The ‘Here trilogy’ & ‘Spaces of Blank’ CDs were reviewed in Gramophone Magazine.
“Two great discs from the ambitious Dutch composers new own label…The ‘Here Trilogy’ is a mayor achievement in recent European music”
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‘One’ review Opusklassiek
We’ve received a great review of our ‘One’ DVD on Opusklassiek.nl
“Een zelfstandige ‘video-opera’ die zich in zeggingskracht kan meten met de beste uitvoeringen van Erwartung.”
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Van der Aa’s video opera “One” released
Michel van der Aa’s video opera One has been released on the composer’s Disquiet Media label. Following CDs of Spaces of Blank/Mask/Imprint and Here Trilogy, One is Disquiet’s third release. In addition to a DVD release, One is also available for purchase as a standard and high resolution downloadable Quicktime video and pdf booklet through the Disquiet web store.
One was written in 2002 for the acclaimed soprano Barbara Hannigan, who stars in this recording. Accompanied only by video and an electronic soundtrack, she plays a solitary woman trapped in a cage of real and ‘captured’ time.
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