Zimmerman / Luz / Collegium Novum - Un Petit Rien - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Franconian composer Walter Zimmermann deliberately drew on Maeterlinck's theatrical revolution, the anti-dramatic radicality, when in 1984 he composed his static drama InchDie BlindenInch after Maeterlinck's InchLes AveuglesInch. It is the InchDialogue of the Two RosesInch from Edmond Jabé's InchLe Livre des QuestionsInch that forms the basis of Zimmermann's InchSingbarer Rest.Inch (Singable Residuum) Album Tracks 1. Singbarer Rest 13 34 2. Die Blinden 55 10

With the new WERGO production InchInitiale - Lieder und frühe KammermusikInch (Initials - Songs and Early Chamber Music), the complete Lied compositions by Bernd Alois Zimmermann are now available as a recording for the first time. The eleven songs were all interpreted by the adorable singer Anna Prohaska. The up-and-coming 27-year-old star currently captivates the opera world with her light and lyric soprano voice.Except for InchSonateInch of 1950, all works compiled on this CD were created between 1939 and 1946. WERGO thus closes a gap in Zimmermann's repertoire and puts a focus on the beginning of the career of this great composer Never had Zimmermann been as close to the neo-romantic tonal language as in his song compositions in which he set texts by Rilke, Klabund or Nietzsche among others to music. This genre - to which he never returned again - reflects both the expression of intimate feelings and his strong interest in literature. Album Tracks 1. Three Songs ('Aus Dem Nachlass'), for Voice & Piano Lied Der Abelone 2. Three Songs ('Aus Dem Nachlass'), for Voice & Piano Herbstlied 3. Three Songs ('Aus Dem Nachlass'), for Voice & Piano Imaginärer Lebenslauf 4. Kleine Suite, for Violin & Piano Capriccioso 5. Kleine Suite, for Violin & Piano Intermezzo 6. Kleine Suite, for Violin & Piano Rondino 7. Aria for Violin & Piano 8. Lieder (5), Songs for Voice & Piano Es Fiel Ein Stern Ins Meer 9. Lieder (5), Songs for Voice & Piano An Der Brücke Stand JÜNGST Ich 10. Lieder (5), Songs for Voice & Piano Stimme Eines Armen An Der Hand Eines Engels 11. Lieder (5), Songs for Voice & Piano Initiale 12. Lieder (5), Songs for Voice & Piano Schenke Im Frühling 13. String Trio Introduktion (Sostenuto Molto) 14. String Trio Adagio 15. String Trio Finale (Allegro Molto, Ma Non Troppo 16.

Grabbing vs. Releasing, self-assertion vs. ^#^surrender the title juxtaposes seemingly irreconcilable opposites. But it is precisely this sense of antithesis that defines the force-field mapped out by Jens Joneleit's cycle for 27 soloists, InchLe tout, le rienInch. In the instant between reading the title and hearing the first notes of the music, the expectant listener can imagine a wide-open space with a free constellation of potential sounds. How do they interrelate? Do they seek to merge into a whole, or do they drift apart into nothingness from the moment they are nudged? And what happens when the two processes happen to interlock and conflict? The listener is continuously tempted to think in terms of fresh starts. The piece evidently seeks a way to capture and illuminate each and every sonority in it's original state, if only for a fleeting instant. The result is an intractable flux that will neither countenance an interruption nor abandon it's interrogative impulse. InchLe tout, le rienInch was composed at the occasion of Ensemble Modern's 25th anniversary and first performed in Dresden in October 2005. Album Tracks 1. Chant Sombre, Ébranlé 15 06 2. Passant Auprès Du Feu 8 13 3. ... Des Autres Espaces.. 25 34 4. Un Au Delà de Tout Inverte Rivage Chant 9 14 5. Apogée 7 43