Sofia Gubaidulina: Chamber Music with Double Bass

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Album Summary

Performers

• Jan Schlichte (Percussion)
• Martin Heinze (Double Bass)
• Elsie Bedleem (Harp)
• Heike Gneiting (Piano)
• Elsbeth Moser (Bayan)
• Ulrich Knorzer (Viola)
• Lisa Landgraf (Violin)
• Vanessa Barkowski

Ensemble

• Guitarensemble quasi fantasia

Composer

• Sofia Gubaidulina (Composer) (1931 - )

Notes & Reviews:

When I took up the double bass many years ago I developed certain premonitions of what music for double bass might be. The elemental force of its dark, earthy tone, and especially its incidental sounds, noises and overtone series, kindled my imagination. Over the years I have performed many pieces that skillfully exploit the instrument's potential. But in Sofia Gubaidulina's work I found music that exhausts the essence of my instrument in previously unparalleled depth and truthfulness. Here I was able to revisit the sonic fantasies of my past, brilliantly compressed into musical form.

The present recording is being released in honor of Sofia Gubaidulina's 80th birthday. Especially in recent years she has increasingly written music for the double bass and produced new double bass versions of several earlier pieces. Our recording allows listeners to hear these works for the first time in their entirety. It also allows them to retrace the evolution of her music over a period of five decades.

- Martin Heinze

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Deutschlandradio Kultur, Studio Gärtnerstraáe, Berlin (01/10/2011-04/07/2011).

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Works Details

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Etudes (5) for harp, double bass & percussion

• Performers: Jan Schlichte (Percussion); Martin Heinze (Double Bass); Elsie Bedleem (Harp)
• Running Time: 3 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1965

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Pantomime, for double bass & piano

• Performers: Heike Gneiting (Piano); Martin Heinze (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 9 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1966

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Etudes (7) for contrabass

• Performer: Martin Heinze (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 17 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Sonata for double bass & piano

• Performers: Heike Gneiting (Piano); Martin Heinze (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 13 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1975

Gubaidulina, Sofia : In croce, for cello & organ (or bayan)

• Performers: Martin Heinze (Double Bass); Elsbeth Moser (Bayan)
• Running Time: 15 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1979

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Quasi hoquetus

• Performers: Martin Heinze (Double Bass); Heike Gneiting (Piano); Ulrich Knorzer (Viola)
• Running Time: 15 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1984-1985

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Pieces (5) for Accordion, Violin and Cello "Silenzio"

• Performers: Elsbeth Moser (Bayan); Martin Heinze (Double Bass); Lisa Landgraf (Violin)
• Running Time: 19 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1991

Gubaidulina, Sofia : An Angel (Ein Engel), for cello & double bass

• Performers: Vanessa Barkowski; Martin Heinze (Double Bass)
• Running Time: 5 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1994

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Galgenlieder à 3, pieces (15) for mezzo-soprano, double bass & percussion

• Performers: Jan Schlichte (Percussion); Martin Heinze (Double Bass); Vanessa Barkowski
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1995-1996

Gubaidulina, Sofia : Pentimento, for 2 guitars & contrabass

• Performer: Martin Heinze (Double Bass)
• Ensemble: Guitarensemble quasi fantasia
• Running Time: 24 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary