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Tag Archives: Akoka

New Digital-Only Release: Cello JAZZ w/Matt Haimovitz and Friends

May 14, 2020by oxingalemusic Leave a comment

“Haimovitz sets his cello free in a daring and dazzling jazz recital…“ Matt Haimovitz’s multi-faceted cello knocks down musical boundaries while scaling emotions from darkness to joy in Cello JAZZ, […]

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ICI Musique: Palmarès 2017 : les 50 meilleurs albums de l’année (including AKOKA: Reframing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time)

December 8, 2017by oxingalemusic Leave a comment

December 6, 2017 L’année 2017 tire à sa fin et l’équipe d’ICI Musique s’est arrêtée un moment pour faire le subjectif exercice de lister les 50 meilleurs albums de l’année […]

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AKOKA: Reframing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

December 4, 2017by oxingalemusic Leave a comment

          AKOKA: Reframing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time receives its first international & remasters SACD release on the PENTATONE Oxingale Series First released in […]

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The Strad: CD review: Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Krakauer: Akoka; Socalled: Meanwhile…

October 28, 2017by oxingalemusic Leave a comment

October 27, 2017 The Strad Issue: October 2017 Description: Curious bookends that meditate on the end of time Musicians: Jonathan Crow (violin) Matt Haimovitz (cello) David Krakauer (clarinet) Geoffrey Burleson (piano) Socalled (electronics) […]

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pentatonemusic.com: Luister praises AKOKA

October 21, 2017by oxingalemusic Leave a comment

October 15, 2017 “Cellist Matt Haimovitz calls playing the Quatuor is a spiritual experience and listening to this performance is nothing short of that.” Our release of Akoka with David Krakauer, Matt Haimovitz, Jonathan Crow, Geoffrey […]

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Médium large: Un Quatuor pour la fin du temps sur disque et sur scène

June 8, 2017by oxingalemusic Leave a comment

PUBLIÉ LE VENDREDI 26 MAI 2017 L’altiste et chroniqueur Frédéric Lambert parle des melleures parutions et des concerts à venir en musique classique. Il est question de l’œuvre phare d’Olivier […]

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La Scena Musicale: Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time (Pentatone) – Album review

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June 1, 2017 “Recorded live, AKOKA drives home the gravity and impact of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time and affirms its relevance in the 21st century. As the […]

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The Guardian: Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time CD review

April 18, 2017by oxingalemusic Leave a comment

April 14, 2017 Cellist Matt Haimovitz and clarinettist David Krakauer met at a klezmer gathering in Canada and discovered a shared interest in Henri Akoka, the Algerian-born Sephardic Jewish clarinettist who […]

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AKOKA: Reframing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time – Release on the PENTATONE Oxingale Series

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April 7, 2017 AKOKA: Reframing Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time RECEIVES ITS FIRST INTERNATIONAL & REMASTERED SACD RELEASE ON THE PENTATONE OXINGALE SERIES First released in North America […]

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JUNO Award Nomination for AKOKA: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

January 27, 2015by oxingalerecords Leave a comment

JUNO Award Nomination for AKOKA: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time

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The Examiner: Memorable recordings in 2014: GRAMMY nominations and beyond

December 27, 2014by oxingalerecords Leave a comment

December 26, 2014 Having made clear my discontent with the nominations for the 57th annual GRAMMY awards, I feel more than obliged to recognize that this was actually a rather good […]

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Audaud.com: Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time – Review

June 12, 2014by oxingalerecords 2 Comments

June 12, 2014 “Akoka – Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time” = DAVID KRAKAUER: Akoka; MESSIAEN: Quatour Pour La Fin Du Temps; JOSH DOLGIN (‘So-called’): Meanwhile – […]

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The New York Times: Classical Playlist: Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tigran Mansurian and More

May 15, 2014by oxingalerecords Leave a comment

Framing a vivid rendition of the “Quartet for the End of Time” are two musical flights of fancy, an improvisation by the extraordinary clarinetist David Krakauer, and an electronic remix of the quartet by Socalled.

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JohnMontanari.com: Album du jour: David Krakauer, Matt Haimovitz, et al., “Akoka”

May 11, 2014by oxingalerecords Leave a comment

Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time is best experienced live — what great work isn’t? In the meantime, and for keeps, this fine, imaginative CD is highly recommended, and will fit right into your shelf next to your Mahler, your Moby, your Moondog and your Mozart. At least that’s where it is on my shelf.

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The Examiner: Oxingale presents a stunning context for Messiaen on its latest release

April 2, 2014by oxingalerecords Leave a comment

April 2, 2014 Yesterday Oxingale released a new recording with a somewhat intimidating title, Akoka: Reframing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time. This title definitely deserves points (and probably […]

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The KlezmerShack: David Krakauer’s "Akoka"

March 27, 2014by oxingalerecords Leave a comment

KlezmerShack digs Akoka: “It is stunning. It will officially release on April 1, and if you are at all interested in amazing once-avant garde music, this is a must-purchase. It has replaced (mostly) my older recording. As intended, this is the “Quartet for the end of time” for our time.”

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