Simeon ten Holt: Soloduiveldans 2 & 4 - Ivo Janssen
Simeon ten Holt is best known for his Canto Ostinato, which exists in several versions (I would recommend the version for two pianos, played by Kees Wieringa and Polo de Haas). But I find this CD with two of his Solo Devil Dances even more exhilarating.
Ten Holt's style is perhaps best described as 'repetitive music', in the sense that motives are repeated with small variations, but the music develops so quickly, and with such finesse, that one can only keep up by listening attentively. The fabric of the many quick notes creates a unique kind of aesthetics.
The performance by master pianist Ivo Janssen is unsurpassable.
VOID 9903
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