Minimalist

Considered to be the most gifted and promising pianist of his generation in Poland, Szymon Nehring is the only Pole to have won first prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (2017). He was also a finalist at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw with only 19 years of age. The album Minimalist features Nehring with the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw conducted by Michal Klauza. The album is a DSD Exclusive, Not Available on SACD release.  Only available in Stereo DSD 512, DSD 256, DSD 128 and DSD 64 from NativeDSD. In the late 1960s, the composer Michael Nyman coined the term “minimalism” to describe a new musical aesthetic characterized by a certain simplicity and economy of means. One of the composers associated with this movement, La Monte Young, embraced the term with enthusiasm, while others like Steve Reich and Philip Glass nuanced it with terms such as “music without intention” or “music with a repetitive structure”. The term “hypnotic music” might also be appropriate for some works by Simeon ten Holt or Arvo Pärt, provided we are attuned to the monotonous hum of rain, have a fondness for grey—the languid greys of overcast days—or appreciate a certain suspension of the world.

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Szymon Nehring, Piano Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw Michal Klauza, Conductor