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-The Promise, by Vassilis Tsabropoulos (ECM)
With The Promise Vassilis Tsabropoulos returns to the ways of “Akroasis”. In Akroasis he arranged well known Greek Orthodox Easter hymns for solo piano. The Promise has the same sensitive, simple and ethereal sound – “hypnotic and mysterious, shimmering like ancient mosaics”, as The Independent describes Akroasis.
Tsabropoulos (born in Athens in 1966), student of Rudolf Serkin and Tatjana Nikolayeva, made his jazz turn with the encouragement of Chick Corea. The editorial describes The Promise accurately as “expressive music conveying the magic of sparse textures and subtle harmonic progessions”. The music is written but it sounds like an improvisation.
Tsabropoulos says that “For me, it’s a principle of life that less is more: Simplicity is the most difficult thing to achieve. Both as performer and as a listener I’m trying to find beauty inside the things, in details and nuances and in parts which are not so obvious.” The compositions (55′:23”):
The Other – Tale Of A Man – Smoke And Mirrors – Pearl – The Promise – The Other, var I – Djivaeri – The Insider – Confession – Promenade – The Other, var II
Vassilis Tsabropoulos, Piano
Cf. Vassilis Tsabropoulos at Amazon