Time to Die is the fourth solo album by Christine Ott, and is described as the sequel to her second album Only Silence Remains released in 2016.[1] The album is opening by a reference to Ridley Scott's Blade Runner; the title track pivots around that Rutger Hauer monologue,[2] here narrated by Casey Brown on a particular combination of Ondes Martenot, synthesizers, timpani and tubular bells. The album is then developing very different orchestrations on the subject of death and rebirth.[3][4] For the musician and director Fredo Viola ; "The way I see the album is as a series of quite cinematic meditations on the theme of death and dying, changing prismatically, up to that incredibly delicate and beautiful conclusion.."[5]
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| Released | 9 April 2021 | |||
| Genre | Classical crossover, experimental, art music, contemporary classical music | |||
| Label | Gizeh Records | |||
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Track listing
edit- "Time to Die" – 8:21
- "Brumes" – 6:45
- "Landscape" – 3:36
- "Chasing Harp" – 4:02
- "Horizons Fauves" – 7:00
- "Comma Opening" – 6:58
- "Miroirs" – 3:21
- "Pluie" – 5:24
References
edit- ^ "Album presentation". Christine Ott Bandcamp.
- ^ Rutherford, Gordon (9 April 2021). "From portentous darkness to fragile, shimmering beauty. Eight astonishing compositions that push the boundaries of modern music". Louder Than War.
- ^ "Mark Corcoran-Lettice discovers eloquent arrangements and spontaneous-sounding melodies on the composer and multi-instrumentalist's new album". NARC Magazine. 9 April 2021.
- ^ Ott, Christine (8 April 2021). "Rather than an evocation of death as we could imagine, the album "Time To Die" is to me more a reflection and a questioning about humanity, and a story of humility in front of the mysteries of death and its thousand facets". Son Of Marketing.
- ^ "Gizeh Records presentation". Bandcamp.