Vom himmel zur holle

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Album Summary

Performers

• Uwe Dierksen (Trombone)
• Stephan Schmitz (Trombone)
• Francoise Rivalland (Cimbalom)
• Christopher Brandt
• Bernd Thurner (Percussion)
• Tatiana Koleva (Percussion)
• Mirjam Schroder (Harp)
• Stephan Meier (Percussion)
• Markus Schwind (Trumpet)
• Bas Wiegers (Violin)
• Bob Koertshuis (Trumpet)
• Shynia Hashimoto (Tuba)
• Claudio Santambrogio (Flute)
• Adam Orvad (Accordion)
• John Corbett (Clarinet)
• Thomas Hofer (Violin)
• Cristina Zavalloni (Mezzo Soprano)
• Rohan Richards (Horn)
• Marlies Klumpenaar (Clarinet)
• Liz Hirst (Flute)
• Ania Schmiel (Oboe)
• Mats Bersgtrom
• Susanne Eychmüller (Cello)
• Nándor Götz (Clarinet)
• Françoise Groben (Cello)

Conductors

• Leeuw, Reinbert de
• Rundel, Peter

Ensemble

• MusikFabrik

Composers

• Louis Andriessen (Composer/Piano) (1939 - )
• Martin Smolka (1959 - )
• Mauricio Kagel (1931 - 2008)

Notes & Reviews:

This new collection from MusikFabrik focuses on three composers' imaginings of music from heaven or hell. In the Old Testament, the musical praise of God was imagined as an overpowering roar, a concept depicted in Martin Smolka's Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets). Mauricio Kagel's Orchestrion-Straat celebrates a joyous earthly resurrection while Louis Andriessen's Racconto dall'Inferno (tale from hell) proposes that hell has a soundtrack, and anyone caught in its repetitive loops will find it difficult to escape.

"The three pieces, by Martin Smolka, Mauricio Kagel, and Louis Andriessen, are outstanding works, all of which have such substance and immediate appeal that they deserve to be widely performed... Christina Zavalloni is fabulously expressive and vocally colorful as Dante. MusikFabrik, led by Peter Rundel in the Smolka and by Reinbert de Leeuw in the Kagel and Andriessen, plays with infectious enthusiasm, and the polish of its performance fairly gleams. Wergo's sound is remarkably clean for a live performance." -All Music Guide

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal, WDR Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz K.

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Works Details

Smolka, Martin : Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets), for ensemble

• Performers: Bernd Thurner (Percussion); Tatiana Koleva (Percussion); Mirjam Schroder (Harp)
• Conductor: Peter Rundel
• Ensemble: MusikFabrik
• Running Time: 16 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2007

Kagel, Mauricio : Orchestrion-Straat, for chamber ensemble

• Performers: Stephan Meier (Percussion); Markus Schwind (Trumpet); Susanne Eychmüller (Cello); Nándor Götz (Clarinet); Bas Wiegers (Violin); Bob Koertshuis (Trumpet); Shynia Hashimoto (Tuba); Claudio Santambrogio (Flute); Adam Orvad (Accordion); John Corbett (Clarinet)
• Conductor: Reinbert Leeuw
• Ensemble: MusikFabrik
• Running Time: 23 min. sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: circa 1996

Andriessen, Louis : Racconto dall'Inferno, for orchestra

• Performers: Bob Koertshuis (Trumpet); Nándor Götz (Clarinet); Thomas Hofer (Violin); Cristina Zavalloni (Mezzo Soprano); Claudio Santambrogio (Flute); Rohan Richards (Horn); Marlies Klumpenaar (Clarinet); Liz Hirst (Flute); John Corbett (Clarinet); Bas Wiegers (Violin); Ania Schmiel (Oboe); Mats Bersgtrom; Uwe Dierksen (Trombone); Stephan Schmitz (Trombone); Susanne Eychmüller (Cello); Stephan Meier (Percussion); Françoise Groben (Cello); Francoise Rivalland (Cimbalom); Christopher Brandt
• Conductor: Reinbert Leeuw
• Ensemble: MusikFabrik
• Running Time: 19 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004