Crystal Tears

Crystal Tears is the 2nd album from trumpter Andre Heuvelman and The Live B/ANDA! Orchestra at NativeDSD Music.  It follows their earlier album After Silence. Andre Heuvelman has collected 9 melancholic compositions for Crystal Tears. The compositions span a period of 400 years yet they all have that feeling of sweet sorrow. Andre and his band has carefully cut to the bone of each melody by using a very sparse instrumentation. As a consequence the voice of each instrument has to carry it’s full weight but it also makes it very easy to distinguish each voice. Frans de Rond has created a wonderful warm sound stage, letting the instruments appear up close and personal, like a good friend reaching out for your hand. Crystal Tears was recorded in the legendary Studio 2 of the 'Muziek centrum van de omroep', the music studios of the Dutch Broadcasting company. Except for Passacaglia remix, the 10 pieces of music were recorded live in the studio.

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Andre Heuvelman - trumpet Mike Fentross - lute Wilmar de Visser - double bass Santiago Cimadevilla - bandoneon Henry Kelder - piano (tr.9) Peter Prommel - percussion (tr.6)