Ensemble Belcanto & Dietburg Spohr
Release Date: 19 December 2008
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028946171929
Genres: Classical
Description
"Come un'ombra di luna" marks a first ECM appearance for one of the most highly regarded vocal groups in European new music.The Ensemble Belcanto was formed in 1986 by mezzosoprano Dietburg Spohr, then a member of Clytus Gottwald's legendary "schola cantorum" in Stuttgart. Spohr, who had experience in improvisation as well as choral music, "classical" singing and new music performance was aware that contemporary composition lacked a first-rank group made up of female voices. Frankfurter Rundschau critic Gerhard R. Koch: "There already existed several specialist vocal ensembles for new music, it is true, but none of them were composed exclusively of women singers specializing primarily in contemporary music."
Recorded 2000
Personnel: Dietburg Spohr (mezzosoprano, director), Birgitta Zehetner (mezzosoprano), Andrea Baader, Rita Huber (soprano), Dzuna Kalnina, Rica Rauch (alto)
Tracklisting
Various artists
Yuval Cohen Quartet
Thomas Stronen; Craig Taborn; Chris Potter; Sinikka Langeland; Jorge Rossy
Stephan Micus
Rainer Bruninghaus
Paul Bley
Mathias Eick; Kristjan Randalu; Ole Morten Vagan; Hans Hulbaekmo
Julia Hulsmann Quartet
Ensemble Belcanto & Dietburg Spohr
