Wolfert Brederode - Ruins and Remains, A Suite for Piano, String Quartet, and Percussion
For his fourth ECM release as a leader, following the acclaimed quartet albums Currents and Post-Scriptum as well as the trio record Black Ice, Dutch pianist Wolfert Brederode introduces a very different, and very special, project. Ruins and Remains is a suite for piano, string quartet, and percussion. Originally composed by Brederode in response to a commission for music to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, the piece was premiered in November 2018. In the interim, however, it has come to embody meanings broader and more personal. “At a number of levels, the music has to do with grief and loss and learning to stand up again,” Brederode says. There is a vulnerable but resilient quality to the music, as it hovers over its emotional terrain, with moods alternately bleak and guardedly hopeful.
Track Listing:
1 Ruins I 3:02
2 Swallow 3:35
3 Remains 1:46
4 Cloudless 5:29
5 Ruins And Remains 5:00
6 Ka 3:31
7 Ruins II 5:14
8 Duhra 3:22
9 Ruins III 2:00
10 Retrouvailles 1:49
11 Nothing For Granted 5:17
12 Dissolve 2:57
13 March 1:14
14 Ruins IV 3:24