Abaton (album)

Abaton
Studio album by Sylvie Courvoisier
Released October 14, 2003
Recorded September 2002, Rainbow Studio, Oslo
Genre Contemporary classical music, Improvised music, Jazz
Length 106:36
Label ECM
ECM 1838/39
Producer Manfred Eicher
Sylvie Courvoisier chronology
Black Narcissus
(2002)		 Abaton
(2003)		 Entomological Reflections
(2004)

Abaton is a double album by Swiss pianist and composer Sylvie Courvoisier recorded in 2002 and featuring one disc of compositions and one of improvised music.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

AllMusic awarded the album 4½ stars and in its review by Thom Jurek, he states "Abaton is Courvoisier's crowning achievement thus far, and this group points her firmly forward in a direction where everything is still possible, demonstrating that there is something new under the sun in classical music and improvisation. Perhaps Abaton is the great moment of 2003 for new classical music".[1] In JazzTimes, Andrew Lindemann Malone wrote "It's rare to hear modern classical music forged anew in the heat of improvisation, but that's exactly what Abaton does".[3] On All About Jazz Kurt Gottschalk observed "Courvoisier's compositions are perhaps distinctly 21st century in the way they fit into a continuum of composed chamber work. They reflect without being ironic, refer without being referential. All in all, a refreshingly post-postmodern approach".[4]

Track listing

Disc One: All compositions by Sylvie Courvoisier

  1. "Ianicum" - 19:55
  2. "Orodruin" - 12:33
  3. "Poco a Poco" - 9:24
  4. "Abaton" - 11:29

Disc Two: All improvisations by Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Feldman and Erik Friedlander

  1. " Icaria 1" - 4:04
  2. "Imke's" - 2:08
  3. "Icaria 2" - 3:30
  4. "Clio" - 2:46
  5. "Nova Solyma" - 4:42
  6. "Spensonia" - 3:38
  7. "Octavia" - 3:34
  8. "Icaria 3" - 2:37
  9. "Sonnante" - 3:37
  10. "The Scar of Lotte" - 1:35
  11. "Turoine" - 1:04
  12. "Archaos" - 3:37
  13. "Ava's" - 1:30
  14. "Brobdingnag" - 1:29
  15. "Calonack" - 2:55
  16. "Precioso" - 2:46
  17. "Sekel" - 1:26
  18. "Izaura" - 2:51
  19. "Narnia" - 1:50

Personnel

Credits

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 3 Jurek, Thom. "Sylvie Courvoisier Abaton - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  2. ↑ "ECM discography". ECM Records. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  3. ↑ Malone, A. L., Sylvie Courvoisier - Abaton Review, JazzTimes, April 2004.
  4. ↑ Gottschalk, K., All About Jazz Review, December 4, 2003.
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