Miku Nishimoto-Neubert – Piano Solo
Artists: Miku Nishimoto-Neubert
Title: Piano Solo – Works by Bach, Mendelsohn, Fanny Hensel
Catalogue No.: SM223
Release: 18.09.2015
Description
A compilation of music by the Mendelssohn siblings and keyboard works by the great J. S. Bach seems quite plausible. Bach was one of the pillars upon which the musical education of Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn rested. Both their piano teacher Ludwig Berger and members of the Berlin “Singverein” (Musical Society) were important in the children’s musical education.
They all recognized in Bach’s work those outstanding qualities, which were only accredited to him some time later. Influence of Bach’s music can be found in the works of the Mendelssohn children, even if titles such as “Klavierlieder” (Songs for piano) or “Variations serieuses” belie any immediate connection with Bach. Bach’s concept of form was influenced by the great concertante works of his time. These had a powerful effect on the individual movements of his keyboard suites, which grew into cyclical works for keyboard. These in turn served as models for Romantic character pieces and for cyclical works for piano in the 19th century, particularly for works by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
They all recognized in Bach’s work those outstanding qualities, which were only accredited to him some time later. Influence of Bach’s music can be found in the works of the Mendelssohn children, even if titles such as “Klavierlieder” (Songs for piano) or “Variations serieuses” belie any immediate connection with Bach. Bach’s concept of form was influenced by the great concertante works of his time. These had a powerful effect on the individual movements of his keyboard suites, which grew into cyclical works for keyboard. These in turn served as models for Romantic character pieces and for cyclical works for piano in the 19th century, particularly for works by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
Miku Nishimoto-Neubert is rightly regarded as an “outstanding Bach soloist”. In order to identify with the complex and differentiated sound-world of Bach, she has, in the past years, made his works something of her own. In her many new Bach interpretations, his best-known works appear as new.
Her playing draws its strength and vitality from a consistent identification with the structural and spiritual demands of Bach’s music. These can be transmitted to the discerning listener only through an open approach and a consistent re-appraisal of one’s own mental and technical resources.
Tracklist
| 1. I. Allemande |
| 2. Ii. Courante |
| 3. Iii. Sarabande |
| 4. Iv. Air |
| 5. V. Menuet |
| 6. Vi. Gigue |
| 7. I. Allegro Moderato |
| 8. Ii. Andante Con Espressione |
| 9. Iii. Larghetto |
| 10. Iv. Presto, ‘Wanderlied’ |
| 11. I. Allemande |
| 12. Ii. Courante |
| 13. Iii. Sarabande |
| 14. Iv. Gavotte |
| 15. V. Polonaise |
| 16. Vi. Bourree |
| 17. Vii. Menuet |
| 18. Viii. Gigue |
| 19. I. Allemande |
| 20. Ii. Courante |
| 21. Iii. Sarabande |
| 22. Iv. Menuet |
| 23. V. Gigue |
| 24. Variations Serieuses In D Minor, Op. 54 |
Duo Arnicans – Werke fuer Piano und Violoncello von Dohnanyi und Chopin
Artists: Duo Arnicans
Title: Werke fuer Piano und Violoncello von Dohnanyi und Chopin
Catalogue No.: SM226
Release: 07.08.2015
Description
The Duo Arnicans comprises Florian Arnicans, whose roots are in Germany, and Arta Arnicane, who was born in Latvia. They found each other through music and now live together in Zurich.
The Duo has performed in numerous concerts and recitals at home and abroad.
The first international concert tour took place in the autumn of 2014, when they had great success in Scotland, England (London) and Latvia (Riga).
The debut album of Duo Arnicans presents an emotionally charged programme reflecting the personalities of the two artists. The Chopin waltz on this CD has special meaning for Florian and his wife. Arranged by Arta for cello and piano, it was performed by close friends as the couple’s personal wedding waltz in August 2014.
