals, and cello has become her trademark.”