Programme: H. E. Erwin Walther (1920–1995) Concerto for four solo wind instruments and string orchestra (1960) 34:48 [01] I. Allegro assai 13:06 [02] II. Largo 12:41 [03] III. Allegro 09:01 Katrin Klose (*1990) [04] Color clouds for large ensemble (2019/20) 14:55 Christof Johannes Weiß (*1986) [05] Chamber symphony “into the uncertain” (2019/20) 21:54 total playing time : 72:00 Tobias Kaiser, flute Claire Sirjacobs, oboe Enrico Toffano, bassoon Matthew Sadler, trumpet of the/yellow/sound Armando Merino, conductor World premiere recordings

Program: Vito Žuraj (*1979) [01] The Verwandler for mixed choir and symphony orchestra (2018) 23:30 Libretto by Aleš Šteger SWR Vocal Ensemble Michael Alber, choir director SWR Symphony Orchestra Brad Lubman, conductor [02] i-Formation for two orchestras and two Conductors (2016) 18:18 Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne François-Xavier Roth, conductor WDR Symphony Orchestra Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor Thierry Mechler, organ Alavò for soprano, piano and instrumental groups (2017) 32:43 Libretto by Patrick Hahn […]

Info text: ERNST HELMUTH FLAMMER · ORCHESTRA WORKS · VOL. 3 What can I basically say about space and time, about polyphony, about special articulatory and textual questions as well as questions about the polyphony of my composing for orchestra, especially in those places where it goes against the grain of convention, and further about its methodology is, may […]

Info text: ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810–1856): Kreisleriana op. 16 In what was apparently only a four-day creative frenzy, Schumann's half-hour cycle of "Fantasy Pieces for the Piano" was created in April 1838 - expanded by an eighth in May. The title is identical to a collection of seemingly unrelated sketches, Kreisleriana - plural of Kreislerianum -, from the estate of the fictional bandmaster Johannes [...]

Info text: GEORG KATZER · THE LATE WORK Vladimir Jurowski on the music of Georg Katzer My earliest memories from my childhood are associated with the music and person of Georg Katzer. I was six years old when my father conducted Georg Katzer's ballet Black Birds, first at Moscow's Stanislawski Theater and later at the Komische Oper Berlin. […]

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 GOLDBERG VARIATIONS Considerations for tempo design Whether it was ever intended to play the Goldberg Variations as a cycle can never be fully clarified. Reports from those around Johann Sebastian Bach, who composed this work around 1740, give reason for a different interpretation. The Bach biographer Johann Nicolaus Forkel speaks around 1800 on the basis of [...]

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: CÉSAR FRANCK - FROM HARMONIUM TO ACCORDION Pièces pour harmonium (1890), published under the title L'Organiste (1892), transferred to the accordion (Doris Bertschinger, 2019) Five cycles of seven pieces each in the keys C to E chromatically ascending order Anyone who knows the great works of the great masters usually has no idea about the miniatures or […]

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 [...]