Release Date: 29 November 2019
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917281828
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
Michael Gees and Bella Adamova improvise on the poetry of Marie Howe, Marina Tsvetaeva, Alexander Blok, Bella Adamova, Joseph von
Eichendorff, Paul Verlaine, Yakov Polonsky as well as a Moravian and a Spanish folk song.
There are some encounters in life about which one could say that they were simply destined to happen. The meeting of the two musicians in question
is, without a doubt, one of them, because Michael Gees and Bella Adamova have a very rare talent: they are both exceptionally gifted improvisers.
This is no quirk of a narcissistic piano virtuoso but rather the continuation of an old and venerable tradition. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was, to
some measure, expected that a pianist could also perform something extemporaneously. Bella Adamova follows the same path. This is the basis from which the current CD with collaborative improvisations arose. Ten poems from different authors form the starting point for the musical expedition. The
choices came completely from Bella Adamova. In their collaboration, Adamova and Gees have a vast stylistic range at their disposal which expands from folklore and classical to jazz and contemporary music. This includes a conceivably wide spectrum of musical resources, where one can find sprechgesang as well as arioso lines, and the piano can grow from a rustling cantabile to a hammered martellato.
Tracklisting
Nino Gvetadze
Ensemble Odyssee
Claudio Rado & Julio Caballero Perez
Sara Ruiz
Mikhail Zemtsov & friends
Pietro Paganini
UnderStories Ensemble
Eva Saladin, Daniel Rosin, Johannes Keller
Piano Duo Adrienne Soos & Ivo Haag
Voices of Singapore Children's Choir; Voices of Singapore Ladies' Choir; Voices of Singapore Men's
Valerie Kim; Brian Hong; Daniel Hass; Han Chen; The Renaissance String Quartet
Trio Orelon
Trio Bronte
The Brahms Trio
Richard Blackford
Rebecca Lea; Caroline Jaya-Ratnam
