Pablo Held: Ascent (2020)

Pablo Held: piano
Robert Landfermann: bass
Jonas Burgwinkel: drums
Nelson Veras: guitar

1. Unlocking Mechanism (5:13)
2. Dikkedeo (4:17)
3. Poem #6 (5:12)
4. Forest Spirits (6:51)
5. Ascent (6:58)
6. Seizing (4:14)
7. Musica Callada #24 (8:09)
8. Excerpt from Piano Concerto #4 (4:47)
9. 52nd Street Theme (1:06)

Arianna Savall, Petter Udland Johansen: Hirundo Maris (2012)

Hirundo Maris is Latin for “sea swallow” and, like that bird’s flight, harpist Arianna Savall’s quintet – part early music ensemble, part folk group – drifts on musical currents between Norway and Catalonia, and adds its own songs, created on the wing. Savall and co-leader Petter Udland Johansen have shaped a band with a bright, glistening timbral blend, capped by Arianna’s ice-clear voice, well-equipped to address songs of the north and the south…