Double Edge: U.S. Choice, by Double Edge

Double Edge: U.S. Choice

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1.	Phantom Waltz 06:54	buy track
2.	Tonk 03:42	buy track
3.	Setting For Two Pianos 05:48	buy track
4.	Double Portrait 14:41	buy track
5.	Night Waltz 04:32	buy track
6.	Two Pianos 08:53	buy track
7.	Chromatic Canon 10:15	buy track
8.	De-Certified Highway of Dreams 10:01	buy track
9.	Ellis Island 03:06	buy track

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|| Burn-on-demand CDs of this CRi reissue are available at our website: www.newworldrecords.org/products/double-edge-u-s-choice ||

Works by Meredith Monk, Duke Ellington, Mel Powell, David Borden, Paul Bowles, Morton Feldman, James Tenney, & Blue Gene Tyranny

Double Edge — the name connotes a two-sided razor-sharp knife, poised at the brink of the unknown, slicing through the mediocre and the derivative, seeking the best of the new.

When pianists Edmund Niemann and Nurit Tilles first met in 1978, they certainly had that aggressively modernist definition in mind. Both were members of Steve Reich and Musicians; both were fascinated with minimalism; both were drawn to the cutting edge of New York’s downtown new- music scene.

Their first concerts, arranged with Reich’s help, were mostly of minimalist music. By 1987, when they gave their debut as Double Edge at Town Hall, the duo-pianists were expanding their repertoire, moving back through the twentieth century and embracing new music of a broader stylistic range. Today their programs, performed in concert halls around the world, even include Mozart and Brahms. “We treat new music with the same respect that we were taught to treat the standard repertoire,” says Tilles. “We find out as much as possible about the composer and the cultural/musical context of the time, and we bring to that our own voice. Through rehearsal and many performances, we grow with a new piece the way we grow with a Brahms sonata over a lifetime.”

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released January 1, 2007

Double Edge: Edmund Niemann & Nurit Tilles, duo-pianists

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CRI (Composers Recordings, Inc.) was founded in 1954 by Otto Luening, Douglas Moore and Oliver Daniel. CRI was dedicated to the promotion of new music by American composers, releasing over 600 recordings on LP, cassette and CD over its 49 year history, New World Records assumed ownership of CRI in 2006, since which time its entire catalog has been digitized for streaming, download & CD-R purchase. ... more

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