four parallel rivers, by fredrik rasten

four parallel rivers

by fredrik rasten

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sylvain-levier There is so much sensitivity in this recording, and just as much in Johan Lindvall's interpretation. Favorite track: four parallel rivers.

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1.	amaranth 03:22	buy track
2.	two cycles for johan lindvall: first cycle 02:26	buy track
3.	two cycles for johan lindvall: second cycle 05:53	buy track
4.	pythagorean sequence I 01:16	buy track
5.	lunation 04:54	buy track
6.	four parallel rivers 12:32	buy track
7.	pythagorean sequence II 01:13	buy track
8.	murmurations I 02:52	buy track
9.	murmurations II 04:50	buy track
10.	murmurations III 03:15	buy track
11.	pythagorean sequence III 01:14	buy track
12.	pendulum 03:31	buy track
13.	aerodynamic (for piano and 13 limit just intonation sine wave track) 11:29	buy track
14.	all heart 07:15	buy track
15.	suffuse 03:58	buy track

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These pieces (composed between 2019 and 2020) marks a kind of return to the piano, the first instrument I ever learnt to play, and a reflection of the repertoire that made a special impact on me while learning to play this instrument.
A few of the Debussy preludes were important, and maybe even more so a couple of Bartok’s Mikrokosmos pieces.
There is a personal connection between my interpretation of those pieces and the music presented here. For instance, the dogmatism, counter movement in left and right hand; and use of diatonic scales in some of Bartok’s pedagogic pieces have been a clear inspiration.

Writing music for the equal tempered piano is also a personal novelty in another respect, as my compositional endeavours almost exclusively have been on microtonal music in extended just intonation. In fact, the three 'murmurations' are 'piano reductions’ of pieces in just intonation, originally written for guitars played with electronic bows.

The microtonal dimension is essential and more concretely so in the piece 'aerodynamic', where the piano itself avoids intervals like thirds, sixths and major sevenths, while keeping exclusively to harmonic material that approximates pythagorean tuning, based on just fifths; while a sine wave track plays back notes in just relationships to the harmonic structures of the piano part.

Lastly, I cannot underestimate the importance that the musical and pianistic personality of my friend Johan Lindvall has had on this music.

Fredrik Rasten,
Berlin
June 18th 2021

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released June 18, 2021

all heart is dedicated to my dear grandmother jorunn (1928-2020)

johan lindvall - piano

recorded: studio paradiso, oslo, 13th of january 2021
recording by: marcus forsgren
mixing: espen reinertsen
mastering: giuseppe ielasi

executive producer: antoine beuger

released by edition wandelweiser records

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Fredrik Rasten Berlin, Germany

Fredrik Rasten (born 1988) is a guitarist, improviser and composer based in Oslo and Berlin. He is mainly focusing on the musical possibilities within just intonation and related sound phenomena, and in his work he is reaching for an actively listening state wherein to intuitively explore the complexities of tone and harmony. ... more

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