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FROM HEAVEN TO HELL

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Composer
SMOLKA KAGEL ANDRIESSEN
Artist
Zavolloni, Leeuw, Rundel
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Apr 01, 2010
Catalog #
WER68532
UPC
4010228685329

About

From Heaven to Hell" The music of the angels as a euphonious affair is a relatively recent notion. In the Old Testament, the polyphonic praise of God was imagined as an overpowering roar. Martin Smolka's "Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets)" comes closer to this older concept with it's after-work traffic jam, though he also takes a detour through microtonality to write entirely new harmonies. On earth, light music celebrates a joyous resurrection in a very special "music machine" in Mauricio Kagel's "Orchestrion-Straat". And with his "Racconto dall'Inferno" (tale from hell"), Louis Andriessen sides both with and against Dante, submitting evidence that hell does have a sound-and that anyone caught in it's repetitive loops will find it difficult to escape. "We're on the highway to hell.

Tracklist 3 tracks

  1. 1 Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets) 16:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets)
    Duration
    16:34
    Composer
    Martin Smolka
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Peter Rundel
  2. 2 Orchestrion-Straat 22:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Orchestrion-Straat
    Duration
    22:52
    Composer
    Mauricio Kagel
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Reinbert de Leeuw
  3. 3 Racconto dall'inferno 19:42
    Track
    3
    Title
    Racconto dall'inferno
    Duration
    19:42
    Composer
    Louis Andriessen
    Performer
    Cristina Zavalloni
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Reinbert de Leeuw