Info text: PLUS! · WORKS FOR CLARINET DUO AND ACCORDION In the repertoire of the clarinet duo Beate Zelinsky and David Smeyers, collaboration with other soloists or ensemble formations is an important part. The combination with the accordion is particularly attractive: by registering it with the sound of the clarinets, the instrument can merge into (almost) complete unity, it […]

Info text: THE ENIGMATIC AS A PHILOSOPHICAL-AESTHETIC CATEGORY AND THE DRIVING FOUNDER OF ARTISTIC CREATION »It is the mysterious, the enigmatic and the deep down unfathomable nature of reality that has always fascinated me and with it the need to sense the unspeakable, the distant, the To want to lend ou-topos to the present, as a driving force, so to speak, for unbounded musical imagination.« (Michael Quelle) The […]

Info text: Detlef Heusinger · Lulu's Dream From the electric guitar to live electronics (and back) Three works by Detlef Heusinger are compiled on this CD in which the electric guitar plays a central role. Anyone who suspects a biographical confession behind this is not wrong. But that doesn't mean much in itself, because which young person who lives in […]

Program: CD 1 Total playing time: 65:46 Mothertongue for mezzo-soprano, tape and ensemble (2019) * 49:29 [01] I. Wolfsbohne 12:23 [02] II. Rain 09:18 [03] III. Fire/ mimicri 08:52 [04] IV. Tongues 06:18 [05] V. Reigen (Machaut. Gbaya. Festa) 12:38 Ensemble Mothertongue Isabel Pfefferkorn, mezzo-soprano Rupert Huber, conductor Charles Uzor, tape White Paperflowers descending on Tienanmen Square for 5 cellos (1989) 07:26 [06] I 04:12 [07] II 01:15 [08] III 01:59 Ensemble La Notte […]

Info text: THE DEPTH OF SPACE. A FOOTBALL ORATORIUM Moritz Eggert didn't have much to do with sport until the end of 2004 when he was asked whether he wanted to compose a football oratorio for the 2005 Ruhrtriennale. He created the composition in just five months, from the beginning of March to the end of July. After the premiere in the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, the [...]

Program: Pierre Boulez (1925–2016) [01] Anthèmes 1 for violin solo (1991) 08:52 Carolin Widmann, Violin Dialogue de l'ombre double (1985) 19:32 pour clarinette/première sur scène et clarinette/double enregistrée Version aux chiffres romains [02] Sigle initial 01:07 [03] Verse I 02:16 [04] Transition I à II 01:09 [05] Verse II 01:38 [06] Transition II à III 02:05 [07 ] Verse III 01:30 [08] Transition III à IV 00:54 [09] Verse IV 01:41 [10] Transition IV à V 00:26 [11] Verse V 01:10 [12] Transition […]

Info text: IM LAUTEREN BEING Works for various ensemble combinations by René Wohlhauser Geworf'ne Akrobaten version for soprano, baritone, flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2018), based on a poem by the composer, Ergon 68, No. 2, musical work number 1855 Composition commission from the Basel-City and Baselland Music Committee The recording is a studio production with the “Ensemble Polysono”, which […]

Program: Noriko Kawakami (*1955) [01] luft.strömungen For soprano, flute, guitar and drums (2015) 09:25 Julia Spaeth, soprano ensemble L'ART POUR L'ART [02] Color shading for saxophone, accordion and cello (2007) 09:57 trio ecco (Christoph Kirschke, saxophone · Primož Parovel, accordion · Moritz Müllenbach, cello) [03] Oh, the wild rose blooms... for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and percussion (2004) 11 :40 Thürmchen Ensemble Cologne Erik Oña, conductor […]

Info text: GEORG FRIEDRICH HAAS A shadow play · 4th and 7th string quartet Georg Friedrich Haas is currently considered the most important representative of microtonal composing. That's basically true, but it falls a bit short, as if this composer was only interested in technical problems and was still in the advanced tradition of studying and exploring musical [...]

Info text: MAGNUS LINDBERG · COMPLETE WORKS FOR ACCORDION Magnus Lindberg is an orchestral composer through and through. The energy of the mass, its physical discharge and its motor possibilities inspire the Finn to create monumental large-scale forms, which made him one of the most sought-after contemporary composers. He started with the accordion, which he played at the age of six [...]

Info text: SANGUE INVERSO - INVERSO SANGUE IN THE REALM OF THE POSSIBLE THE DAWNING OF NEW STARS AND THE REALM BECOMES MORE MAGNIFICENT THE POSSIBILITY EXPANDS THE TWILIGHT MORE TENDER THE STARS MORE ALIVE... Magnetite - since there is there there are the sounds of what is incomprehensible to you, invisible to you is Amethyst – fear not! not just sounds […]

Info text: Hovering like morning mist above the mirror-lake (Allan Marett, Eliza) This work developed over a period of around twelve years, although some of the sound images are a little older; they come from my time as a composition student in the 1980s. I performed earlier versions of some movements at numerous concerts and Shakuhachi festivals in Europe, Japan and […]