Christoph Pregardien & Ensemble Kontraste - Wanderer - SUPER-AUDIO CD [Super Audio CD (SACD)]

In the words of composer Joël Bons, 'Nomaden is like a journey during which the protagonist - cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras - InchmeetsInch musicians from different traditions and enters into dialogue with them. It is not a cello concerto as such, but rather a concertante work for cello and soloists from other cultures.' With a playing time of roughly an hour, Nomaden ('Nomads') is made up of 38 brief sections, most of which run into each other without any pause. Two types of musical material run like a thread through the work the 'Nomad-music' which return eight times but always presented each time in a different light, and the so called 'Passages' static episodes on one or two tones (or a chord) that explore the various instrumental timbres. These lead into the various 'main' episodes featuring encounters between the cello and the instruments from other cultures. Bons composed the work for Queyras and the Atlas Ensemble - a group he himself founded in 2002, made up of 18 eminent musicians from China, Japan, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe. From the Japanese shakuhachi and Chinese erhu to the Armenian duduk and the Persian setar, the scoring offers an untold number of combinations and an unheard spectrum of timbres. Nomaden was premièred by these performers in 2016, under the baton of Ed Spanjaard, and has been awarded the prestigious 2019 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.

Details 1. Auf Der Bruck D853 2. Der Liebliche Stern D861 3. Im Walde D834 4. Um Mitternacht D862 5. Lebensmuth D883 6. Im Fruehling D882 7. An Mein Herz D860 8. Tiefes Leid D876 (Im Jaenner 1817) 9. Ueber Wildemann D884 10. Dass Sie Hier Gewesen D775 11. Greisengesang D778 12. Du Bist Die Ruh D776 13. Im Walde (Waldesnacht) D708 14. Nacht Und Traume D827 15. Fischerweise D881 16. Totengraebers Heimweh D842 17. Der Winterabend D938

A bold collaboration between America's premier new music quartet, Azerbaijan's best-loved traditional singer, and the leading Afghan rubab player of his generation. This set includes a CD of 6 tracks, 20+ page color booklet, photos, song lyrics, and DVD. Album Tracks 1. Rangin Kaman 2. K Hlen Atim [My Spirited Horse] 3. Mehriban Olaq 4. Getme, Getme [Don't Go Away, Don't Go Away] 5. Leyla 6. Qashlarin Kamandir [Your Eyebrows Are Bow-Like] 1. Bonus Material