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Piano Duets: Live in Berlin 93/94

Piano Duets: Live in Berlin 93/94 is an album by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach.

Piano Duets: Live in Berlin 93/94
Cover of Piano Duets Live in Berlin 93-94 by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach
Live album by
Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach
Recorded13 March 1993, 9 December 1994
GenreJazz
LabelFMP
ProducerAki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach

Recording and music

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The performances are by pianists Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach, who also produced the album.[1] The first three tracks on the album were recorded at the Gethsemane-Kirche in Berlin, on 13 March 1993.[1] The other tracks were recorded at DeutschlandRadio, Studio 10, also in Berlin, on 9 December 1994.[1] "The Morlocks" and "Chapelure Japonaise" are played on prepared piano.[2]

Release and reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [2]

Piano Duets: Live in Berlin 93/94 was released by FMP.[2] In a five-star review, AllMusic stated that "There is no jazz, no rock, no free improv, no classical, no blues, or new; all these distinctions lose their meaning the beginning this duo commences playing here. What is left is music, a sonorous organization of vibration in the air. [...] The listener is left literally breathless, unable to relax yet unable to move, except maybe toward the stereo to hit 'repeat'."[3]

Track listing

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  1. "Na, Na, Na, Na... ist das der Weg?" (Alexander von Schlippenbach) – 11:40
  2. "The Morlocks" (Schlippenbach) – 11:29
  3. "You Are What You Is" (Frank Zappa) – 5:41
  4. "Mysterioso (Thelonious Monk) – 4:01
  5. "Ask Me Now" (Monk) – 2:18
  6. "Pannonica" (Monk) – 1:32
  7. "Evidence" (Monk) – 5:52
  8. "Tales of Something" (Aki Takase) – 8:50
  9. "Chapelure Japonaise" (Takase) – 10:23

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "OWN-90002". FMP-Publishing. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1372.
  3. ^ a b Jurek, Thom " Aki Takase – Piano Duets: Live in Berlin, 1993–1994". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
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