| 1 SACD |
€ 20.95
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| Label Challenge Classics |
UPC 0608917200669 |
Catalogue number CC 720066 |
Release date 18 September 2026 |
In Motion explores the many ways music captures movement - through rhythm, dance, the passing of time, and the ever-changing colors of sound. Saxophonist Andreas Mader joins an exceptional ensemble of friends under the direction of Pit Brosius in a vibrant program that reimagines masterpieces by Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Ravel, de Falla, Caroline Shaw and Dubois. New arrangements place the saxophone at the heart of an intimate chamber ensemble, revealing fresh perspectives on familiar works while celebrating the instrument’s remarkable expressive range. Inspired by the idea that “time, like the tide, its motion keeps,” the album unfolds as a journey of energy, elegance and constant transformation.
Recorded in the outstanding acoustic of Trifolion Echternach in Luxembourg and captured in high-definition sound by Bert van der Wolf-Oude Avenhuis of Northstar Recording, In Motion combines artistic imagination with exceptional sonic clarity. The result is an album that invites listeners into an immersive musical landscape where classical tradition, rhythmic vitality and contemporary creativity come together in performances of warmth, virtuosity and irresistible momentum.
In Motion erkundet die vielfältigen Arten, auf die Musik Bewegung einfängt – durch Rhythmus, Tanz, das Verstreichen der Zeit und die sich ständig wandelnden Klangfarben. Der Saxophonist Andreas Mader vereint sich unter der Leitung von Pit Brosius mit einem außergewöhnlichen Ensemble befreundeter Musikerinnen und Musiker zu einem lebendigen Programm, das Meisterwerke von Ibert, Villa-Lobos, Ravel, de Falla, Caroline Shaw und Dubois neu interpretiert. Neue Arrangements rücken das Saxophon ins Zentrum eines intimen Kammerensembles, eröffnen frische Perspektiven auf bekannte Werke und feiern zugleich die bemerkenswerte Ausdrucksvielfalt des Instruments. Inspiriert von der Idee, dass „die Zeit, wie die Gezeiten, stets in Bewegung bleibt“, entfaltet sich das Album als eine Reise voller Energie, Eleganz und fortwährender Verwandlung.
Aufgenommen in der herausragenden Akustik des Trifolion Echternach in Luxemburg und in hochauflösendem Klang von Bert van der Wolf-Oude Avenhuis von Northstar Recording eingefangen, verbindet In Motion künstlerische Vorstellungskraft mit außergewöhnlicher klanglicher Klarheit. Das Ergebnis ist ein Album, das die Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer in eine immersive musikalische Landschaft einlädt, in der klassische Tradition, rhythmische Vitalität und zeitgenössische Kreativität in warmherzigen, virtuosen und von unwiderstehlichem Vorwärtsdrang geprägten Interpretationen zusammenfinden.
From the end of 1890, de Falla studied piano at the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid in Madrid under José Tragó and Felipe Pedrell. Under their influence, he got interested into the native Spanish music, especially the flamenco music of Andalusia and more specifically the cante jondo, of which he publiced a manuscript called El cante jondo. Influences of this can be found throughout his body of works. His first major work was an opera (zarzuela) in one act from 1905 La vida breve, which did not premier until 1913. From 1907 to 1914 De Falla stayed in Paris, where he got inspired by composers such Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy and Paul Dukas. During this time, he wrote little music. Much of his much most famous works were composed upon arrival in Madrid at the start of the First World War, such as his Noches en los jardines de España, El amor brujo and El corregidor y la molinera, which after an adaption is now know as El sombrero de tres picos. From 1921 to 1939, he lived in Granada where composed his El retablo de maese Pedro. The harpsichord part was specifically written for Wanda Landowska. Slowly, the Spanish folk music influences decreased and he adopted a more neo-classicistic style.
In 1939 De Falla moved to Argentina, where he died in 1946.
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