Kayser / Vokalensemble - Isfrid Kayser: Magnificat & Missa Vi - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Albinoni / Kussmaul / Heidelberg - Violin Cons [COMPACT DISCS] date 01/01/2012

Like hardly any other personality in music history, Harry Partch has freed himself from the constraints of musical conventions. He has not only left the beaten paths of the conservatories, but has also developed his own microtonal sound system, which he has captured in spectacularly beautiful, archaically wild yet angularly modern instruments that are indispensable for a live performance. Since 2013, Ensemble Musikfabrik has been the only ensemble in possession of a full set of replica Partch instruments. These are not used solely for the performance of Partch's own music, however; through numerous commissions in the context of their project Inchpitch 43_tuning the cosmosInch, they have inspired composers from all over the world to immerse themselves in these fantastical musical sculptures and their world of microtonal sounds. This album presents three outstanding examples of the many and varied ways in which the Cologne-based ensemble has taken up Partch's legacy Sampo Haapamäki's InchHeritageInch, InchWooden CloudsInch by Martin Smolka andInch Voices for Harry PartchInch by Carola Bauckholt.

The Women's Choral Society of the University of Oslo (KSS) under the direction of conductor Marit Tøndel Bodsberg Weyde has established itself over the course of many years as one of the country's leading female choirs. On this , the choir takes a new direction in it's collaboration with two of Norway's most trendsetting jazz musicians.