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Dave, In a message dated 8/6/03 12:00:13 AM, improv@peak.org writes: >>"Undisonus" and "Ineo" 2 orchestral pieces by Terje Rypdal > >What are these like? I was curious about what Rypdal would >do with an orchestra... Terje Rypdal has a number of discs out that feature his orchestral compositions. Some, like "Q.E.D.," are intense, atonal and strange to anyone not accustomed to listening to that sort of thing (my wife for example, who hates even my own music). It also includes some searing, ring-modulated electric guitar as part of the package (yeah baby). "Undisonus" is strictly orchestral and a little more accessible. It's calmer, and sort of cinematic in a way -- a slightly chillier, secular Arvo Pärt or Henrik Górecki with a little dissonance and angularity thrown in (here and there) for melodramatic good measure -- altogether pleasant. "Ineo" is mostly more of the same with a choral section added to the orchestral instruments. I'd say it's the "prettier" of the two pieces on the disc. Sort of somber and contemplative on a typical "Nordic" sort of way. Is that regional profiling? Another disc, his "Double Concerto/5th Symphony" CD has not grown on me as much. It's a little too "classical" for me and the presence of the electric guitar seems artificial and pasted-on (IMHO) -- a little like some of those albums from the early 70s that Deep Purple and other groups did with orchestras -- though a good deal more original and better realized. Rypdal shares guitar duties on these pieces with another fellow who sounds a little too much like an ordinary "rock" guitar soloist -- kinda disappointing. This may seem like harsh criticism or a glib reduction to a sound- bite-sized description of music which (taken as a whole) is very much more. I actually think the world of Rypdal's work. In fact, I wouldn't mind being him when I grow up (heheh). His output is amazing and quite consistent. But I think a short description is what yer after anyway, isn't it? Best, tEd ® kiLLiAn http://www.mp3s.com/tedkillian http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html http://www.CDbaby.com/cd/tedkillian http://www.guitar9.com/fluxaeterna.html