Tracklist
| Sonata for cello and piano in B flat major op. 8 | 25’57” |
| Allegro ma non troppo | 7’57” |
| Scherzo: Vivace assai | 4’55” |
| Adagio non troppo | 3’12” |
| Thema con Variazioni – Allegro moderato | 9’54” |
| Introduction et polonaise brillante in C major op. 3 | 9’41” |
| Lento – Alla Polacca | 3’23” |
| Allegro con spirito | 6’17” |
| Waltz in A minor op. 34 for piano , transcription for Violoncello and piano by A. Arnicane | 5’41” |
| Lento | 5’41” |
| Sonata for violoncello & Piano in G minor op. 65 | 31’00” |
| Allegro moderato | 16’00” |
| Scherzo: Allegro con brio | 4’53” |
| Largo | 3’47” |
| Finale: Allegro | 6’18” |
| Total | 72’33” |
Paul Taylor Orchestra – Alphorn & Nordic Winds
Artists: Title: Alphorn & Nordic Winds
Catalogue No.: SM221 – 2 CDs
Release: 10.07.2015
Description
Starting in the summer of 1999, my personal luck in returning every summer to Jakobstad, Finland, became musical fortune as well. The invitation to guest direct the city orchestra, Jakobstads‘ Orkester, the following season, expanded my interest in Finnish music. Jenny Wilhelms, singer and band-leader of the group peppered the performances with „kulning“, the Swedish form of cow-calling using natural intervals in her highest coloratura voice. This reminded me of Swiss Alpine blessings, melodies, and the Alpine horn. The same year I also heard Hedningarna, whose singer was Sanna Kurki-Suonio, a Rune singing specialist. . In 2013 Karoliina Kantelinen joined us with her multi-facetted expressive art, and her own songs to be adapted. In Eliana Burki I found a young adventuresome alphorn player, ready to perform classical scores as well as jazz, with that beautiful authentic sound.
In «Alphorn & Nordic Winds» string virtuosos with harp and percussion build a musical bridge from Switzerland to Finland. The composers and performers run a gamut of emotions and movements, a veritable fusion of classical, folk and jazz styles.
Paul Taylor
In «Alphorn & Nordic Winds» string virtuosos with harp and percussion build a musical bridge from Switzerland to Finland. The composers and performers run a gamut of emotions and movements, a veritable fusion of classical, folk and jazz styles.
Paul Taylor
Tracklist
| CD I | ||
| Concerto grosso 2010 | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Ouverture, vivace | 08:21 | |
| Konzert Alphorn & Streicher | CARL RÜTTI | |
| I | 08:01 | |
| II | 06:25 | |
| III | 03:58 | |
| Improvisation I | ||
| Improvisation I | 03:34 | |
| Karelian Echoes | KAROLIINA KANTELINEN, ANDREAS PEER KÄHLER | |
| Wedding Song | 03:08 | |
| Wolf’s Spell | 04:46 | |
| Concerto Grosso | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Polska, allegro | 04:36 | |
| Viaggio | 05:04 | |
| Running Time | 47:53:00 | |
| CD II | ||
| Concerto grosso 2010 | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Fughetto, presto | 05:13 | |
| Weltreise Suite | ELIANA BURKI | |
| Heiweh | 02:49 | |
| Tango | 04:25 | |
| Homesick | 04:04 | |
| Cairo | 04:32 | |
| Nordic Winds | ||
| Min skog | 03:29 | Trad. Swedish |
| Täss on nainen | 06:57 | SANNA KURKI-SUONIO |
| Tina vieri | 04:35 | SANNA KURKI-SUONIO |
| Improvisation II | ||
