Mathias Reumert Group & Mathias Reumert - The Promises of Darkness (2025)
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 351 MB | Tracks: 16 | 81:59
Style: Classical | Label: Divine Art / Ekkozone
WEB FLAC (tracks+booklet) - 351 MB | Tracks: 16 | 81:59
Style: Classical | Label: Divine Art / Ekkozone
The Promises of Darkness marks the next chapter in the visionary collaboration between Roger Reynolds and Mathias Reumert. This landmark album showcases world premiere recordings of four major works, tracing four decades of Reynolds’s trailblazing contributions to contemporary music. The title work, The Promises of Darkness (1975), pays homage to Reynolds’s mentor Roberto Gerhardt. Scored for an ensemble of 11 players, this piece masterfully conjures vivid colours and an almost cinematic sense of dread, revealing Reynolds as a composer unafraid to probe the edges of musical and emotional experience. This release follows the critically acclaimed Wind Concertos, the first in the Reynolds/Reumert series, which earned Album of the Year (The Five Best) from the Danish Broadcasting Corporation in 2024.
With The Promises of Darkness, Ekkozone solidifies its reputation as a home for groundbreaking contemporary music, curated with Reumert’s exacting vision.
Tracklist:
01. The Promises of Darkness: I. Section 1
02. The Promises of Darkness: II. Section 2
03. The Promises of Darkness: III. Section 3
04. The Promises of Darkness: IV. Section 4
05. Mistral
06. Dionysus
07. Positings: I. Posit 1
08. Positings: II. Response 1
09. Positings: III. Posit 2
10. Positings: IV. Response 3
11. Positings: V. Posit 3
12. Positings: VI. Response 5
13. Positings: VII. Posit 4
14. Positings: VIII. Response 2
15. Positings: IX. Posit 5
16. Positings: X. Response 4
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