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in-between

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Details

Composer
Turgut Ercetin
Artist
Ensemble Musikfabrik, ELISION Ensemble, SWR Symphonieorchester
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Jan 23, 2026
Catalog #
WER64462
UPC
4010228644623

About

Multifaceted tonal colours, virtuosity, and a field of tension between ruptures and connections characterize the music of Turgut Ercetin. In particular, he illuminates the in-between spaces in a wide variety of dimensions. As Paul Griffiths explains in the booklet, the composer explores "the space between instruments or groups, between harmony and noise [...], between spectra, between what is played and what resounds from the performance space." At the center of the album lies the cycle "Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wortern" ("The Phoneme Between Two Words"). The largest part, (b), draws on one of Turgut Ercetin's research fields: vanished architecture, here referring to two demolished Byzantine buildings. In this work, the SWR Symphony Orchestra as a modern orchestra meets a Baroque ensemble with musicians from the ELISION Ensemble. However, the two formations do not appear as opposites but as mutually interacting seeds. The smaller pieces (a) and (c) function as fanfare and epilogue: they condense the themes of fusion and separation, ultimately leading the ELISION musicians back to modern instruments. Ensemble Musikfabrik is featured in two works on this album: "Resonances (b)" and "Thousand Dead Bodies Under My Bed, All Cloaked with the Breath of the Living". The latter recalls how the past continues to live on - in art, in memory, in trauma. Within three interlaced ensembles, an interplay unfolds: characteristics drift from one group to another, while the very nature of the piece as a whole gradually shifts.

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Thousand Dead Bodies under my Bed, All Cloaked with the Breath of the Living 18:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Thousand Dead Bodies under my Bed, All Cloaked with the Breath of the Living
    Duration
    18:06
    Composer
    Turgut Erçetin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Aaron Cassidy
  2. 2 Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wörtern (a) 10:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wörtern (a)
    Duration
    10:15
    Composer
    Turgut Erçetin
    Ensemble
    Elision Ensemble
  3. 3 Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wörtern (b) 19:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wörtern (b)
    Duration
    19:33
    Composer
    Turgut Erçetin
    Ensemble
    Elision Ensemble, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
    Conductor
    Brad Lubman
  4. 4 Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wörtern (c) 13:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Das Phonem zwischen zwei Wörtern (c)
    Duration
    13:36
    Composer
    Turgut Erçetin
    Ensemble
    Elision Ensemble
    Conductor
    Aaron Cassidy
  5. 5 Resonances (b) 09:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Resonances (b)
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Turgut Erçetin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik