Two string masters--Mat Maneri on viola and Daniel Levin on cello--recording at The Village in Copenhagen, Denmark in an album titled for psychologist and philosopher Carl Jung, reflecting the balance between intuitive spontaneity and pre-established conditions.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2015 Country: Portugal Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded at The Village, Copenhagen, Denmark, on February 21st, 2015 by Thomas Vang.
"By adopting psychologist and philosopher Carl Jung's phrase for the title of their first duo recording, Daniel Levin and Mat Maneri hav acknowledged the necessity of a balance between intuitive spontaneity (the unconscious) and pre-established conditions (the conscious) i their improvisatory format. Both of them have proven to be probing, provocative improvisers in a wide range of settings in the past, but this collaboration offers special qualities unique to the circumstances at hand.
The exposed nature of the strings colors the music - congested notes bristle or blur, bow pressure growls or sighs, and microtones ad bittersweet tonalities. Often their improvisations expand and contract; interwoven melodic contours blend together until one disentangles fro the other with small explosions of pizzicato or aggressive double-stops. Episodes of close-knit counterpoint allow the viola and cello to bounc off one another, jostle, and re-align contrasting details with lightning-quick responses. Two explicit points of view become a third, creative entity."-Art Lange, liner notes