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New Old Luten Trio: Trident Juncture
by Glenn Astarita
In 2023, the New Old Luten Trio album on Euphorium Records featured, albeit posthumously, the legendary Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky who was Germany's answer to the avant-garde saxophone. Known affectionately as Luten Petrowsky, his reeds here join forces with Elan Pauer on piano and Christian Lillinger's drumming wizardry. This near hour-long extravaganza, recorded back in 2016, at Leipzig's naTo, is not just music; it is a spirited rendezvous of improvisation--a testament to a decade of the trio's synergy. Hence, a musical homage ...
read moreEuphorium_freakestra: Free Acoustic Supergroup
by Mark Corroto
Thanks to pianist and director Oliver Schwerdt, the Euphorium_freakestra is and always has been a glorious experiment in organized disorganization. The double CD Free Acoustic Supergroup is the ensemble's seventh release. Schwerdt's experiments began with the single disc Ðal Ngai (Euphorium Records, 2004) and eventually the group's 3-CD Grande Casino (Euphorium Records, 2018). Ðal Ngai included the guest artists Friedrich Schenker and Günter Baby Sommer. Other releases found the ensemble hosting musicians such as Thomas Lehn, Barry Guy, and Bertrand ...
read moreErnst-Ludwig Petrowsky / Michael Griener: The Salmon
by Nic Jones
The Salmon is one of those rare instances in which first impressions don't lie. The first run-through of this program revealed highly energized music that nevertheless managed to retain its clarity of both focus and purpose. Subsequent listening has added depth and substance to that impression, and also lent more weight to the overall impression that this just might be one of the Intakt label's best years ever.Reed player and flautist Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky has been on the European ...
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