Etude Nr. 6 (Triplets) is the fifth of some 16 new solo tracks from Wolfgang Muthspiel, the great Austrian guitarist and our track of the week.
The full Etudes/Quietudes from which the highly disciplined, absorbing track is drawn is out on Friday on the Clap Your Hands label.
A live affair recorded in Vienna at the national radio network ORF Österreichischer Rundfunk’s RadioKulturhaus, the mix is by La Buissonne genius engineer Gérard de Haro.
Craft underpins the thinking
This tune is a Muthspiel original as are most of the tracks.
Bach and Motian
A J. S. Bach sarabande partly improvised in the interpretation and ‘Abacus’ by the legendary Bill Evans drummer Paul Motian – the second track in on the 1979 recorded ECM studio album Le Voyage – (Motian on that recording made in Germany with J. F. Jenny-Clark and Charles Brackeen) are also included.
‘Etudes celebrate craft’ – Wolfgang Muthspiel
The piece also appeared on a live at the Village Vanguard release and on another version with Marc Johnson and Enrico Pieranunzi. The band Tarbaby also did a brooding version of the piece, great in capturing its poise and mystery on their late-2010 Posi-Tone release End of Fear.
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