Iron Wedding
| Iron Wedding | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Recorded | 19–20 March 2008 | 
| Genre | Jazz | 
| Length | 65:20 | 
| Label | Intakt | 
Iron Wedding is an album by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach.
Background
Pianists Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach had not recorded duets together for 15 years.[1] The previous album was Piano Duets: Live in Berlin 93/94.
Recording and music
The album was recorded on 19 and 20 March 2008.[2] Of the 17 tracks, some "are casual-sounding formal conundrums; others charge along in a kind of psychic boogie".[1]
Release and reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating | 
| Down Beat | |
| The Guardian | |
Iron Wedding was released by Intakt Records.[1] Critic John Fordham wrote that "None of this music addresses any familiar hooks, grooves or thematic ideas, but the spontaneous thoughts of two such consummate keyboard artists and thinkers make a very powerful substitute."[1]
Track listing
- "Early Light"
 - "Circuit"
 - "Suite in Five Parts"
 - "Steinblock"
 - "Twelve Tone Tales"
 - "RTP"
 - "Gold Inside"
 - "Eight"
 - "Zankapfel"
 - "Thrown In"
 - "Off Hand"
 - "Dwarn's Late Light"
 - "Iron Wedding"
 - "Passacaglia 1, 2, 3"
 - "Yui's Dance"
 - "Rain"
 - "Far On"
 
Personnel
- Aki Takase – piano
 - Alexander von Schlippenbach – piano
 
References
- ^ a b c d e Fordham, John (30 January 2009) "Alex Schlippenbach/Aki Takase: Iron Wedding". The Guardian.
 - ^ "Aki Takase Alexander von Schlippenbach – Iron Wedding". Intakt Records. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
 - ^ Drouot, Alain (September 2009) "Aki Takase/Alexander von Schlippenbach: Iron Wedding – Piano Duets". Down Beat. p. 73.
 
