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Composer
BAUCKHOLT FERNEYHOUGH LANG
Artist
Chapman, Pomarico, Deroyer, Poppe, Creed
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Jan 27, 2017
Catalog #
WER68642
UPC
4010228686425

About

All life originated out of primeval mud. And all life dissolves back into it again at the end. This release in the Edition Musikfabrik series leans its ear towards sewage sludge as well as “the ocean of yes and no.” It cringes at the end of the world before the sublimity of nature, seeking to surpass her with composed conglomerates, it allows itself to be buried alive, only to eat itself free from the earth three times. Four fascinating attempts to understand nature and to explore humanity’s position within it. For the composer Brian Ferneyhough, Cornwalls inhospitable landscape of moraine became the starting point of a composition for six voices and an 18 member ensemble. Klaus Langs „The ocean of yes and no“ is a story with no beginning or end, no climax and no apotheosis. While Carola Bauckholt has often used the “fauna philharmonic” in her recent compositions, she works with a whole bestiary in "Schlammflocke". In Jorge E. Lopez’s „Gonzales the Earth Eater“ the composer quotes William S. Burroughs’s psychedelic sceneries with creatures such as „Gonzales“, who defies his own funeral. This recording contains four fascinating attempts to understand Nature and to explore man’s place (in Nature). The demanding artwork of the series is created with pictures by the painter Gerhard Richter, commenting on the thematic concentration of the programs in an artistic manner. Richter, one of the most important living German artists, has been a member of the board of trustees of the Ensemble Musikfabrik since 2009.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 Finis Terrae 14:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    Finis Terrae
    Duration
    14:02
    Composer
    Brian Ferneyhough
    Ensemble
    EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Emilio Pomàrico
  2. 2 The Ocean of Yes and No. 21:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Ocean of Yes and No.
    Duration
    21:11
    Composer
    Klaus Lang
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Jean Deroyer
  3. 3 Schlammflocke 16:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Schlammflocke
    Duration
    16:59
    Composer
    Carola Bauckholt
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Enno Poppe
  4. 4 Gonzales the Earth Eater, Op. 9 14:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Gonzales the Earth Eater, Op. 9
    Duration
    14:15
    Composer
    Jorge E. López
    Performer
    Christine Chapman
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Marcus Creed