Release Date: 19 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 731454303620
Genres: Jazz
Description
“One Symphony�, commissioned by German Radio and conducted with sensitivity by Peter Rundel, is contrasted here with settings of Ernst Meister texts performed by the Chamber Music and Songs Ensemble which Michael Mantler formed soon after relocating to Copenhagen in the early 1990s. The Ensemble features singer Mona Larsen and guitarist Bjarne Roupé, best known for his contribution to Miles Davis’s “Aura�. The stark and impressive “One symphony� is modestly described by its composer: “The basic concept was ‘symphony’ in its most elementary form – simply the utilisation of a relatively large number and variety of instruments to perform musical materials organised to create a larger whole with a logical continuity. There is no programmatic content or message. It should exist as a piece of pure music, leaving the listeners to arrive at their own emotional interpretations. The neutral title was chosen for that reason as well as to suggest it being one of many possible symphonies.�
Tracklisting
Vijay Iyer; Wadada Leo Smith
Anouar Brahem; Anja Lechner; Django Bates; Dave Holland
Patrick Demenga; Latvian State Academic Choir; Youth Choir Kamer; Riga Cathedral Boys Choir; Andres
Nicolas Masson; Colin Vallon; Patrice Moret; Lionel Friedli
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
Michael Mantler
