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The Bells
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Track Listings
1 | In the Sky and on the Ground |
2 | I Would Like to Think |
3 | Said and Done |
4 | Dedication, Loyalty |
5 | Down Down |
6 | Over There, It's Raining |
7 | Small Me |
8 | My Things |
9 | Peter Is Dead in the Piano |
10 | It Was Really, Really Grey |
11 | Somewhere Nearby |
Editorial Reviews
2009 album from German pianist & composer featuring 11 improvised pieces including 'Over There, It's Raining'.
Product details
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.88 x 4.96 x 0.08 inches; 1.34 ounces
- Manufacturer : Erased Tapes
- Item model number : ERATP021CD
- Original Release Date : 2010
- Date First Available : December 19, 2009
- Label : Erased Tapes
- ASIN : B00316DA66
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #456,587 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #14,411 in Dance Pop (CDs & Vinyl)
- #20,471 in Opera & Vocal (CDs & Vinyl)
- #63,793 in Classical (CDs & Vinyl)
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- Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2012Nils is a perfect example of classic elegance and modern intensity that creates a unique and wonderful experience every time you listen to him. There is a hopefulness in his youth yet a solidarity to him that exudes his top-notch training. The rest is from his heart, you can almost feel the weight in the air when he performs live, a heaviness drawn from the depths of the collective spirit that binds us all together. Nils weaves a story of love and loss and love again throughout The Bells that will remind you why it is so important to just sit and reflect on your own humanity. Highly Recommend giving it a go and if you ever get the chance, seeing him (no, scratch that, participating with him) live, it will change you.
Sincerely,
-J
- Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2011I simply prefer Wintermusik over this album. Some tracks are too crashing or sentimental for my taste. Frahm is still an excellent neo classical composer though, and it is still an enjoyable listen.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2011Nils Frahm is a young German pianist, born in 1982. The Bells is a solo piano album, improvised and recorded over two nights in November 2008 in a Berlin church. Five and a half hours of music was condensed into an impressive, 40 minute recital.
Whilst harmonically, formally and gesturally the music doesn't break any new ground, I feel it is never banal or cloying. More neo-classical than jazzy, we are somewhere in the territory explored by Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett or Vasilis Tsabropoulos. Frahm does not have the stature (yet) of these giants in the contemporary solo piano niche, but what ties him to these men is the basically uplifting and hymnic vein that runs through the whole recital. His tone - lean, but full and deep - makes it easy and rewarding for the listener to connect. In some tracks (Said and done, Down down, My things) he really reaches for the level of exultation that we find in some of Mehldau's most brilliant extemporisations. The recital is short but it is well sequenced. There is not a weak moment in a natural flow between rapture and introspection which ends rather laconically. Throughout one senses a disciplined and authoritative musical imagination, a passion that is kept in check by a desire for understatement and a genuine identification with the instrument.
The recording has a lot of presence. 2 mikes at the piano and 3 more to record the resonant acoustics of the church. At one point the bells of the Grunewaldkirche intrude gently in the musical proceedings. But they are only a natural complement to an affirmative musical fabric in which their celebratory intonations are deeply woven into.
I look forward to hearing more from Nils Frahm.
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Anette EndersReviewed in Germany on November 10, 2012
3.0 out of 5 stars Youtubebeitrag ist besser
Schade, ich habe den Musiktitel "Said and Done" in Youtube gehört und war total beeindruckt. Aber das ist dann die Schwäche auf einer Cd, die wohl in einem Studio produziert wird. Die Version auf der Cd ist nicht annähernd so berührend. Wahrscheinlich braucht Nils Frahm die Menschen zum Spielen, was ihn ja sehr sy,praktisch macht, aber eben die CD für diesen Preis zu teuer.
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HirohikoReviewed in Japan on July 3, 2014
4.0 out of 5 stars ストイックな演奏の中にも、強い意志を感じさせる
Nils Frahm (1982年生)は、ベルリンを拠点に活動を続けるピアニスト。ポストクラシカルシーンで語られることの多い彼が、2009年に発表した外連味のないピアノソロが「The Bells」です。
録音は、2008年11月13日、14日にベルリンの教会にて行われました。ライナーノーツのフォトで見る限り、素晴らしく天井の高い、厳かな空間の中で演奏されたようです。
そんな録音環境のせいか、ストイックな演奏の中にも、強い意志を感じさせる曲目が続きます。
プロデュースは、同じくポストクラシカルの分野で活躍するPeter Broederickで、この2人は2011年に来日し、各地でライブを行っています。
さて、アルバムは、「In The Sky And On The Ground」から静かに始まりますが、高らかにピアノが響き渡る2曲目「 I Would Like To Think」から、高みを目指したかような演奏が繰り広げられます。
「The Bells」とは、教会の鐘のことでしょうか?3曲目「Said And Done」では、まるで鐘が響くようなアタックの強いピアノを聴くことが出来ます。
4曲目「Dedication, Loyalty」でのピアノは、鈴の音かオルゴールのような趣きがあります。また、5曲目「Down Down」は、正に荘厳さが漂い、ピアノの響きが滝のように落ちてきます。
ニュアンスに富んだNils Frahmのプレイに感心させられることしきり。
6曲目「Over There, It's Raining」からは、Keith Jarrett風の展開になり、特に8曲目「My Things」にはその思いを強くします。ピアノソロと言えばKeith Jarrettというイメージが私の頭に刷り込まれているからでしょうか?それとも、Nils FrahmもKeith Jarrett派のピアニストなのか?
とはいえ、10曲目「It Was Really, Really Grey」の強い音の連なりには、 Nils Frahmらしさを感じます。
そして、全体を聴き終えますと、ジャケットのにこやかな表情からは想像もつかない芯の強さを持ったミュージシャンの姿が現れてきます。
その後、Nils Frahmは、左手の親指を負傷するという、ピアニストにとっては致命的なアクシデントに見舞われますが、その境遇を逆手に取るように、9本の指で演奏したアルバムをリリースするなど、元気に活動を続けており、音楽に対する並々ならぬ情熱は、この当時から変わらないようです。
- Fwm Van SteenbergenReviewed in the United Kingdom on April 1, 2011
4.0 out of 5 stars good!
this album is a sample of a days long recording session - very special. the music is good and worth buying and listening to - but my own nils frahm preference is wintermusic - some songs are hauntingly beautiful others are a little less..
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Jean MiReviewed in France on May 16, 2018
4.0 out of 5 stars Piano neo classique haut de gamme
Nils Frahm fait partie de cette génération de pianistes modernes qui ont des choses à dire par le biais de leur musique. Cet album est très réussi. Son jeu est d'une grande finesse et l'acoustique du lieu renforce la qualité de l'oeuvre. 14,7 / 20
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on May 18, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect
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