Randal Despommier - A Midsummer Odyssey - The Music of Lars Gullin Condition:New " and a "Japanese Marimba

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This recording is a magnificent synthesis of artistry and scholarship giving profound insight into the seminal influences of Bach's oeuvre

it was essential to consider the innovative spirit of Devienne: in it's short existence it crossed the Ancien Régime

where we have both been living for some years

cut off from the thoughts and actions of those around him

Randal Despommier - A Midsummer Odyssey - The Music of Lars Gullin Condition:New " and a "Japanese MarimbaAlto saxophonist Randal Despommier offers with A Midsummer Odyssey, a captivating duo session with guitarist extraordinaire Ben Monder. The central focus is the highly accessible yet always enigmatic music of Swedish baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin (1928 1976). It was a chance encounter with "Danny's Dream," a lithe and melodic piece played for Despommier by his friend Olof Lvmo in Italy in 2005, that sparked the altoist's deep and longstanding