| Improvisation II | 02:16 | |
| Smash | TIMO ALAKOTILA | |
| Smash | 03:15 | |
| Altes Guggisberg Lied | Trad. Canton Berne, Harmonisation: H.R. Willisegger | |
| Altes Guggisberg Lied | 03:14 | |
| Running Time | 44:49:00 | |
| Total Running Time | 1:32:42 |
Linard Bardill – Millistrade
Künstler: Linard Bardill
Sinfonieorchester Basel
Titel: Millistrade
Katalog Nr.: SOB09
Veröffentlichung: 19.06.2015
Produktbeschreibung
Der Liederer, Geschichtenerzähler, Autor und Musiker Linard Bardill singt und schreibt in Schweizerdeutsch, Deutsch und Rätoromanisch, für Kinder und Erwachsene. Für seine Musik erhielt der Bündner den Deutschen Kleinkunstpreis und den Salzburger Stier, für seine CD „Tanz auf den Feldern“ und „Caffe Caflisch“ den Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. Bardill lotet musikalische und thematische Grenzen aus, so auf seiner neuen Produktion mit dem Sinfonieorchester Basel. Das Sinfonieorchester Basel ist eines der ältesten und zugleich innovativsten Orchester der Schweiz. Chefdirigent ist seit 2009 der renommierte amerikanische Dirigent und Pianist Dennis Russell Davies. Musikalisches Singspiel von Marius Felix Lange und Linard Bardill erzählt von Carol. Sie hat 1000 Wünsche. Sie möchte fliegen, unter Wasser atmen durch Wände gehen. Der Narr Millistrade verspricht ihr alle Wünsche zu erfüllen, wenn sie ihm dafür ihren Schlaf verkauft. Bald merkt Carol, dass sie nicht mehr zurück kann. Im Reich des Wasserkönigs Aquatinta kommt es zum Showdown, Traum oder Wirklichkeit, Schlaf oder Erwachen.
Tracklist
Millistrade – Musikalisches Singspiel von Marius Felix Lange und Linard Bardill
Sinfonieorchester Basel – Thomas Herzog, Leitung
Natasha Secrist singt Carol – Linard Bardill, Erzähler1. Einleitung 00:56
2. Ohne Grenzen träumen (Lied) 02:26
3. Fasnachtsmusik 01:25
4. Carol trifft Millistrade 04:33
5. Ich will fliegen! (Lied) 03:30
6. Rosa Gärten aus Kristall (Lied) 02:24
7. Flucht vor den Aufweckvögeln 00:59
8. Unter Wasser 01:19
9. Unter Wasser möcht ich leben (Lied) 01:42
10. Die Stadt und der Palast des Wasserkönigs 03:58
11. Ich will schön sein (Lied) 02:02
12. Gefangen! 05:51
13. Öder Traum (Lied) 05:24
14. Millistrade! 01:54
15. Befreit! 00:47
16. Schlafen und erwachen (Lied) 02:32
Sinfonieorchester Basel – Thomas Herzog, Leitung
Natasha Secrist singt Carol – Linard Bardill, Erzähler1. Einleitung 00:56
2. Ohne Grenzen träumen (Lied) 02:26
3. Fasnachtsmusik 01:25
4. Carol trifft Millistrade 04:33
5. Ich will fliegen! (Lied) 03:30
6. Rosa Gärten aus Kristall (Lied) 02:24
7. Flucht vor den Aufweckvögeln 00:59
8. Unter Wasser 01:19
9. Unter Wasser möcht ich leben (Lied) 01:42
10. Die Stadt und der Palast des Wasserkönigs 03:58
11. Ich will schön sein (Lied) 02:02
12. Gefangen! 05:51
13. Öder Traum (Lied) 05:24
14. Millistrade! 01:54
15. Befreit! 00:47
16. Schlafen und erwachen (Lied) 02:32
Alicja Smietana – Metamorphoses
Artists: Alicja Smietana, Pekka Kuusisto
Title: Metamorphoses
Catalogue No.: SM 219
Release: 20.04.2015
Description
Metamorphoses – for me – has always been a concept taken from the script of a film noir and occasionally translated into real life – or culled from a Hitchcock movie or from Alice in Wonderland.
