Anna Volovitch, Christoph Croise, Heinz-Peter Linshalm – Contemplations (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Anna Volovitch, Christoph Croise, Heinz-Peter Linshalm – Contemplations (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:24 minutes | 1,19 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Gramola Records

Syrian-Emirati composer Somar Ajalyaqin (b. 1978) started his relationship with the arts at an early age in his hometown Damascus. After having studied both poetry and painting, he began his musical journey on his mother’s advice, as she advocated a holistic approach to artistic expression. This debut album with Anna Volovitch, piano, Christoph Croisé, cello, Heinz-Peter Linshalm, clarinet and the Santos String Quartet features a collection of compositions in varied styles and instrumentation: from the Five Piano Pieces with playful titles such as The Cat and the Wool Ball, Capriccio Andalucía or The Butterfly and the Flame, to the Sonata for Cello and Piano and the Fantasy for E-flat Clarinet and Piano ‘The Cricket in the Mirror’, a wide spectrum of sound and expression is represented here. The intensely touching String Quartet ‘Wuhan Oblivion’, the composer’s most recent work, paints not only a picture of our eerie streets, abandoned during lockdown, but mostly a picture of our inner lives as we fight to overcome this paradoxal moment of communal loneliness.

Tracklist:
1-01. Anna Volovitch – 5 Piano Pieces: No. 1, Capriccio andalucía (04:35)
1-02. Anna Volovitch – 5 Piano Pieces: No. 2, The Cat and the Wool Ball (04:02)
1-03. Anna Volovitch – 5 Piano Pieces: No. 3, Consolation (05:41)
1-04. Anna Volovitch – 5 Piano Pieces: No. 4, Etude “The Kiss” (03:34)
1-05. Anna Volovitch – 5 Piano Pieces: No. 5, The Butterfly and the Flame (08:45)
1-06. Anna Volovitch – Cello Sonata: I. Allegro (06:30)
1-07. Anna Volovitch – Cello Sonata: II. Moderato (07:09)
1-08. Anna Volovitch – Cello Sonata: III. Allegro con fuoco (06:42)
1-09. Anna Volovitch – Fantasy for E-Flat Clarinet & Piano “The Cricket in the Mirror” (09:07)
1-10. Santos String Quartet – String Quartet “Wuhan Oblivion”: I. Molto moderato (07:31)
1-11. Santos String Quartet – String Quartet “Wuhan Oblivion”: II. Allegro ma non troppo (05:58)
1-12. Santos String Quartet – String Quartet “Wuhan Oblivion”: III. Allegro agitato (06:45)

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