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For Cantante e tranquillo Keller Quartett leader András Keller and producer Manfred Eicher developed a carefully balanced program based entirely upon slow movements. Together we began reviewing the recordings we had made over the last twenty years, says Eicher, juxtaposing works of different historical eras, uncovering correspondences between composers of the past and the present. As a contextual frame for the project it was decided to record the slow movements of Beethovens Op.130 and 135, add new recordings of Kurtág, and integrate older and newer interpretations of Knaifel, Ligeti and Bach into the album. Wolfgang Sandner writes in the liner notes: A wistful charm imbues this entire recording of pieces which though not written together, seem to have been predestined for each other. The sounds are self-evident and self-explanatory. We hear them as music, as beautiful music, as great music.

Recorded 1995 - 2012 / Casino Zogernitz, Vienna /
Stadttheater Eichstatt / Radiostudio DRS, Zurich
Recording Engineer: Peter Laenger
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Produced by Manfred Eicher