From a purely aesthetic (and artistic) point of view I have been especially interested in two things – creating the “inexistent” and transforming “worlds”, and also in consolidating what is invisible to the human eye, or what is inaudible to the human ear. But music should never be only a mirror reflecting reality just as we see it. It has ever been a window that opens up only to the artistic imagination. Besides many other factors, this window should in my view have one essential part: the ever-changing Improvisation – a somewhat overlooked subject but absolutely essential in the process of creating rather than just regurgitating.Born in 1983 in Krakow, Poland Alicja Smietana performs works from Bach to Contemporary music with – what was described by San Francisco Chronicle as – “Extraordinary brilliance and sensibility…”. Winner of numerous competitions and awards (including First Prize at the Israeli International Competition, Brahms Society Award and support from sir Georg Solti Foundation) Alicja studied at the Krakow Academy of Music in Poland with Mieczyslaw Szlezer and later on moved to study at the Kronberg Academy in Germany with Christian Tetzlaff and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with David Takeno, Ofer Falk and Sven-Arne Tepl on viola.
From a purely aesthetic (and artistic) point of view I have been especially interested in two things – creating the “inexistent” and transforming “worlds”, and also in consolidating what is invisible to the human eye, or what is inaudible to the human ear. But music should never be only a mirror reflecting reality just as we see it. It has ever been a window that opens up only to the artistic imagination. Besides many other factors, this window should in my view have one essential part: the ever-changing Improvisation – a somewhat overlooked subject but absolutely essential in the process of creating rather than just regurgitating.Born in 1983 in Krakow, Poland Alicja Smietana performs works from Bach to Contemporary music with – what was described by San Francisco Chronicle as – “Extraordinary brilliance and sensibility…”. Winner of numerous competitions and awards (including First Prize at the Israeli International Competition, Brahms Society Award and support from sir Georg Solti Foundation) Alicja studied at the Krakow Academy of Music in Poland with Mieczyslaw Szlezer and later on moved to study at the Kronberg Academy in Germany with Christian Tetzlaff and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with David Takeno, Ofer Falk and Sven-Arne Tepl on viola.
Tracklist
Arcangelo Corelli
“Concerto grosso op.6 no.4 in D-major”Fritz Kreisler
“Concerto in C-major”Antonio Vivaldi
“La Follia” Trio Sonata op. 1/12 RV 63
“L’estro armonico” Concerto for 2 violins
“Concerto grosso op.6 no.4 in D-major”Fritz Kreisler
“Concerto in C-major”Antonio Vivaldi
“La Follia” Trio Sonata op. 1/12 RV 63
“L’estro armonico” Concerto for 2 violins
Alfred Schnittke
“Suite in the Old Style” – arr. By Alicja Śmietana
Sinfonieorchester Basel – Of Madness and Love
Artists: Sinfonieorchester Basel, Vesselina Kasarova, Ivor Bolton
Title: Of Madness and Love – Orchestral Works by Hector Berlioz Inspired by William Shakespeare
Catalogue No.: SOB 08
Release: 13.04.2015
Description
«My life is a novel which interests me very much», Hector Berlioz allegedly once said to a friend. For this reason in 1848 – at the age of 45 – he began writing his memoires. When the work was published posthumously in 1870 the public was astonished by the candour and literary prowess with which Berlioz described the course of his life.
Vesselina Kasarovawas born in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) and began playing the piano at the age of four. After training as a concert pianist and gaining her diploma, she studied singing with Ressa Koleva at the Music Academy of Sofia, and was already as a student singing major roles at the National Opera. She has given concerts and recitals throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. Vesselina Kasarova holds the title Kammersängerin of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as well as of the Vienna State Opera.
