Kirchner: media vita in morte sumus

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Coviello
Release Date
February 24, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      KIRCHNER, VOLKER DAVID
    • PERFORMER
      El Mouissi, Krämer, Melcher, Ostertag, Herold, Stobart, Würsch, Michelsberg
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 24, 2015
    • UPC
      4039956915027
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      COV91502
    • LABEL
      Coviello
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Vocal
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Ein Stern aus Eiskristall

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    2. No. 2. Beweine, Greis

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    3. No. 3. Des Lebens Schleifstein

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    4. Evocazione

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    5. No. 4. Leg dein Geschmeide ab

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    6. No. 5. Deine Zedernkrone

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    7. No. 1. Weltende

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    8. No. 2. Kindchens Sterbelied

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    9. No. 3. Mein Tanzlied

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    10. No. 4. Wunderlied

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    11. No. 5. Meine Mutter

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    12. No. 1. Dein Lachen

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Erich Michelsberg

    13. Ferne Glocken (Distant Bells)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    14. (Instrumental)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    15. No. 2. Herbstzeitlose

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    16. No. 3. Wir waren geblendet

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Erich Michelsberg

    17. Anrufung (Appeal)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    18. No. 4. Mogest du vor mir sterben

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Erich Michelsberg

    19. No. 5. Warst du ein Handler

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    20. No. 6. Wir brauchen die Zukunft nicht mehr

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Erich Michelsberg

    21. No. 7. Langer fallen die Schatten

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    22. (Instrumental)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    23. Der mythische Vogel (The Mythical Bird)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    24. No. 8. Sei meine Liebste, Tod

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Erich Michelsberg

    25. No. 9. Aus den Ritzen

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    26. No. 10. Hinter dem Kahlgezweig

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    27. No. 11. Der Frühling kommt

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Erich Michelsberg

    28. No. 12. Ich bin nicht mehr Zeitgenosse

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    29. No. 13. Nackt starrt der Wald

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    30. Choral

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    31. No. 14. An Omar Chaijam (To Omar Khayyam)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Erich Michelsberg

    32. (Instrumental)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    33. No. 15. Taumelnder Falter

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    34. (Instrumental)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer

    35. No. 16. Lethe spricht (Lethe Speaks)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag, Erich Michelsberg, Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch

    36. (Instrumental)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Julia Ostertag

    37. (Instrumental)

      Composer: Volker David Kirchner

      Performer: Kilian Herold, John Stobart, Christian Ostertag, Katrin Melcher, Martin Ostertag, Sascha El Mouissi, Tilman Kramer, Matthias Würsch


Volker David Kirchner has repeatedly been denied the recognition he deserves because he is out-of-step with the aesthetic ideas that the avant-garde believed were the only valid ones. For Kirchner, e.g. The reference to the tradition and particularly to the sound of the human voice cannot be denied. His obsidian songs are characterized by almost theatrical drama, while the songs of poems by Else Lasker-Schuler and the cycle Media vita in morte sumus rather emphasize the meditative. The two last mentioned works were written for the mezzo voice heard on this recording, Julia Ostertag.