Quentin Tolimeri
Monochromes (3CD)
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*In process of stocking* “Tolimieri makes a universe of micro-nuance audible, with each piece consisting of hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of points of contact. Each point is just a little different from its predecessor. One by one, the points carry the music outwards, until the sound canvas is radiantly filled with the sensation of a particular touch.
The succession of Monochromes on these discs has a beautiful logic. I hear it as an attempt to “begin again”, to rediscover the piano, region by region. Each piece focuses on certain characteristics of the piano’s sound so tightly, that it seems as if it was all the instrument was designed to do. Each Monochrome is a small world. Over the course of the three hours the series lasts, we travel across a system of fifteen planets." (Michael Pisaro-Liu)
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Berlin-based composer & pianist Quentin Tolimieri's goal for the 15 compositions of "Monochrome" was to hear the acoustic piano differently, removing traditional structures of European harmony, each piece focused on a single or "monochromatic" theme that unfolds over an extended period of time, whether languorous or intensely active, each piece unique and self-contained.
| 1 | Monochrome 1 | 13:09 | |
| 2 | Monochrome 2 | 09:30 | |
| 3 | Monochrome 3 | 12:14 | |
| 4 | Monochrome 4 | 09:19 | |
| 5 | Monochrome 5 | 09:34 | |
| 6 | Monochrome 6 | 12:02 | |
| 7 | Monochrome 7 | 5:35 | |
| 8 | Monochrome 8 | 35:21 | |
| 9 | Monochrome 9 | 7:34 | |
| 10 | Monochrome 10 | 8:02 | |
| 11 | Monochrome 11 | 7:20 | |
| 12 | Monochrome 12 | 23:45 | |
| 13 | Monochrome 13 | 13:41 | |
| 14 | Monochrome 14 | 11:24 | |
| 15 | Monochrome 15 | 10:40 |
