9 October 2017

MAARTEN ALTENA & MAURICE HORSTHUIS "GRAND DUO" (CLAXON, 1980/81)





still not reissued..



Maarten Altena, double bass & cello
Maurice Horsthuis, viola


A1. Grand Duo (14:54)
A2. Fantasie Nr. 1 (04:27)
B1. Fantasie Nr. 2 (01:15)
B2. Fantasie Nr. 3 (00:56)
B3. Fantasie Nr. 4 (06:39)
B4. Fantasie Nr. 5 (07:04)
B5. Fantasie Nr. 6 (02:23)
B6. Fantasie Nr. 7 (01:41)
B7. Fantasie Nr. 8 (01:22)


A1 recorded at the Shaffy Theatre, Amsterdam, on 9th February, 1980.
All other selections recorded at De IJsbreker, Amsterdam, on 22nd April, 1981.


CLAXON 82.9  (vinyl)
.

12 comments:

  1. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Many, many thanks.

    Jez

    ReplyDelete
  3. thanks again o, these are fantastic

    ReplyDelete
  4. Wow!

    Thanks a lot for all the Maarten Altena goodies!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I have the vinyl of the other Altena lps posted, including Tuning the bass, but not this!! It is incredible. Whitehead was way off in New Dutch Swing saying he was not a great bass player. He was one of the best, his technique is strong and clear and this album is a good place to hear that. Amazing. Thanks for this one!! Keep the Altena lps coming!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. any chance of a re-upload? there is no link in the comments.

    thank you in advance!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Never took time before to concentrate on the music of Maarten Altena but recently listened to some quartet, octet and now to this duo. The meeting between chamber music, 20th century classical and folk is very interesting. Proof that beside the confrontational way à la Brotzmann there are many others ways of expressions for the european musicians.

    ReplyDelete