Description
Title: Vom Himmel Zur Holle
Artist: MusikFabrik
Label: Wergo Germany
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 4010228685329
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2010-07-13
Number of Discs: 1
From Heaven to Hell”” The music of the angels as a euphonious affair is a relatively recent notion. In the Old Testament, the polyphonic praise of God was imagined as an overpowering roar. Martin Smolka”s “”Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets)”” comes closer to this older concept with it”s after-work traffic jam, though he also takes a detour through microtonality to write entirely new harmonies. On earth, light music celebrates a joyous resurrection in a very special “”music machine”” in Mauricio Kagel”s “”Orchestrion-Straat””. And with his “”Racconto dall”Inferno”” (tale from hell””), Louis Andriessen sides both with and against Dante, submitting evidence that hell does have a sound-and that anyone caught in it”s repetitive loops will find it difficult to escape. “”We”re on the highway to hell.
Tracks:
1.1 Rush (Hour in Celestial Streets), for Ensemble
1.2 Orchestrion-Straat, for Chamber Ensemble
1.3 Racconto Dall”inferno, for Orchestra
