![John Lennon performed by Iiro Rantala - My Working Class Hero [2015] / jazz, solo piano, ACT John Lennon performed by Iiro Rantala - My Working Class Hero [2015] / jazz, solo piano, ACT](/uploads/posts/2015-12/thumbs/1449149670_7c323d441394.jpg)

Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala is nothing if not versatile. He can move from madcap jazz to the neo-classical improv of his new trio to Bach and Sibelius, creating thoughtful and novel renditions apparently at will. Even so, it's a surprise to find his latest album is dedicated to the music of John Lennon.
Rantala has recorded this solo piano set of Lennon tunes as a tribute to his own childhood hero, to commemorate what would have been the 75th anniversary of Lennon's birth on 9th October 2015. Using the Steinway D concert grand piano employed by classical legend Alfred Brendel with the Berlin Philharmonic (with even the piano tuner getting a sleeve credit), this is a session of brooding textures, space, touch and nuance. Rantala has mostly approached the project using a pared-down idiom, and the results are a late-night liturgy of memories and love for the music.
Rantala has recorded this solo piano set of Lennon tunes as a tribute to his own childhood hero, to commemorate what would have been the 75th anniversary of Lennon's birth on 9th October 2015. Using the Steinway D concert grand piano employed by classical legend Alfred Brendel with the Berlin Philharmonic (with even the piano tuner getting a sleeve credit), this is a session of brooding textures, space, touch and nuance. Rantala has mostly approached the project using a pared-down idiom, and the results are a late-night liturgy of memories and love for the music.
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![Michael Wollny - Nachtfahrten [2015] / jazz, ACT Michael Wollny - Nachtfahrten [2015] / jazz, ACT](/uploads/posts/2015-10/thumbs/1444413276_050cc1e0f1ee.jpg)
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Продолжая серию Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic, один выпуск которого я то и пропустил, а вот этот - не пропущу. Тут не только аккордеон, но он, конечно, впереди сцены всей и совсем разный.
The programme is the star at “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic”. The aim of the concert series, curated and produced by Siggi Loch, is to bring together different musicians in a way that has never been seen or heard before, with one thematic focus. On 13 February 2015, the eighth edition at the sold out Kammermusiksaal saw the spotlight focus on the accordion.
The programme is the star at “Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic”. The aim of the concert series, curated and produced by Siggi Loch, is to bring together different musicians in a way that has never been seen or heard before, with one thematic focus. On 13 February 2015, the eighth edition at the sold out Kammermusiksaal saw the spotlight focus on the accordion.
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Уютно.
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Iiro Rantala, Leszek Mozdzer, Michael Wollny "Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic" (2013) / jazz, piano, ACT

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Отличный повод насладиться музыкой в этот праздник, День Рождения Егора aka truba27, (который волею судеб в свой ДР радует нас ре:апом)! Хочется пожелать всего самого хорошего, респект и уважуха!
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susumu yokota (4 марта 2012 15:55)
Сольники Bugge очень хороши,но больше вставляют совместные его работы
Сольники Bugge очень хороши,но больше вставляют совместные его работы
к альбому "Songs", взяв к себе в попутчицы чувственную классическую скрипку Henning Kraggerud. Лето не такое жаркое, как у нас, всё таки севернее намного, так что музыка далека от "нашего" знойного и развесёлого, скорее наоборот.
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Сразу слышно что многие вещи игрались давно на живых выступлениях - достаточно энергично и захватывающе
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