Release Date: 27 September 2019
Label: Neos
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260063119132
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Composer/Series: Yearning For Silence
Description
"33 approximations to silence" is how Markus Schimpp describes the collection of piano miniatures recorded here. The catalyst and starting point for this composition was his relationship to the music of Ludwig van Beethoven. On this disc, Schimpp seeks out quiet moments, experimenting with simple harmonies and contemplative repetitions – silent music as a counterbalance to the daily onslaught of media overstimulation.
Markus Schimpp was born in Augsburg in 1964. After earning a degree at the Leopold-Mozart-Konservatorium there, he set out on an unusual career path. Today he works as a cabaret pianist, singer, host, and composer in Bonn.
Tracklisting
Wiener Symphoniker
J-E. Kelly, Netherlands Radio Chamber Phil.
HR-Sinfonieorchester/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orch
F.Hoelscher/Pirmin Grehl
ChorWerk Ruhr/Ensemble Modern
Peter Pichler, Melanie Dreher, Harald Genzmer, Paul Hindemith, Paul Dessau, Henry Purcell
Isabel Alvarez, Carlos Oramas, Jose Marin, Santiago de Murcia, Juan Hidalgo, Gaspar Sanz, Juan Aran
Richard Heinrich Stein
Trio O3
Duncan Honeybourne
Klangforum Wien, Schallfeld Ensemble, Arditti Quartet
Klangforum Wien
Perle: Piano Works
Decibel
Xenia Pestova-Bennett, Stephen Richardson, Claire Booth, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Sian
Zoe Martlew, Ben Goldscheider, Lucy Schaufer, Huw Watkins, Mark Simpson, Alessandro Fisher, Lana Bo