Ivor Boltonis chief conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, with whom he has appeared annually at the Salzburg Festival since 2000, and on tour (including at the 2006 BBC Proms in London), and with whom he has already built up an extensive discography including a critically successful series of Bruckner Symphony recordings. He will take up the position of Music Director of the Teatro Real Madrid in September 2015 and is also Chief Conductor of the Dresden Festival Orchestra.
The Sinfonieorchester Baselis one of the oldest and most important orchestras in Switzerland. It is rooted in the north-west of Switzerland and at the same time enjoys a more than regional as well as international radiance. The Sinfonieorchester Basel is always again demonstrating anew its excellent quality, whether it be in its own concert tiers, in the Theater Basel or in guest concerts at home or abroad.
Vesselina Kasarovawas born in Stara Zagora (Bulgaria) and began playing the piano at the age of four. After training as a concert pianist and gaining her diploma, she studied singing with Ressa Koleva at the Music Academy of Sofia, and was already as a student singing major roles at the National Opera. She has given concerts and recitals throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. Vesselina Kasarova holds the title Kammersängerin of the Bavarian State Opera in Munich as well as of the Vienna State Opera.
Ivor Boltonis chief conductor of the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, with whom he has appeared annually at the Salzburg Festival since 2000, and on tour (including at the 2006 BBC Proms in London), and with whom he has already built up an extensive discography including a critically successful series of Bruckner Symphony recordings. He will take up the position of Music Director of the Teatro Real Madrid in September 2015 and is also Chief Conductor of the Dresden Festival Orchestra.
The Sinfonieorchester Baselis one of the oldest and most important orchestras in Switzerland. It is rooted in the north-west of Switzerland and at the same time enjoys a more than regional as well as international radiance. The Sinfonieorchester Basel is always again demonstrating anew its excellent quality, whether it be in its own concert tiers, in the Theater Basel or in guest concerts at home or abroad.
Tracklist
– Grande Ouverture du Roi Lear
– Scène d’amour aus Roméo et Juliette (Symphonie dramatique)
– Rêverie et Caprice – Romanze für Violine und Orchester
– La mort de Cléopâtre – Scène lyrique für Sopran und Orchester
– Scène d’amour aus Roméo et Juliette (Symphonie dramatique)
– Rêverie et Caprice – Romanze für Violine und Orchester
– La mort de Cléopâtre – Scène lyrique für Sopran und Orchester
Viktoria Kaunzner – Ja(zz)smine Rice Violin Mysteries
Artists: Viktoria Kaunzner
Title: Ja(zz)smine Rice Violin Mysteries
Catalogue No.: SM 220
Release: 23.03.2015
Description
So far, Viktoria Kaunzner’s career as a violinist has taken her to Asia, to South Korea, her present adopted home. The album, featuring classical repertoire, improvisations and pieces written by Kaunzner and recorded in Germany and South Korea between 2011 and 2015, and enhanced with recited lyrics.
The Swiss jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer of jazz and classical music, Daniel Schnyder (b. 1961) and Viktoria Kaunzner had a “funny, crazy” musical encounter in a jazz club/pizzeria in Seoul in the autumn of 2014. It was all about his work “The four winds” for violin solo (2008), in which he endeavours to “capture various points of the compass”. Musicians travel from all over the world to different locations in order to make music: “air and wind transport music”. The Greek wind gods, the Anemoi, are descended from the Titan Astraeus, god of twilight, and from Eos (Aurorato the Romans), goddess of the dawn.
You will experience an utterly different atmosphere in the music of the Polish composer, pianist and music theoretician Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943), once a student of Krzysztof Penderecki, Nadia Boulanger and a friend of Dmitri Shostakovich. The “Misterioso” for violin and piano op. 83 (1994) is a complex conglomerate of intervals that unfolds, with the individual parts in clear contrary motion, out of a subtle sound mobile at the beginning, leading to an intensive dialogue between both instruments. The music leads into a sort of polyrhythmic Sprechgesang of the instruments culminating in a morendo.
