Last Spring

Bugge Wesseltoft & Henning Kraggerud

Label: ACT music
Format: CD
Barcode: 0614427952622

Catalog number: ACT 95262
Releasedate: 27-09-12

Selected for the 'Aangenaam Klassiek' campaign!
Surprising collaboration between Classical and Jazz.
Kraggerud is one of the most successful solo violinists of this time
As the title intimates, "Last Spring" is a revisiting of spring
It is not an exulting, whirling awakening, but a sustained, minimalistic meditation, oriented strongly towards the details, the variance of the melodies, the breadth and beauty of the sound
It is based on the most perfect interaction possible: Wesseltoft's soft piano daubs melt like wax into the pizzicato melodies that Kraggerud entices out of his 1744 Guarneri violin, his Harald Lund viola and his unique six-stringed viola Concorda

Every ACT Album has it´s own story. Schloss Elmau plays a role in many. This magnificent hotel at the foot of the Bavarien Alps, far removed from everyday life and constantly flooded with culture, has inspired a number of outstanding artists from Gidon Kremer and Brad Mehldau to Esbjörn Svensson. Moreover in recent times several award-winning albums by ACT artists such as Joachim Kühn and Michael Wollny, Gwilym Simcock and Dieter Ilg have been recorded at this unique place. This time it was the launch pad for a new and surprising collaboration, simultaneously building a bridge between Classical and Jazz, and helping many people revisit and resume a long-awaited success story.

Blámann