Sol Gabetta, Vakil Eelman
The UK’s Gramophone magazine this month made Up-Close its “must see” DVD of the month, describing it as “undoubtedly the most impressive yet” of Disquiet Media’s four releases so far. “The way these worlds [of film and concert platform] constantly alternate on the way to their climactic superimposition … turns an outwardly abstruse conception into an engrossing and unsettling experience.”
This rave review follows others elsewhere in Europe. The Dutch magazine Luister has also given the disc a perfect 10 out of 10, and the German web magazine Klassik.com wrote a five-star review earlier this year, praising the work, its interpretation and recording quality.
The Amsterdam Sinfonietta will return to Up-Close in November in two Van der Aa portrait concerts. The first is in Amsterdam on the 8th; the second takes place in Den Bosch on the 11th and will be the closing concert of the November Music Festival.
Watch a trailer for the DVD here, or purchase a copy (hard copy or download) from the Disquiet web store.
