Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Nemeton (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Going all the way back to the Celts and the Druids, the term nemeton designates a place where forces and energies are crystallised, generally clearings where solemn or ritual actions were performed. The best-known nemeton is certainly Stonehenge. The architectural marvel of Chartres Cathedral is built on a nemeton. In composing this piece for solo percussion, I wanted to depict a “place” of this kind by means of sound. I’m utterly fascinated by the instrumentarium of this work, consisting chiefly of metal, wood and skin instruments that don’t have their own “specific” resonance. The trajectories between the different tones condition and define the energy charge, rather as if two beings, in the mad hope of an encounter, were rushing towards each other’, writes Matthias Pintscher as an introduction to one of the pieces in this monograph of works composed between 2000 and 2018: it also includes his violin concerto Mar’eh, the concerto for piano and ensemble Nur, Beyond for flute, Verzeichnete Spur, Lieder und Schneebilder, Celestial Object I & II and Occultation.

Tracklist:
01. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Nemeton for Solo Percussion (13:17)
02. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Mar’eh for Violin and Ensemble (24:17)
03. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Verzeichnete Spur, for Double Bass, Three Cellos, Instruments and Live Electronics (18:44)
04. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Nur for Solo Piano and Ensemble: I. Lightly, Floating (14:46)
05. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Nur for Solo Piano and Ensemble: II. Sospeso, sospirando (05:05)
06. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Nur for Solo Piano and Ensemble: III. Erratico, con durezza (08:35)
07. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: beyond (A System of Passing) for Flute Solo (11:20)
08. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano: I. (…) (02:09)
09. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano: I. I will wade out (03:22)
10. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano: II. To stand -Alone (02:57)
11. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano: III. Erstes Schneebild (01:59)
12. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano: IV. The Moon is Hiding in Her Hair (02:22)
13. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano: V. Lady of Silence (03:02)
14. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano: VI. Zweites Schneebild (01:40)
15. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Sonic Eclipse: I. Celestial Object I, for Solo Trumpet and Ensemble (13:50)
16. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Sonic Eclipse: II. Celestial Object II, for Solo horn and Ensemble (11:55)
17. Ensemble InterContemporain – Pintscher: Sonic Eclipse: III. Occultation, for Solo Horn, Solo Trumpet and Ensemble (10:46)