Edition RZ

Cover Design: Ott + Stein, Berlin; Scan: Christine Berkenhoff

Each of the compositions of American composer John McGuire describes, in its own way, a multi-dimensional sonic space which the listener can take in from various vantage points and, in so doing, experience the very same sound in different guises.

Disc 1

Cadence Music for 21 instruments (1982-85, Ensemble Modern, Director: Ernest Bour)
Exchanges for string quartet and soprano (1998-2002, Julia Rempe, soprano; Pellegrini-Quartett)

Disc 2

Decay for eight horns (1967-70, musikFabrik: Christine Chapman)
Frieze for four pianos (1969-74, musikFabrik)
Music for horns, pianos and cymbals (1981, musikFabrik)

Ensemble Modern
Julia Rempe Sopran
Pellegrini-Quartett: Antonio Pellegrini, Thomas Hofer Violine · Fabio Marano Viola · Helmut Menzler Violoncello
musikFabrik: Hermann Kretzschmar, Paulo Alvarez, Irmela Roelcke, Eun-Ju Kim, Ulrich Löffler, Jürgen Kruse Klaviere · Christine Chapman, Jodie Lawson, Charles Putnam, Rohan Richards Hörner · Dirk Rothbrust, Carlos Tarcha Schlagzeug

CD1 44:33 · CD2 58:46 · Total time: 103:20

The scores are published by:

feedback studio verlag

Breitkopf und Härtel

Gefördert von der Kunststiftung NRW