Ola Gjeilo - Piano Improvisations / Stone Rose - 180g LP

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Ola Gjeilo - Piano Improvisations / Stone Rose - 180g LP
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A selection of lyrical, reflective tracks from Ola Gjeilo's piano albums on the 2L label – Stone Rose and Piano Improvisations.
Featuring music created in the spur of the moment, straight from the heart, as well as pieces inspired by a deep connection to New York life and scenery – this collection contains some of Gjeilo's most soulful and passionate music. Ranging from the introspective wistfulness of Dark Blue to the serene joyfulness of Snow in New York, and to fantasies around his own choral works (Ubi Caritas, Tota Pulchra Es); common for all the tracks are a heartfelt lyricism grounded in Ola's love for the piano.

Ola Gjeilo (pronounced Yay-lo) was born in Norway in 1978, and moved to America in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City. Presently a full-time composer and pianist based in the US, his published concert works are performed all over the world. Ola is also very interested in film, and his music draws a lot of inspiration from movies and cinematic music.

Well... I couldn't wait obviously :). 2L Ola Gjeilo - PIANO IMPROVISATIONS on vinyl. Who says digital and analog cannot jointly work to a great extend!? Sound is something many should hanker about and vinyl version is open, dynamic and most important musicality is carried with great pace and with no dynamic lost that many claims. Sense of ambient that Morten gives so much attention to is clearly and instantly recognised. Piano works with natural attacks and depth that reminds of how it should sound. Its fully blooded.
 
If you can handle analog package that incorporates some click and pops, then you'll be taken into Ola journey with ease. I know that a lot of reproduction impact goes to Thrax Dionysos preamplifier and Heros mono blocks, but they only shows further on how good this musical recoding is. The spirit of Mr. Gjeilo interplay and positive attitude towards music is not covered by anything. It floats towards you with invisible interaction. This is how music supposed to embrace you. At full!
 

With these 2L LP recordings, it's the flip side. We're now talking about a very superior-sounding digital mastering that has been transferred to LP through a direct metal master--direct to disc, which is the best way to cut an LP. The sound quality is simply astonishing on every level, although--and I have mentioned this before--that these 2L LPs will sound nothing like your original RCA Shaded Dogs. The 2Ls offer incredible, almost infinite detail and equally extended dynamics. These are LPs for those lost souls who sold their record collections before anyone else, in the mid-'80s when CDs first arrived, and are now wondering if it's time to rediscover LPs. The 2Ls will drive that point home like nothing else in the marketplace.
Side A: from Piano Improvisations
1 Ubi Caritas 4:15
2 Meribel 5:11
3 Dark Blue 3:06
4 Santa Monica 2:45
5 The Great Plains 3:15
6 Tota Pulchra Es 3:50

Side B: from Stone Rose
1 Madison 2:58
2 Snow In New York 3:28
3 North Country II 5:12
4 The Hudson 3:25
5 The Line 4:28
6 January 2:29

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