Calmus Ensemble - Touched - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This new WERGO album brings together first recordings in studio quality of works composed especially for Ensemble Resonanz. Composer Enno Poppe has always been drawn to string instruments because of the nearly infinite possibilities to vary their pitch, playing techniques, and sound qualities. Ensemble Resonanz, based in Hamburg, has received international acclaim for it's precise intonation, it's fresh interpretations of both contemporary and traditional works, and it's inquisitive openness to unconventional musical formats. Poppe's InchWaldInch [Woods] for four string quartets (2009/10) has been a permanent feature of the ensemble's touring repertoire for many years. With it's fractal relationships between the four strings of four instruments in four string quartet groupings, InchWaldInch gives us the impression of directly participating in the composer's thought processes. The collaboration with renowned soloist Tabea Zimmermann for Poppe's concerto InchFilzInch [Felt] for viola and chamber orchestra (2013/14) was particularly enjoyable for all concerned. Zimmermann combines technical virtuosity with a willingness to master unusual challenges in this work, she plays an endless and permanently shifting intonation curve within an amorphous atmosphere of 1/3-tone intervals. The result sounds like music from another world, and the inspiration came from Poppe's experiences with traditional Korean music. InchStoffInch [Material] was originally composed in 2015 for Ensemble Musikfabrik in Cologne using strings, woodwinds, and brass (available on WER 73952}, but in 2018 Poppe created the more homogeneous version for string orchestra heard here. Album Tracks 1. Filz 2. Stoff 3. Wald

Album Tracks 1. Das Ist Mir Lieb, Psalm 116 2. Dilexi Quoniam Exaudies Domine, Psalm 116 3. And Why?, Psalm 116 4. Custodit Parvulos Dominus, Psalm 116 5. 1A Parte Das Ist Mir Lieb 6. 2A Parte Sei Nun Wieder Zufrieden 7. 3A Parte Ich Will Den Heilsamen Kelch 8. Quid Reddam Domino Pro Omnibus, Psalm 116 9. Convertere Anima Mea in Requiem Tuam, Psalm 116 10. Obsecro Domine Quia Ego Servus Tuus, Psalm 116 11. 1A Parte Das Ist Mir Lieb 12. 2A Parte Stricke Des Todes 13. 3A Parte Der Herr Ist Gnadig 14. 4A Parte Sei Nun Wieder Zufrieden 15. 5A Parte Ich Will Den Heilsamen Kelch 16. 6A Parte In Den Hofen

A InchlandmarkInch is an object in a landscape or a turning-point, a milestone, symbol, or orientation point. Calmus performs ten Inchvocal landmarksInch on it's new album - works by ten composers from ten different countries. Musical borders open here, and styles mix. Songwriters encounter the avantgarde, folk meets jazz, South American rhythms pulsate alongside Yiddish melodies. You soon realize that it is actually a very short journey from minimal music to pop, and how classical harmonies and jazz sounds interweave. You will recognize masters such as Francis Poulenc, Leonard Cohen, Georg Kreisler, and Sting, but you are guaranteed to discover new songs such as the Krakow singer-songwriter Mordechaj Gebirtig, and the South American composers Federico Ruiz and Aylton Escobar. With landmarks Calmus has created a kind of Inchsounding globalizationInch. The music reflects a society which recalls the past and interprets it anew, which is receptive, and sometimes reflective, but also laughs and dances and swings! Album Tracks 1. Here It Is 2. Everybody Knows 3. Sept Chansons~La blanche neige 4. Sept Chansons~A peine défigurée 5. Sept Chansons~Belle et ressemblante 6. Santigua'o 7. Estnische Volkslieder~Laulu voim (Muhu) 8. Estnische Volkslieder~Härjad ootavad pühi (Johvi) 9. Estnische Volkslieder~Sakste soim (Urvaste) 10. Estnische Volkslieder~Pihlapuu (Helme) 11. Estnische Volkslieder~Vaeslapsed laanes (Hargla) 12. Leisten 13. Ich hab ka Lust 14. S'brent 15. Dos lidl fun goldenem Land 16. Sacred Love Songs~Love Endures All Things 17. Sacred Love Songs~Set Me As a Seal 18. Sacred Love Songs~Greater Love 19. Sabiá, coração de uma viola 20. Come Live With Me 21. Silver Swan 22. Practical Arrangement 23. Moon Over Bourbon Street