Schmiel, Ania [oboe]

Schattenspiele (Shadow Games)

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-08-10

Works: Michael Jarrell: ...Prisme/Incidences no 2..., for violin & ensemble; Stefano Gervasoni: Far niente, for double bass & 17 instruments; Joël-François Durand: Ombre / Miroir, for flute & ense...
Performers: Aarts, Maaike; Althuis, Jelte; Armbruster, Sascha; Bledsoe, Helen; Dierksen, Uwe; Eyckmans, Dominica; Gotz, Nandor; Groben, Francoise; Gunnarsdottir, Gerdur; Haynes, Richard; Hirst, Liz; Johanns, Tho...
Conductors: Masson, Diego; Siebens, Etienne; Wood, James
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

This CD takes us on a foray into the land of shadows - its compositions make remarkable use of light and shadow effects while simultaneously...continue...
Recording information: Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal, WDR Funkhaus am Wallrafplatz K....continue...

Vom himmel zur holle

1 CD / Wergo / 2010-07-13

Works: Martin Smolka: Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets), for ensemble; Mauricio Kagel: Orchestrion-Straat, for chamber ensemble; Louis Andriessen: Racconto dall'Inferno, for orchestra
Performers: Bersgtrom, Mats; Brandt, Christopher; Corbett, John [clarinet]; Dierksen, Uwe; Eychmuller, Susanne; Gotz, Nandor; Groben, Francoise; Hashimoto, Shynia; Hirst, Liz; Hofer, Thomas; Klumpenaar, Marlies;...
Conductors: Rundel, Peter; Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: MusikFabrik

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

J.S. Bach: Sacred Cantatas for Soprano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 52, "Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht," BWV 52; Cantata no 84, "Ich bin vergnügt mit meinem Glücke," BWV 84; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" B...
Performers: Boubhov, Milen [horn]; Cho, Jung-Hyun [oboe]; Hommel, Christian; Johanns, Gesa [horn]; Kevenhörster, Martin [bassoon]; Schmiel, Ania [oboe]; Schuster, Jürgen; Thornhill, Siri Karoline
Conductors: Müller-Brühl, Helmut

Among J.S. Bach's 200 or so surviving church cantatas, these four for solo soprano include the popular Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, in which singer...continue...