“Dunkle Stimmen”, the eleventh CD in the Wohlhauser Edition on NEOS, contains nine works for various ensemble combinations. All compositions were recorded by the “Duo Simolka–Wohlhauser,” with the composer himself performing alongside soprano Christine Simolka as baritone, pianist, and percussionist.
The texts set to music are almost exclusively poems written by René Wohlhauser. Only in Une nuit toute passionnée does he use excerpts from a letter from Simone de Beauvoir to Jean-Paul Sartre.
Some of the works, such as Im lauteren Sein, Miramsobale, Geworf’ne Akrobaten, and Une nuit toute passionnée, have already appeared on earlier CDs in the Wohlhauser Edition, but here they are presented in versions with new instrumentation. This impressively demonstrates the versatility of René Wohlhauser's compositional work.
Programme
René Wohlhauser (*1954)
Dunkle Stimmen
Works for various ensemble combinations
[01] Dunkle Stimmen
Version for soprano, baritone and noise track (electronics) (2022 / 2023)
on a poem by the composer
[02] Eingedunkelte Zeit
for soprano and baritone (2022), on a poem by the composer
[03] Nein, ich akzeptier’ es nicht
for speaking voice and percussion (2022),
on a poem by the composer
[04] Im lauteren Sein
Version for soprano and baritone (2017),
on a poem by the composer
[05] Geworf’ne Akrobaten
Version for soprano, baritone and piano (2018),
on a poem by the composer
[06] Aus der Tiefe der Zeit
Duo version for soprano and baritone (2019),
on a dialogical poem by the composer
[07] Miramsobale
Version for soprano and piano (2020),
on a poem of contrast by the composer
[08] Une nuit toute passionnée
Version for soprano and piano (2015 / 2021)
on texts by Simone de Beauvoir
[09] Licht ist eng
for soprano, speaking voice and piano (2021),
on poems by the composer
Duo Simolka–Wohlhauser
World premiere recordings
More information
Catalogue number: NEOS 12432
EAN: 4260063124327
