Release Date: 07 June 2019
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948182657
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
Released to mark Heinz Holliger's 80th birthday (on 21 May), this recording Zwiegespräche - "Dialogues" - is the perfect embodiment of his dual artistry as performer and composer.
Zwiegespräche begins with the intensely moving sound of Heinz Holliger's oboe calling out into the wild, in a piece written for him by his longstanding friend György Kurtág. Then comes a response composed by him, played on cor anglais by his pupil Marie-Lise Schüpbach. From here the conversation develops, of two composers who, from their solitary positions, strive to make contact with one another – and with us. The many pieces are, as is typical for both composers, short. Six and a half minutes here is an epic, and many of the messages are over in under a minute. Such dimensions invite us to listen closely, to every turning nuance, and our attention is rewarded, by music-making that is at once emphatic and fine-grained.
Personnel: Heinz Holliger (oboe, cor anglais, piano), Marie-Lise Schüpbach (cor anglais, oboe), Ernesto Molinari: (bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), Sarah Wegener (soprano), Philippe Jaccottet (speaker)
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
Heinz Holliger, Anita Leuzinger & Anton Kernjak
Heinz Holliger
Thomas Zehetmair
Heinz Holliger & Swiss Chamber Soloists
Jurg Dahler, Musikkollgium Winterthur
Collegium Novum Zurich, Heinz Holliger, Sarah Wegener, Johannes Nied, SWR Experimentalstudio, Luisa
I Musici, Frans Bruggen, Heinz Holliger, Felix Ayo
Heinz Holliger, SWR Vokalensemble & Sinfonieorchester des SWR
