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Karola Obermuller / Various

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Details

Composer
KAROLA OBERMULLER
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Jan 25, 2019
Catalog #
WER64242
UPC
4010228642421

About

Energetic as well as poetic is Karola Obermüller’s music, and it reveals hidden and unknown elements underneath the multilayered musical material. Many of the works on this portrait album in the series Edition Zeitgenossische Musik were developed as work in progress during a long period of time. Distinctive for Obermüller’s work are therefore the reflection from several perspectives and the superposition of different layers of sound. Zooming in on musical details is another special feature in several of her pieces as in “Pulstastung” for example. Here the distances between the musical occurrences are going to be extended more and more, “with an increasing pulse at the same time” (Karola Obermüller). Obermüller is receiving a special inspiration by ancient poetic texts as from the greek poet Sappho. Here she finds the essences of human existence like light and night, eros and longing. In „Untergegangen der Mond“ and „…silbern.“ her music tries “to create moments of magic“ (Volker Blumenthaler). In “Myrmecia” microtonal shiftings are confronted with percussive making of sound, which are creating a “strange, crackling, and insisting stream of sound”, the composer compares to the wild activity of the primordial ant, the title is derived from. The instrumentation of the pieces on this album offer a panorama from solo pieces for bass flute (Camilla Hoitenga) or piano (Emanuele Arciuli) and an extraordinary instrumentation with guitar, hammered dulcimer and harp (International Contemporary Ensemble) arriving at big pieces for ensemble (Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Musikfabrik).

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Untergegangen der Mond 12:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    Untergegangen der Mond
    Duration
    12:33
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Kai Wessel
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Warwick Stengårds
  2. 2 Myrmecia 09:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    Myrmecia
    Duration
    09:08
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Daniel Lippel, Nuiko Wadden, Nathan Davis
  3. 3 Pulstastung I 02:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Pulstastung I
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Emanuele Arciuli
  4. 4 Pulstastung II 04:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    Pulstastung II
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Emanuele Arciuli
  5. 5 mass:distance:time 06:34
    Track
    5
    Title
    mass:distance:time
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Ensemble
    Stuttgart New Vocal Soloists
  6. 6 Eros - 00:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    Eros -
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Camilla Hoitenga
  7. 7 leuchtend - 00:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    leuchtend -
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Camilla Hoitenga
  8. 8 fallend - 00:52
    Track
    8
    Title
    fallend -
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Camilla Hoitenga
  9. 9 …doch ich - 02:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    …doch ich -
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Camilla Hoitenga
  10. 10 silbern. 01:32
    Track
    10
    Title
    silbern.
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Camilla Hoitenga
  11. 11 Pulstastung III 10:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    Pulstastung III
    Duration
    10:00
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Performer
    Emanuele Arciuli
  12. 12 Nichts Fettes nichts Süßes. 06:28
    Track
    12
    Title
    Nichts Fettes nichts Süßes.
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Phorminx
  13. 13 reflejos distantes 04:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    reflejos distantes
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Phorminx
  14. 14 coiling and swaying 12:38
    Track
    14
    Title
    coiling and swaying
    Duration
    12:38
    Composer
    Karola Obermüller
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Modern
    Conductor
    Johannes Kalitzke