Sarah Maria Sun - Sarajevo - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Bernhard Lang's album Voice and Ensemble offers a sonic journey through three distinct compositions. In Das Hirn he juxtaposes a solo voice with a chamber ensemble, capturing the end-time force of Dürrenmatt's text through intense recitation and dynamic structures. The Travel Agency is on Fire explores William S. Burroughs' cut-up experiments, referencing his innovative techniques in an electro-acoustic piece enriched with synthesizers, samplers, and a processed electric guitar. In DW 16.4 'Songbook I.4,' Lang transforms pop songs into a shattered past using the cut-up/scrambler program Abulafia. Lyrics undergo fragmented reconstruction, accompanied by damaged beats and scratch loops, creating a distinctive sonic landscape. Album Tracks 1. * Bernhard Lang Das Hirn (2021) for Voice, Eight Instruments and Video 2. I. Teil 3. II. Teil Game 9-4.9 4. II. Teil 5. IV. Teil Aria 1. * the Travel Agency Is on Fire (2020) for Voice, Five Instruments, Playback, Video and Live-Loops 2. Section 1 - Ouverture 3. Section 2-3 - Round 1-6 4. Dream Machine 1 5. Round 7-10 6. Dream Machine 2 7. Round 11-12 8. Dream Machine 3 9. Section 4 - Round 13-15 - Section 5 - Round 16 10. Dream Machine 4 1. * DW 16.4 'Songbook I.4' (2021) for Voice, Saxophone, Electric Guitar, Piano and Drums/Percussion 2. The Watchtower 3. Ophelia 4. Count 2.4 5. Burning Sister 6. Another Door for Jenny

Composer Michael Hersch adapts the tragedy of Medea from Ovid's Metamorphoses in his new opera for soprano Sarah Maria Sun, the vocal ensemble Schola Heidelberg, and Ensemble Musikfabrik. With librettist Stephanie Fleischmann. Hersch's setting underscores the profound psychological trauma at the heart of the tale with a characteristically powerful, bracing score. Album Tracks 1. Medea-I 2. Medea-II 3. Medea-III 4. Medea-IV

Without wanting to detract from the genius of Schubert or Schumann, we [Re Sarah Wegener & Götz Payer] have a different answer we would have loved to live at the turn from the 19th to the 20th century, Inchfin de siècleInch, amidst the transition from Naturalism to Modernism with the currents of Jugendstil and Impressionism. These songs have been part of our lives for many years; among our personal favorites. It is a wonderful feeling to be able to grow and mature in tandem with music we have known and loved for a long time. If we were to write down our own personal experiences associated with Richard Strauss in a book, we would recount precious moments such as the pleasure of performing his orchestral songs under the batons of Mariss Jansons and Vladimir Jurowski. Album Tracks 1. Zueignung 2. Gefunden 3. Begugnung 4. Heimliche Aufforderung 5. Das Rosenband 6. Die Erwachte Rose 7. Glückes Genug 8. Rote Rosen 9. Freundliche Vision 10. Die Nacht 11. Ständchen 12. Traum Durch Die Dämmerung 13. Morgen! 14. Die Georgine 15. Die Verschwiegenen 16. Cäcilie 17. Breit' Über Mein Haupt 18. Waldseligkeit 19. Winterweihe 20. Allerseelen 21. Ruhe, Meine Seele! 22. Befreit