Release Date: 16 September 2022
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948577651
Genres: Classical  Contemporary Country  
Composer/Series: Ars Moriendi
Release Date: 16 September 2022
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948577651
Genres: Classical  Contemporary Country  
Composer/Series: Ars Moriendi
Description
On ars moriendi Paul Giger looks at life's flowing patterns, at death and renewal, as he brings together compositions by Bach and new music drawing inspiration from the work of painter Giovanni Segantini and Swiss folk traditions. The album was recorded in Maloja, where Segantini spent the last years of his life.
"Becoming - Being - Passing" - this is the name of the tryptichon by the Tyrolean painter Giovanni Segantini, which served violinist and composer Paul Giger as an important source of inspiration for the music on ars moriendi.
The theme of transience runs through this programme like a thread and combines Bach compositions with original pieces and music influenced by traditional Swiss folk in equal parts.
Much of the programme was written in connection with the film about the painter, Giovanni Segantini - Magie des Lichts, and was recorded in the Chiesa Bianca, Maloja, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
On the album, Giger is joined by Marie-Louise Dähler on harpsichord, Pudi Lehmann on gongs and percussion, and alto Franz Vizthum as well as the Carmina Quartett to form a chamber ensemble.
Paul Giger: violin, violino d'amore
Marie-Louise Dähler: harpsichord, positive organ
Pudi Lehmann: gongs, singing bowls, frame drum, conch shell
Franz Vitzthum: countertenor
Jürg Surber: double bass
Matthias Enderle, Susanne Frank: violin
Wendy Champney: viola
Stephan Goerner: cello
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
Paul Giger
Paul Giger