Touch! Don't Touch! - Music for Theremin / Buchholz, Kavina

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Album Summary

Performers

• Heather O'Donnell (Piano)
• Lydia Kavina (Theremin)
• Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Cosima Gerhardt (Cello)
• Tobias Rempe (Violin)

Ensemble

• Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin

Composers

• Olga Bochihina
• Michael Hirsch (1958 - )
• Moritz Eggert (1965 - )
• Caspar Johannes Walter (1964 - )
• Juliane Klein
• Iraida Yusupova
• Nicolaus Richter de Vroe (1955 - )
• Vladimir Nikolaev

Notes & Reviews:

The theremin, invented by Russian Leon Theremin, is one of the earliest fully electronic musical instruments. It is unusual in that it requires no physical contact in order to produce music and was, in fact, the first musical instrument designed to be played without being touched. The instrument consists of an array of circuitry including two antennas around which the user moves his or her hands to play. After a flurry of interest in America following the end of the Second World War, the theremin soon fell into disuse with serious musicians, mainly because newer electronic instruments were introduced that were easier to play. Since the release of the film 'Theremin: An Electric Odyssey' in 1994, the instrument has enjoyed a resurgence in interest and has become more widely used by contemporary classical and popular musicians. On 'Touch! Don't Touch!, Barbara Buchholz and Lydia Kavina pick up the thread of theremin history with new compositions. The disc features works by eight German and Russian composers who were commissioned to write pieces for two theremins and instrumental ensemble.

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Works Details

Bochihina, Olga : Canto Ostinato, for 2 theremins, piano & percussion

• Performers: Heather O'Donnell (Piano); Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.

Walter, Caspar Johannes : Vakuum-Halluzinationen, for 2 theremins, violin & cello

• Performers: Cosima Gerhardt (Cello); Tobias Rempe (Violin); Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 5 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Vroe, Nicolaus Richter de : Thereminskie ostrova (Theremin-Inseln), for 2 theremins, piano & percussion

• Performers: Heather O'Donnell (Piano); Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 8 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2005

Hirsch, Michael : Rezitativ und Arie, for 2 theremins, violin, cello, piano & percussion

• Performers: Cosima Gerhardt (Cello); Tobias Rempe (Violin); Heather O'Donnell (Piano); Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 7 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Klein, Juliane : se vuoi, for theremin, violin, cello, piano & percussion

• Performers: Cosima Gerhardt (Cello); Tobias Rempe (Violin); Heather O'Donnell (Piano); Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 5 min. 39 sec.

Nikolaev, Vladimir : Cherno-belaja muzyka (Schwarz-weiáe Musik), for 2 theremins, violin, cello, piano & percussion

• Performers: Cosima Gerhardt (Cello); Tobias Rempe (Violin); Heather O'Donnell (Piano); Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 8 min. 6 sec.

Eggert, Moritz : The Son of the Daughter of Dracula versus the Incredible Frankenstein Monster (from Outer Space) for

• Performers: Cosima Gerhardt (Cello); Tobias Rempe (Violin); Heather O'Donnell (Piano); Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 8 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Yusupova, Iraida : Kitezh-19, for theremin & tape

• Performers: Lydia Kavina (Theremin); Barbara Buchholz (Theremin)
• Ensemble: Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin
• Notes: Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany (10/10/2005-10/15/2005)
• Running Time: 9 min. 13 sec.