In 2009 Professor Violeta Dinescu (b. 1953), a composer who teaches in Oldenburg, sent Viktoria Kaunzner the sheet music of “Mâtram” for violin solo (1986). In 2011 it was her privilege to premiere the work in her presence in Berlin. Violeta Dinescu’s music is always inspirational for its lively, clear and finely traced signature. From it emerges a profound sense of nature and a “sensitively stimulating and creative freedom of interpretation”.
The Swiss jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer of jazz and classical music, Daniel Schnyder (b. 1961) and Viktoria Kaunzner had a “funny, crazy” musical encounter in a jazz club/pizzeria in Seoul in the autumn of 2014. It was all about his work “The four winds” for violin solo (2008), in which he endeavours to “capture various points of the compass”. Musicians travel from all over the world to different locations in order to make music: “air and wind transport music”. The Greek wind gods, the Anemoi, are descended from the Titan Astraeus, god of twilight, and from Eos (Aurorato the Romans), goddess of the dawn.
You will experience an utterly different atmosphere in the music of the Polish composer, pianist and music theoretician Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943), once a student of Krzysztof Penderecki, Nadia Boulanger and a friend of Dmitri Shostakovich. The “Misterioso” for violin and piano op. 83 (1994) is a complex conglomerate of intervals that unfolds, with the individual parts in clear contrary motion, out of a subtle sound mobile at the beginning, leading to an intensive dialogue between both instruments. The music leads into a sort of polyrhythmic Sprechgesang of the instruments culminating in a morendo.
In 2009 Professor Violeta Dinescu (b. 1953), a composer who teaches in Oldenburg, sent Viktoria Kaunzner the sheet music of “Mâtram” for violin solo (1986). In 2011 it was her privilege to premiere the work in her presence in Berlin. Violeta Dinescu’s music is always inspirational for its lively, clear and finely traced signature. From it emerges a profound sense of nature and a “sensitively stimulating and creative freedom of interpretation”.
Tracklist
Daniel Schnyder
„The four winds“ for violin soloKrzysztof Meyer
„Misterioso“ für Violine & Klavier, Op. 83Viktoria Kaunzner
„Wintersonnenwende“ for Violin, Viola & 12 Voices ad lib.
„Trois Nocturnes“ pour violon et piano
„Jasmine Rice“ for violin & piano
„The four winds“ for violin soloKrzysztof Meyer
„Misterioso“ für Violine & Klavier, Op. 83Viktoria Kaunzner
„Wintersonnenwende“ for Violin, Viola & 12 Voices ad lib.
„Trois Nocturnes“ pour violon et piano
„Jasmine Rice“ for violin & piano
Violeta Dinescu
„Mâtram“ für Violine solo – (World Premiere Recording)
Johann Sebastian Bach
„Ciaccona“ aus der Partita Nr. 2, d – moll für Violine solo
Sinfonieorchester Basel – Franz Schubert – Symphony No.2 and No. 6
Artists: Sinfonieorchester Basel
Title: Franz Schubert – Symphony No.2 and No. 6
Catalogue No.: SOB 07
Release: 10.11.2014
Description
This CD isafter theSymphonies No. 3, 5 and 8, the third release of theBasel Symphony Orchestra’s Schubert series of all of its symphonies.
Schubert’s symphonies were designed for a ‘big audience’, but during his lifetime they were, at best, only performed in the semi-public rooms of the Seminary and those of the amateur orchestra. It was not until barely a month after his death that the first truly representative performance took place through the Society of Friends of Music (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) in Vienna. Leopold von Sonnleithner, a friend of Schubert’s, had some input into the programming and suggested the sixth symphony for the occasion. The “Great” C major could not be considered owing to practical constraints, but why was it number six in particular that was chosen out of his early symphonies? Were the reasons purely mundane – or was there a deeper rationale behind this decision? It would be good to know the answer, but today one can merely speculate.
