Hannes Loeschel sets William Blake’s cycle of poems »Songs of Innocence« to music, ably assisted by the marvelous British vocal artist Phil Minton. col legno pop at its finest.
Oscillating between jazz, classic and new music, two exceptional projects by Swiss composer Daniel Schnyder are presented on this col legno CD.
"Volksmusik" – folk music at its best: pure and genuine – collected by Herma Haselsteiner, compiled by maestro Gustav Kuhn
Dispositions furtives – A piano album perceptively hinting at possibilities to recall fading memories and lost times at the touch of a key, featuring Alfonso Alberti at the piano.
John Clark, Dave Taylor and Franz Hackl on French horn, trumpet and bass trombone are not just a brass trio but create a whole cosmos of sounds, styles and techniques.
Following the great success of Mitterer’s "Brave little tailor" our second children’s opera is now available on CD: Eisenhans! “Child-friendly and light-hearted" (AllMusicGuide)
I Hate Mozart, hit production of the Vienna Mozart Year 2006, superbly presented by the original ensemble, has now been released on SACD and DVD!
Maderna’s oboe concertos: a remarkable amalgamation of serialism, polyphone interweavings, sound poetry and delicate lyricisms.
Three works by the grand composer Michael Gregor Scholl (and he is a Berliner barkeeper, too!)!
Mauricio Kagel by himself: the composer, theater maker, filmmaker, virtuoso, writer of radio plays and, on the whole, all-round talent conducts his own works.
Straight into one’s brain and belly bores the music of Nikolaus Brass. So heavily intensive starts the incredible dense second string quartet.
Thick woven music, whose apparently static exterior has a complex, seething interior! Charles Uzor’s extraordinary piano concert Ricercare.
The recording on occasionen of the opening of the Paul Klee museum "Zentrum Paul Klee" in Bern!
In search of the inconceivable: with immense intensity Brass approaches the question of existence itself, of the line that separates being from disappearing.
The maximalist among American composers: Powerful harmonies, elegant handicraft, and a penchant for musical tradition characterizes Wuorinen’s oeuvre for piano.
“I do not put my trust in tech-niques but in listening with the inner ear.” Music that gets to the point is the utmost concern of Katia Tchemberdji whose ways to get there are manifold.
The waves of the Atlantic "beating upon the shores of the Canary Islands:" the Concierto Atlántico. Also on this album: La Luz del Aire, Latir Isleńo and Soledad.
Conciertos para piano y violín – Turina’s instrument concertos challenge the virtuoso as well as the sensitive musician: Great music for great soloist.
The documentation of the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Damrstadt 2002 by col legno
Music on music on music: in his play with reminiscences superimposed many times over, the Spanish composer Alfredo Aracil surpasses himself.
A sonic window to antiquity: Dimitri Terzakis, returning to the colorful world of ancient Greek literature, creates original and highly distinctive sound images.
Elmar Lampson Fadenkreuze
Sensual musical language: From an English sonnet without words for piano and percussion to a suite for harp and percussion based on Shakespeare.