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ECM has a lot to answer for
In the Telegraph Ivan Hewett nominates the collaboration between Tunisian oud virtuoso Dhafer Youssef and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kristjan Jarvi as one of his five worst classical moments of 2014. I wasn't at the Barbican concert which Iven Hewett describes as a "toe-curling example of vapid 'cross-over'”. But it is a judgement which chimes with me, because I would have to nominate Dhafer Youssef's Birds Requiem as among my least satisfying CD purchases of 2014. Birds Requiem is released on the Sony owned Okeh label, which has been rejuvenated in an attempt to grab market share from ECM. Ignore the subtle Okeh logo, and Birds Requiem would pass as an ECM release. The monochrome artwork is pure ECM. As is the music - ethnically correct easy listening which never leaves the formulaic groove that fellow Tunisian oud virtuoso Anouar Brahem's recent work for ECM is also stuck in. […]
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Telegraph
2012-01-06 17:10:03
András Schiff and Christiane Iven, Wigmore Hall, review
András Schiff teamed up with little-known German soprano Christiane Iven to give a superb song recital at the Wigmore Hall
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