Various - Wise Blood - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Tango Ouh 2. Elisa 3. Superblond 4. Snack 1 5. Waltz for Michel Petrucciani 6. Proko-Type of Polka 7. Snack 2 8. Kartzan's Choice 9. Heartfilms 10. Snack 3 11. 010101 12. Superblond (Single Version)

Jealousy, tenderness, loneliness and longing, desire, unattainability, sensuality, frustration, love, lust and loss in all their configurations come together in OSSESSO. The old masters allow us no escape from the painfully vivid portrayals of their experiences. Tromboncino and Gesualdo exemplify the extremes of which obsessiveness is capable, in their music as in their lives; in this sense, they are precursors to Phil Spector, Sid Vicious, or Bertrand Cantat. This is a selection of absolutely touching madrigals about love and affliction that represent the kaleidoscope of feelings and emotions of their composers, be it in the late Middle Ages or in the Renaissance, interspersed with some instrumental pieces. Album Tracks 1. I Vidi in Terra Angelici Costumi 2. O Cieco Mondo 3. I' Fu' Gia Bianch' Ucciel 4. Pace Non Trovo 5. Ahimè, Dov' È'l Bel Viso 6. Ameroso 7. O Geloisa 8. Chiara Fontana 9. Duo Tutti Di Fantasia 10. Di Mie Dogliose Note 11. Ricercare 12. Bassa Danza 13. Contrapunto 14. Vorria Morire 15. Scjaracule Maracule 16. Piva 17. Gia Piansi Nel Dolore 18. Se Ben Hor Non Scopro Il Foco 19. Toccata 20. Giunto Alla Tomba 21. Su la Rivera 22. Vivo Sol Di Speranza

This new recording is about polyphonic references between the great counterpoint artists Byrd, Gibbons, Bach and the contemporary composers John Tavener, Oliver Knussen, John Adams, Markus Horn and Xiaoyong Chen. The two Bach Ricercari from the Musical Offering form the bracket. The exciting connection of the individual, different works to each other is created by the polyphonic structures, the modal church keys or by religious, spiritual references. 429 years lie between the work of Byrd and the work of Xiaoyong Chen composed for the . With Bach, Byrd, Gibbons and Contemporary Music, the listener can expect a recording that is wonderfully audible, in a positive sense unexhausting. You have to get involved with the depth, the space and sometimes the silence, but it is worth it, because the music changes your own self and focuses attention on you. InchI'm interested in the connections between different epochs and their polyphonic structures. So obviously there was no way that I could ignore Johann Sebastian Bach. However, I considered what to combine with his Ricercares a 3 and a 6 from The Musical Offering. First I thought of William Byrd, as I knew that polyphony and contrapuntal style were important to him, despite the fact that he was almost 150 years older than Bach. I began with vocal polyphony and arrived at Orlando Gibbons and virginal music, which I wanted to combine with contemporary music. And then the search began...Inch (Alexandra Sostmann) Album Tracks 1. Musical Offering, BWV 1079~Ricercar a 3 voci 2. Prayer bell sketch 3. Lord's Prayer 4. Pavan and Galliard MB 52 / FVB 254/255~Pavan 5. Pavan and Galliard MB 52 / FVB 254/255~Galliard 6. Piece after Byrd 7. In memory of my two cats 8. China Gates 9. Pavan and Galliard Lord Salisbury / MB 18/19~Pavan 10. Pavan and Galliard Lord Salisbury / MB 18/19~Galliard 11. Zodiacs 12. Diar