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The work of Melbourne and Nunns sounds like nothing else. Some
of it is so small, so delicate you could break it just by turning
up the volume. Some of it, so large it hardly fits in the house. James Littlewood PUBLIC ADDRESS Te Hekenga-ä-rangi features:Bowed Guitar, Empty Shotgun Shell, Hue, Hue Puru Hau, Hue Rara, Ipu Köorero, Karanga Weka, Köoauau, Küu, Pahu Pounamu, Panguru, Poiäawhiowhio, Porotiti, Püukäaea, Püumotomoto, Püupakapaka, Püutäatara, Putorino, Whänau Püutöorino Whanau, Rore, Röoria, Tumutumu. |
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| Ko Te Hekenga-ä-rangi he iwi nö ngä rangi tühähä, nö ngä motu nei hoki, ä, ko ia tënei ko te ingoa nei; ki te rangona ngä reo nei, änö e hau mai ana ite takiwä, arä, he reo wairua, he reo atua tonu ia. E whäriki ake nei ngä korero mö ëtahi o ngä atua wähine e whakatinanatia ana i roto i te köhatu, i te pütätara, otirä i te taiao whänui tonu, tae noa hoki ki ngä pitopito körero mö Täne i tana kakenga ake ki ngä rangi tühähä me tana hekenga iho anö ki a Papatüänuku. | Te Hekenga-ä-rangi were an ancient people, said to have originated in the heavens and then to have occupied this land, Aotearoa. The name encapsulates the sense of voices or sounds being relayed from the spiritual realm, from the very gods themselves. Embodied in stones, shells and nature itself are female deities whose stories are woven into this journey of song. Strands of this recital encompass Täne’s ascent to the heavens and his eventual return to Papatüänuku. |
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te hekenga-ä-rangi hirini melbourne &
richard nunns with aroha yates-smith
Te Hekenga-ä-rangi celebrates the
life and work of Hirini Melbourne, who with long-time musical
partner
Richard Nunns recorded this album just before Hirini’s
death earlier this year. This CD/DVD package has new instruments,
new
techniques, and the introduction of the female voice, plus, importantly,
unique video featuring performance, interviews, and demonstrations
of the instruments.
Music
Content Uber!
Big respect to Rattle, a record company which has been releasing New Zealand recordings ...beyond the regimented lines of classical and contemporary boxes for some years now.
MARK AMERY Pavement Magazine
There is a warmth and attractiveness about the whole project, and this extends right throughout every detail..
Gillian Bibby MUSIC IN NZ
The music is fascinating and varied hectic and yet beautiful, exciting yet always with a sense of innate taut structure, noisy and yet also involving a world of contemplation.
Gillian Bibby MUSIC IN NZ
There is no excuse for not treating yourself ... Get spiked!
William Dart THE LISTENER
...everything I could have hoped for. New Zealand Music at its best, imaginatively chosen, sensitively played, and with a satisfying warmth to the recorded piano sound.
Heath Lees, New Zealand Herald
This is vital, wholly original, instantly appealing, obviously important music.
Jim Svejda KUSC FM (USA)
This is vital, wholly original, instantly appealing, obviously important music.
Jim Svejda KUSC FM (USA)
Its an album to me that I'm going to keep living with because every time I put it on there's something new..
Manu Taylor & Eva Radich RadioNZ Nine To Noon
You've got this incredible sax and percussion that winds through it.. I mean I'm just stunned..
Manu Taylor & Eva Radich RadioNZ Nine To Noon
Beautiful production from Rattle records..
Manu Taylor & Eva Radich RadioNZ Nine To Noon
In classical music terms, this is The Lord of the Rings
Gilbert Wong Metro
There are moments in View from Olympus, where the frenzy of the wine-crazed Maenads seems to know no bounds.
William Dart NZ Herald
American saxophonist Joshua Redman blows it cool and velvety in Omnifenix, Psathas' first Saxophone concerto…
William Dart NZ Herald
But even here, when the tempo picks up, expertly propelled by the biggest band in the land under Marc Taddei, the delirium is such that even Lance Philips' drumkit cadenza seems an oasis of measured calm…
William Dart NZ Herald
The colours in View from Olympus spill and radiate from the first page where Michael Houstoun's piano and Pedro Carneiro's xylophone twinkle in a Stravinskian grotto…
William Dart NZ Herald
The reverberant slow movement, dedicated to the composer's children, is a shimmering wonder; a three-minute encore, Fragments like a jazzy tribute to a Satie Gnossienne…
William Dart NZ Herald
The recording does every shift of mood and sound the fullest justice.
William Dart NZ Herald
First of all, I have to say, Rattle Records deserve a lot more love. There's a great package, there's a lot of information there; it's a wonderful recording. ..
Manu Taylor & Kathryn Ryan RadioNZ Nine To Noon
It's just great. I found it very meditative - I thought a lot when this was playing. And it's a good thing over the Christmas break.
Manu Taylor & Kathryn Ryan RadioNZ Nine To Noon
Rattle continues its run of recordings of New Zealand music with this disc ... Packaged with minimalistic elegance, this absorbing anthology contains an eclectic mix of music played with quiet authority by Houstoun.
Christchurch Press, Christopher Moore
There's a vein of fun running through the recording, especially in Mike Nock's edgy, freewheeling compositions. A delightful recording which must win new friends for solo piano performances.
Christchurch Press, Christopher Moore
…stunningly imaginative arrangements..
John Button THE DOMINION
Jack Body can fairly claim to be New Zealand's most important composer after the late Douglas Lilburn..
John Button THE DOMINION
…fascinating listening
Aaron Watson CAPITAL TIMES
…the star turn is Rattle Records' Pulse.
William Dart THE LISTENER
..a pioneer in New Zealand music..
Tony Parker NZ MUSICIAN
On You Hit Him He Cry Out
… everything I could have hoped for. New Zealand Music at its best, imaginatively chosen, sensitively played, and with a satisfying warmth to the recorded piano sound.
Heath Lees, New Zealand Herald
This is a very important album.
CONCERT FM
The producers have struck an ideal balance between the experimental and easy-listening for the popular ear, challenging preconceptions of New Zealand contemporary classical as 'difficult'...
Mark Amery PAVEMENT
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