Release Date: 11 December 2020
Label: Neos
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260063120176
Genres: Classical  Contemporary Classical  
Release Date: 11 December 2020
Label: Neos
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260063120176
Genres: Classical  Contemporary Classical  
Description
Gunnar Geisse's "Piano Concerto" is premiered on the present CD, adds a new facet to this genre as although the piano can be heard as a solo instrument, accompanied by a variety of orchestral instruments, only one instrument was actually played on this recording, which in turn is not a piano but an electric guitar.
Geisse developed the "laptop guitar", an extension of his main instrument (the electric guitar) to include the computer, which enables him to continue playing analogue on a digital level. He uses the software-supported real-time conversion of audio to MIDI data to control virtual instruments and samplers.
Geisse titled this album "Triptych". The last panel in this triptych, "rhythm changes", follows the two movements of the piano concerto. The work does not focus on a soloist-orchestral arrangement but on the laptop guitar itself. Instead of an imaginary orchestra, Geisse uses a series of sampled materials. Allusions to romanticism are replaced by insights into Charlie Parker's Anthropology.
Tracklisting
Andreas Skouras, Bela Bartok, Gyorgy Ligeti, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Pascal Dusapin, Unsuk Chin, Y
Mikael Rudolfsson, Olivier Vivares, Gerard Grisey, Luciano Berio, Eloain Lovis Hubner, Bernhard Gan
John Palmer, Delphine Henriet, Barbara Maurer, Hofer Symphoniker, Alinde Quartett, Johannes Klumpp,
Johannes Maria Staud, Boulanger Trio, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, Ludwig Chamber Players,
Eres Holz, Ingolfur Vilhjalmsson, Laurent Bruttin, Florian Juncker, E-MEX Ensemble, Christoph Maria
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat, Cedric Pecia
Gunnar Geisse