Release Date: 13 October 2023
Label: ECM Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948587841
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Composer/Series: The Living Mountain
Description
Austrian composer Thomas Larcher's The Living Mountain features premiere recordings of three strongly contrasting works. The Times has hailed Larcher's music as a world "of haunting landscapes and dreams, stylistically disparate but fused by the composer's astonishing ear and quizzical attitude to traditional forms", a description borne out by the compositions here. The Living Mountain, for soprano and ensemble, draws upon the memoir of the Scottish poet and nature writer Nan Shepherd.
Unerzählt is an intimate song cycle for baritone and piano, deploying texts of German writer W.G. Sebald. And Ouroboros, named for the serpent of eternity, is a powerful piece for cello and chamber orchestra.
Recorded in Munich and Weerberg in 2021 and 2022 and produced by Manfred Eicher, The Living Mountain is the fourth New Series album of Larcher's compositions.
Sarah Aristidou: soprano
Alisa Weilerstein: cello
Luka Juhart: accordion
Aaron Pilsan piano
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Clemens Schuldt: conductor
Andre Schuen: baritone
Daniel Heide: piano
Tracklisting
Joe Lovano; Marcin Wasilewski Trio
Chick Corea
Savina Yannatou; Primavera en Salonico; Lamia Bedioui
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
Thomas Larcher
Rosamunde Quartett
