Performed by Ensemble Adapter: Kristjana Helgadóttir (flute); Ingólfur Vilhjálmsson (clarinet); Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir (harp); Marc Tritschler (piano) and Matthias Engler (percussion)
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A significant aspect of Bunita Marcus’ Music for Japan is in the composer finding just the right approach to the composition’s continuity. It is a music of diverse and evocative imagery which unfolds without repetition or the customary devices for extension and variation. The work is linked together by a deceptively simple alignment of time grids (in varying degrees of coordination) both in its vertical and horizontal construction. In this regard Marcus has composed a uniquely personal and boldly designed music, whose unhindered pacing and invented shapes create an almost hallucinary response in the listener.
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Absolutely love this recording. I listen to it at work. I listen to it in the car on the way home from work. I listen to it while falling asleep. Curtis’ cello is so amazing. Just got the vinyl in the mail from Discogs the other day! Can’t wait to play on my hi-fi system! Dave Sewall
“Scatter My Ashes” exists at a crossroads between multiple styles, but emerges with something rich, textural, ambient, and riveting. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 7, 2022
Spellbinding ensemble songs with gently pulsing melodies, this is filmic music inspired by love, loss, & redemption. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 13, 2021
supported by 14 fans who also own “Music for Japan”
I posted a review of this album on my blog: https://www.poisonpie.com/publishing/reviews/text/musicreview_2020_0923.html at the Poison Pie Publishing House. Hebeloma Crustuliniforme