Rihm / Ono / Badische Staatskapelle - Marsyas / Zarathustra - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This CD combines compositions by Wolfgang Rihm dedicated to the Austrian painter Kurt Kocherscheidt (1943-1992) and works inspired by Kocherscheidts paintings and sculptures. Wolfgang Rihm says InchEvery Art is a fine art or formative art. At the moment when it is perceived this is true in it's literal sense.Inch

One of the most popular symphonic poems by Richard Strauss -actually one of the most famous tone poems ever -is his InchThus Spoke ZarathustraInch op. 30, from 1896. The distinctive theme, followed by timpani blows and powerful, surging chords in the brass, was well-known long before it was used for a film score (Stanley Kubrick's Inch2001 A Space OdysseyInch). Fifty years ago, this work went far beyond the limits of classical music -and is now familiar to all. The cumbersome title, along with the fact that the composition tackles Friedrich Nietzsche's eponymous poetic and philosophical work may even have initially hampered it's overwhelming popularity. Nietzsche himself fittingly commented InchTo which genre does this 'Zarathustra' belong, I wonder? I am rather inclined to think it is 'symphonies'. InchStrauss's InchBurleskeInch for Piano and Orchestra sounds completely different. It was composed a decade earlier in 1885/86, when the 21-year-old composer had just begun his first job as Capellmeister of the Meiningen Court Orchestra and as the assistant of Hans von Bülow. Originally referred to as InchScherzoInch (Strauss also called it a Inchpiano concertoInch ina letter to his mother), the work was dedicated to Strauss's mentor, Bülow. It was first performed in Eisenach in 1890 by the piano soloist Eugen d'Albert. The themes are cheerful and InchburlesqueInch, and the solo instrument and the orchestra perform together in the best sense. The music shows us Strauss in an early phase -he had not yet linked his compositional technique to that of Liszt and Wagner. In the year the work was premiered, Strauss himself referred to the InchBurleskeInch as a work that Inchhe had left far behind himInch. Only rarely performed for many years, the work regained popularity over the past two decades, thanks not least to Glenn Gould.

Oakland's Naked Roommate have been slinking around the Bay Area lighting up stages, shaking asses & confounding listeners since 2018, when the group - originally just the duo of real-life partners Andy Jordan & Amber Sermeno (both formerly of The World) - self-released a cassette of demos (2018's InchNaked RoommateInch). Members Michael InchMigInch Zamora & Alejandra Alcala (Blues Lawyer) joined soon after to augment the sound & live band with their proper full-length album InchDo The DuvetInch, co-released in September of 2020 via UK tag Upset! The Rhythm & Trouble In Mind. 2024 finds the lineup expanded even further to incorporate the horn section of Geoff Saba & Jeanne Oss on tenor & alto saxophones as well as percussion & marimba as the band readies their sophomore effort, the dizzyingly ecstatic InchPass The LoofahInchRecorded by members Andy Jordan & Mig Zamora from 2021-2023 as time & restrictions allowed, InchPass The LoofahInch retains the wild energy of their debut, but leans into the rhythmic throbs perpetuated by forbears like Kid Creole & The Coconuts, Lizzy Mercier Descloux & ESG; the signature sound of UK's On-U Sound & NYC's 99 Records, but with a decidedly West Coast irreverence & a knack for absurdist exposition. Make no mistake, this is music designed to make your body MOVE & Naked Roommate won't stop until they've made sure every ass is shook. The band freely incorporates elements of the dancier side of post-punk (think A Certain Ratio or Liquid Liquid) as well as disco, funk, & house music. However, the group's uplifting melodicism belies a deeper subtext, understanding the importance of the sense of community of dance music & the culture surrounding it and leaning into a Neo-socialist lyrical context. S**t is fucked, & we get thru it by helping one another & acknowledging & addressing the failures of disaster Capitalism & tech-bro hegemony (a sta