This album is spun out of the musical friendship between Christophersen and Haltlia, and features whirling overtone spectra, virtuosic gestures, beautiful melodic ambiguity and quiet spaces – musical moments and extended structures – all woven together into an hour-long musical narrative. Bjørn Morten Christophersen is continually in pursuit of new musical stories. Whether writing for choir, orchestra, chamber ensembles or TV drama, a clear voice always carries the narrative. The six musicians gathered for this recording are all members of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, and they play together in the ensemble Norwegian Brass Expo. They are among the best and most experienced brass players in Scandinavia and come from a Nordic brass tradition advocating a homogenous and beautiful sound.
Tracklist
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Additional information
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| SKU | 2L143 |
| Qualities | DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz |
| Channels | 2ch Stereo, Auro3D, 5 Channel Surround Sound, 2ch Stereo & 5ch Surround |
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| Digital Converters | Merging Technologies, Horus |
| Editing Software | Pyramix |
| Mastering Engineer | Morten Lindberg |
| Microphones | DPA |
| Notes | We are pleased to announce the availability of this release in DSD 64, DSD 128 and DSD 256, as well as the original DXD recorded release. These higher resolution DSD bitrates were produced from the original DXD recording using a Pyramix Digital Audio Workstation by NativeDSD Mastering Engineer Tom Caulfield. The sonic advantage to these new Stereo DSD 64, DSD 128 and DSD 256 releases, as with all higher DSD bit rate releases, is the wider audio frequency passband prior to the onset of modulation noise.This results in allowing the listener’s DAC to use gentler and more phase linear filters for playback of the music. |
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| Producer | Morten Lindberg |
| Recording Engineer | Gjermund Skog |
| Recording location | Jar Church, Norway June 2017 |
| Recording Type & Bit Rate | DXD |
| Release Date | February 13, 2019 |
Press reviews
The Arts Desk
Woven Brass is a disc to suit all listening habits, a collection of brass pieces ranging from 33 seconds to 14 minutes in length. They can be enjoyed in isolation. Or, heard in sequence, they form an extended multi-movement work.
Christophersen’s little Sentimental Pebbles was the starting point, a melting hymn for trumpet and organ here rescored for brass quintet. Here it’s a mellow centerpiece. We get pieces for quintet, trio, and an arresting opener for three trumpets.
The writing is so, so idiomatic, and Christophersen’s direct musical language is readily accessible. Trombone glissandi in the little Sliding March sound like distant sirens, and Circo Dodecafonico’s twelve-tone hijinks are witty and lyrical.
Trumpeter Jonas Haltia is outstanding in an extended solo Chaconne, and the disc’s disparate threads are knitted together in the final quintet piece, Woven Brass. Quite exceptional, and one of the best and most arresting brass albums I’ve ever heard.
The playing, each musician drawn from the Oslo-Filharmonien (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra), is stellar. Production values are very high too. 2L’s fiendishly advanced recording process is outlined in the booklet. Which wouldn’t matter if the results weren’t intensely musical. Listen with closed eyes and you can visualize exactly where the players are sitting.
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