Cityscape (Claus Ogerman and Michael Brecker album)

Cityscape is an album by the composer, arranger and conductor Claus Ogerman and the saxophonist Michael Brecker. It was released in 1982 by Warner Bros. Records.[1] It was produced by Tommy LiPuma.[2]

Cityscape
Studio album by
Released1982
RecordedJanuary 4–8, 1982
StudioThe Power Station and Media Sound Recording Studios, New York City
GenreJazz, classical
Length46:56
LabelWarner Bros. Records
ProducerTommy LiPuma
Claus Ogerman chronology
Aranjuez
(1978)
Cityscape
(1982)
Preludio and Chant
(1982)
Michael Brecker chronology
Cityscape
(1982)
Michael Brecker
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reception

AllMusic awarded the album 4 stars and its review by James Manheim stated that it was one of Ogerman's "most successful works, not least because the overlap between the extended harmonies of jazz and the chromaticism of the late German Romantic polyphony in which Ogerman was trained is large enough to allow Brecker to operate comfortably – his improvisations seem to grow naturally out of the background, and the intersections between jazz band and orchestral strings come more easily here than on almost any other crossover between jazz and classical music".[1]

The composition "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Parts 1, 2 and 3)" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition at the 1982 Grammy Awards.[3]

Artwork

The album cover features a lithograph by the Ukrainian-born artist Louis Lozowick, called New York (1923).

Track listing

All compositions by Claus Ogerman.

  1. "Cityscape"  – 8:46
  2. "Habanera"  – 8:06
  3. "Nightwings"  – 7:44
  4. "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 1)"  – 8:56
  5. "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 2)"  – 6:48
  6. "In the Presence and Absence of Each Other (Part 3)"  – 6:35

Personnel

References

  1. Manheim. James Allmusic Review: Cityscape accessed 18 February 2017
  2. Myers, Marc (October 17, 2016). "Claus Ogerman (1930-2016)". jazzwax.com. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  3. "GRAMMY Award Results for Claus Ogerman". www.grammy.com. Retrieved June 14, 2017.
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