Schubert’s symphonies were designed for a ‘big audience’, but during his lifetime they were, at best, only performed in the semi-public rooms of the Seminary and those of the amateur orchestra. It was not until barely a month after his death that the first truly representative performance took place through the Society of Friends of Music (Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde) in Vienna. Leopold von Sonnleithner, a friend of Schubert’s, had some input into the programming and suggested the sixth symphony for the occasion. The “Great” C major could not be considered owing to practical constraints, but why was it number six in particular that was chosen out of his early symphonies? Were the reasons purely mundane – or was there a deeper rationale behind this decision? It would be good to know the answer, but today one can merely speculate.
The Sinfonieorchester Basel is one of the oldest and most important orchestras in Switzerland. It is strongly rooted in the north-west of Switzerland and at the same time enjoys a more than regional as well as international radiance. The Sinfonieorchester Basel is always again demonstrating anew its excellent quality, whether it be in its own concert tiers, in the Theater Basel or in guest concerts at home or abroad. Since 2009, the principal conductor has been the renowned American conductor and pianist, Dennis Russell Davies.
Tracklist
Sinfonie Nr. 2 in B-Dur, D 125
Largo – Allegro vivace
Andante
Menuetto. Allegro vivace
Presto vivace
Sinfonie Nr. 6 in C-Dur, D 589
Adagio – Allegro
Andante
Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Più lento
Allegro moderato
Largo – Allegro vivace
Andante
Menuetto. Allegro vivace
Presto vivace
Sinfonie Nr. 6 in C-Dur, D 589
Adagio – Allegro
Andante
Scherzo. Presto – Trio. Più lento
Allegro moderato
Max Müller – Weihnachten!
Max Müller
Weihnachten!
Katalog Nr.: 88875033532
Veröffentlichung: 31.10.2014
Produktbeschreibung
Als bayerischer Polizeiobermeister „Michi Mohr“ in der ZDF Erfolgsserie „Die Rosenheim-Cops“ ist er längst Kult!
Jetzt legt der Künstler eine wunderbare CD mit Weihnachtsliedern in neun Sprachen und Weihnachtstexte aus drei Jahrhunderten vor.
Max Müller: „Ich bin in Kärnten aufgewachsen, wo man, theoretisch, die Möglichkeit hat, in drei Sprachen Weihnachten zu feiern: Deutsch, Slowenisch und Italienisch. Das hat wohl meine Neugier geweckt, herauszufinden, wie Weihnachten in anderen Ländern klingt und was andere Menschen in den letzten dreihundert Jahren zum Thema so geschrieben haben. Mittlerweile zähle ich viele Weihnachtsmusik-CDs mein Eigen – die Notenberge und Bücherstapel diesbezüglich habe ich noch nicht gezählt – und ich freue mich sehr, Sie mit dieser CD auf meine ganz persönliche Weihnachtsreise einladen zu dürfen. Begleitet werden wir dabei von der Harfenistin E. Goritschnig, der es tatsächlich gelingt, auch hartgesottene Weihnachtsgegner milde zu stimmen. Sogar im Hochsommer, zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme!Harald Krassnitzer im Vorwort zu dieser CD:……und jetzt kommst du, lieber MAX MÜLLER, und bringst mir dieses wunderbare Geschenk und machst all meine dumpfen Gefühle für Weihnachten vergessen. Führst mich mit deiner Musik quer durch Europa und weit darüber hinaus und erwärmst mein Herz mit den humorigen Geschichten von Jandl bis Rosegger und Storm bis Glattauer.
Ja, jetzt ist es mir wieder vollkommen bewusst. Der Heilige Abend ist eine ganz große Geburtstagsparty, und da geht’s gar nicht um die Geschenke und um die Gutscheine, sondern einfach nur darum, dass man zusammen mit vielen Menschen ein Fest feiert und das tut, was Sartre so wunderbar einmahnt: Lachen, einfach viel lachen und sich freuen. Ich danke dir dafür und wünsche dir auch eine fröhliche Weihnacht.
