Yuri Honing – Memory Lane (2001) [Reissue 2008]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 48:09 minutes | Scans included | 2,01 GB
or FLAC(converted with foobar2000 to tracks) 24bit/88,2 kHz | Scans included | 1,02 GB
Li plays with a rare combination of virtuoso skill & poetic interpretations, each note he plays a reminder of why, in 2000, his music inspired the jury of the 14th International Chopin Piano Competition to give out the 1st top prize in 15 years to the then 18-year-old boy . . . “His maturity is obvious from the arrangements of the rhythmic transitions to the superb control of strength variations, which is known as the most difficult part of Chopin’s compositions”, (notes director Zhang Guoyong, who conducted the concert.) “It won’t be long before he is a maestro,” Zhang predicts.
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Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet, Joost Lijbaart, Wolfert Brederode, Gulli Gudmundsson – Goldbrun (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 39:24 minutes | 747 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Dutch saxophonist Yuri Honing and his Acoustic Quartet present Goldbrun, a collection of seven original numbers inspired by the cultural history of Germany, particularly the music of Wagner and Richard Strauss. A “total art work” of a kind, this album was released in conjunction with installations by visual artist Mariecke van der Linden at the Zwolle Museum, the Netherlands, and musically conjures up a sparse and contemplative sound world.
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Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet – Bluebeard (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 41:56 minutes | 809 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The relentless Bluebeard now has a soundtrack thanks to Dutch saxophone pride Yuri Honing. Yuri Honing dedicated his new album to the gruesome heritage of Bluebeard, title character of the 17th century French fairy tale. The duke with the seven wives symbolizes other historic European figures such as Pablo Picasso, who conquered women and loved them, but also destroyed them; all these phases inspired his art. A sonnet by the first female Pulitzer Prize winner, Edna Millay, a variation on the fairy tale, forms the basis of the album Bluebeard. With his Acoustic Quartet, Yuri Honing has been celebrating international success for many years. As with his previous album Goldbrun, the release of Bluebeard will be followed by an exhibition at Museum De Fundatie in Zwolle, a Gesamtkunstwerk of paintings, sculptures and music in collaboration with painter Mariecke van der Linden. Honing’s awards include three Edisons and the Boy Edgar Prijs 2012, and he has worked with countless greats such as Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Paul Bley and Craig Taborn.
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Yuri Honing & Wolfert Brederode – Avalon Songs (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 37:20 minutes | 682 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Jazz saxophonist Yuri Honing issued his album of modern pop cover songs, Star Tracks, in 1996. Three years later, following the same format, Sequel was released. He made the Top 100 Dutch album charts in 2009 with the Verve release Phase Five, which featured dance producer Floris Klinkert sampling Honing’s saxophone to create new compositions.
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