Cluster Ensemble / Pekka / Savijoki - Maros Kaipainen Sveinsson - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This Ondine Marks the World Premiere Recording of Veli-Matti Puumala's (B. 1965) Opera Anna Liisa, Based on a Popular 19th C. Finnish Play Concerning the Tragedy of the Protagonist Caught Between the Norms of the Surrounding Society and Her Own Moral Conscience. The Music Is Characterized By a Clash of Intense and Energetic Textures with Quiet Landscapes with a Quite Different Timescale. In Addition to Jan Soderblom Conducting the Tapiola Sinfonietta, the Opera Features Several Well-Known Finnish Opera Artists. Mr. Puumala Is Prof. Of Composition at the Sibelius Academy. Album Tracks 1. Prologi 2. Ensi Pyhana Kuuliaiset 3. Husso! 4. Nautin Elamasta 5. Johannes, Oletko Varma 6. Perjantai - Lauantai - Sunnuntai! 7. Kehtolaulu 8. Han on Tulossa Husso! 9. Nyt Tiedatte, Kuinka Asian Laita on 1. Anna Liisa, Anna Liisa 2. Sina Olet Niinkuin Unennako 3. Epilogi 4. Niin Istuu Kuin Kuvapatsas 5. Kost' Jumala 6. Han Nousi 7. Terveisia Kirkosta! 8. Antakaa Minun Olla! 9. Jos Valonamme Et, Jeesus 10. Hoi! Hoi! 11. Se Tuuli Sousi Seljalla 12. Taalla on Sijaa 13. Elakoon! Elakoon Morsian! 14. Ei Ole Syyta Suruun 15. Lahde Rauhaan Lapseni

Kuusisto / Kerppo - Pekka Kuusisto [COMPACT DISCS] date 09/17/2008

2016 re- of Bureau B's 2009 reissue. The fourth full-length album by legendary German electronic music duo Cluster, originally released on Sky Records in 1976. Sowiesoso follows on from their most highly-acclaimed album, Zuckerzeit (1974). Michael Rother's influence was clearly audible on the latter, Cluster already having recorded two albums with him under the name of Harmonia. 1976 saw the duo looking for new musical forms. More than any other Cluster album, Sowiesoso represents the utopian vision of Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Mobius, it's mellow transparency evoking the landscape of the Weser Uplands where the two musicians lived at the time. Sowiesoso is not the work of fanatic dreamers who have fled the metropolis, but the reward for their tenacious search for a new musical language. The LP's seven cuts were recorded in their own studio with modest equipment - a four-track tape machine, two Revox A77 stereo tape-decks and a simple 8-channel mixer. Cluster were thus completely independent, able to work where and when they wanted, at their own pace. With no guest musicians, sound engineers or producers to accommodate, Cluster thrived on their new-found autonomous freedom. Sowiesoso captures them at the peak of their creative development, with the limited range of recording equipment enhancing the clarity of their vision, allowing them to concentrate on the music without drifting into narcissistic muso territory. Minimalist, yet neither formulaic nor automated, the album is a rhythmic tapestry of otherworldly electronic and acoustic elements - relaxed, organic and gentle ambience. This could only be Cluster music; it's harmonies reaffirm the quality of song, in spite of eluding song structure as such. Album Tracks 1. Sowiesoso 2. Halwa 3. Dem Wanderer 4. Umleitung 5. Zum Wohl 6. Es War Einmal 7. In Ewigkeit