El Chan
Douban
overview
New album dedicated entirely to American composer Bryce Dessner, founder and guitarist of the rock band The National, including his Concerto for two pianos with Orchestre de Paris conducted by Matthias Pintscher The album also includes the work El Chan for two pianos, and Haven for two guitars and two pianos. The album is dedicated to the film director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarittú (The Revenant, Babel...), who created the album cover artwork.⠀
“Dessner is an important composer with a developed technique and an intense emotional voice. He continues today as a major voice of his generation.”
[Steve Reich, 2018]
Haven for two guitars and two pianos, which will be performed in concert during the Minimalist Dream House tour in April 2019:
Philharmonie de Paris (7th April), Auditorium de Lyon (8th), Barbican, London (9th) and Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg (10th).
tracks
PIANO CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS
1 - First Movement
2 - Second Movement
3 - Third Movement
4 - HAVEN
EL CHAN
5 - El Charco del Ingenio
6 - Points of Light
7 - Four Winds
8 - Ballade d'Allende
9 - Coyote
10 - Pool of El Chan
11 - Mountain