Jetzt legt der Künstler eine wunderbare CD mit Weihnachtsliedern in neun Sprachen und Weihnachtstexte aus drei Jahrhunderten vor.
Max Müller: „Ich bin in Kärnten aufgewachsen, wo man, theoretisch, die Möglichkeit hat, in drei Sprachen Weihnachten zu feiern: Deutsch, Slowenisch und Italienisch. Das hat wohl meine Neugier geweckt, herauszufinden, wie Weihnachten in anderen Ländern klingt und was andere Menschen in den letzten dreihundert Jahren zum Thema so geschrieben haben. Mittlerweile zähle ich viele Weihnachtsmusik-CDs mein Eigen – die Notenberge und Bücherstapel diesbezüglich habe ich noch nicht gezählt – und ich freue mich sehr, Sie mit dieser CD auf meine ganz persönliche Weihnachtsreise einladen zu dürfen. Begleitet werden wir dabei von der Harfenistin E. Goritschnig, der es tatsächlich gelingt, auch hartgesottene Weihnachtsgegner milde zu stimmen. Sogar im Hochsommer, zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme!Harald Krassnitzer im Vorwort zu dieser CD:……und jetzt kommst du, lieber MAX MÜLLER, und bringst mir dieses wunderbare Geschenk und machst all meine dumpfen Gefühle für Weihnachten vergessen. Führst mich mit deiner Musik quer durch Europa und weit darüber hinaus und erwärmst mein Herz mit den humorigen Geschichten von Jandl bis Rosegger und Storm bis Glattauer.
Ja, jetzt ist es mir wieder vollkommen bewusst. Der Heilige Abend ist eine ganz große Geburtstagsparty, und da geht’s gar nicht um die Geschenke und um die Gutscheine, sondern einfach nur darum, dass man zusammen mit vielen Menschen ein Fest feiert und das tut, was Sartre so wunderbar einmahnt: Lachen, einfach viel lachen und sich freuen. Ich danke dir dafür und wünsche dir auch eine fröhliche Weihnacht.
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Trio Cremeloque – Trio Cremeloque
Description
Casimir-Théophile Théodore Lalliet (1837-92) was a French composer, conductor and solo oboist at Paris Opera Orchestra. His music is not so largely known. It gets the opportunity to be launched on the map of “classical music that still matters” (L. Kramer) on this CD.
Unlike Terzetto by Lalliet, Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) by Maurice Ravel is a well known and much performed piece originally written for piano, and arranged by the composer for xxx orchestra in 1910. It gets a new timbre performed by Cremeloque Trio. In this version, the melody brought by oboe and bassoon gets on its meditative profoundness making it easy for the listener to evoke the atmosphere of the slow processional court dance of 16th and 17th centuries.
The Trio (1926) by Francis Poulenc was composed in Cannes and dedicated to Manuel de Falla. It is written in best French neoclassical tradition and probably is one of the most performed pieces within the repertory for this ensemble. Allusions to 18th century classicism is dense, the proliferation of classical themes is extended to the point when this Trio could be called not even neo-classical but hyper-classical music. What makes Cremeloque’s interpretation of Poulenc’s Trio different from the interpretation of other ensembles is – again – almost palpable corporeality of playing music to the point when enjoyment of performing bodies could be heard through every note.
Rachmaninoff‘s early Elegiac Trio in G minor (1892) comes as a kind of romantic and melancholic closure of this CD. This one-movement piece was originally written for piano, violin and cello. Cremeloque Trio opens the discussion about possibilities of re-arranging existing music for oboe-bassoon-piano formation particularly with this piece and makes the repertory for this not so common ensemble an open field of investigation. Looking forward to further results!
Tracklist
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Theodore Lalliet 1837-1892
Maurice Ravel 1875-1937*
Francis Poulenc 1900-1963
Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943*
*Eigene Bearbeitungen
*Own adaptations