Christoph Hartmann - Metamorphosen - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Metamorphosen is the first of ten CDs in the Enjott Schneider edition released by WERGO Many of Enjott Schneider's compositions refer to well-known works from music history or to the idiomatic stylistic tendencies of individual composers, in order to then create something new through metamorphosis as a creative response to tradition. It is a play with cultural sediments, a subjective commentary on existing forms and models. In this sense, the four compositions on this CD all refer to four historical models InchAt the Edge of TimeInch is an homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Out of gestures and motifs from his Requiem, there arises a web of emotions melodically held together by the solo English horn, the traditional instrument of death and otherworldly lamentation.