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Matka Joanna | 
| Artist: Tomasz Stanko
Label: Ecm
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 97715
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 523986
UPC: 731452398628
EAN: 0731452398628
ASIN: B00000AXHQ
Release Date: October 23, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Monastery In The Dark | | • | Green Sky | | • | Malador's War Song | | • | Tales For A Girl 12 | | • | Matka Joanna From The Angels | | • | Cain's Brand | | • | Nun's Wood | | • | Celina | | • | Two Preludes For Tales | | • | Klostergeist |
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| Customer Reviews:
Dramatic masterpiece May 30, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is Tomasz Stanko's dark, brooding masterpiece. Excellently recorded, there is a cavernous feel to much of the music, no doubt accentuated by the gamut of doom-laden sounds coaxed from Tony Oxley's drum kit.
The disc opens with Oxley producing sounds that sound like clanking chains, shortly followed by Anders Jormin's arco bass evoking the feel of a howling wind whipping around the massive masonry of the "Monastery in the dark." Eventually, Stanko's dramatic trumpet enters, having the presence of a great Shakespearean character. It is no surprise that this music was inspired by a film. Elsewhere, Bobo Stenson demonstrates why he is considered one of the finest piano players in Europe.
As a whole, the record has a mournful feel to it, the only up-tempo track being "Maldoror's War Song" - this itself still being full of menace. At a time when ECM appear to be losing some of their best musicians and recent offerings lack appeal, this CD is a timely reminder of just how original European jazz can be. Listen to the beautiful, fragile ballad "Celina", for example, to see just why the music of Tomasz Stanko is so special.
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