Michael Wollny (p)
Tamar Halperin (cemb)
Hanno Busch (git)
recorded live at Große Konzertscheune Salzau, July 4, 2010
1. Kabinett 5
2. Sagée
3. Hexentanz
ELECTRONIC MOODS
Michael Wollny (p)
Guy Sternberg (electronics)
Barbara Buchholz (theremin)
recorded live at Große Konzertscheune Salzau, July 3, 2010
1. In the middle of the riddle
2. Dune
Tamar Halperin (cemb)
Hanno Busch (git)
recorded live at Große Konzertscheune Salzau, July 4, 2010
1. Kabinett 5
2. Sagée
3. Hexentanz
ELECTRONIC MOODS
Michael Wollny (p)
Guy Sternberg (electronics)
Barbara Buchholz (theremin)
recorded live at Große Konzertscheune Salzau, July 3, 2010
1. In the middle of the riddle
2. Dune
Michael Wollny is a musical adventurer, someone who always seeks out new sounds and sends his audience on exciting journeys of sonic discovery. Consequently, the critical response to his music has been appropriately enthusiastic. On his lastest CD, Wunderkammer, Wollny, together with harpsichordist Tamar Halperin, and producer Guy Sternberg, again searches for that which hasn’t been heard before. This CD is a sound trip into the wonderful worlds which are created when all the historic and modern keyboard instruments of an entire museum are combined.
Keyboard instruments which for a long time didn’t appear to go hand in hand: here you have it all on one CD. Harpsichord, celesta, harmonium, rhodes piano, concert grand: a kaleidoscope of palpable possibilities - the hard, “quill” sound of the harpsichord, the heavenly sound of the ringing celesta and the warm, sacral musical air of the harmonium sit beautifully next to the captivating, oscillating, metal reed sound of a Rhodes E piano and the dependable brilliance of a concert grand. The title Wunderkammer (“chamber of curiosities”) is therefore spot on. These Wunderkammer were the secret rooms in castles and monasteries in which rulers and bishops stored all their curious treasures in Late Renaissance and Baroque times. These may have included anything from a narwhal’s tusk to porcelain from Eastern Asia, obscure gaming machines, globes and surgical instruments – many bizarre and wonderful things that would amaze onlookers. It is these chambers of curiosities which fascinate Michael Wollny; “They should also always be a miniature portrayal of the world, a microcosm. Many moments come together to form the whole.”
Keyboard instruments which for a long time didn’t appear to go hand in hand: here you have it all on one CD. Harpsichord, celesta, harmonium, rhodes piano, concert grand: a kaleidoscope of palpable possibilities - the hard, “quill” sound of the harpsichord, the heavenly sound of the ringing celesta and the warm, sacral musical air of the harmonium sit beautifully next to the captivating, oscillating, metal reed sound of a Rhodes E piano and the dependable brilliance of a concert grand. The title Wunderkammer (“chamber of curiosities”) is therefore spot on. These Wunderkammer were the secret rooms in castles and monasteries in which rulers and bishops stored all their curious treasures in Late Renaissance and Baroque times. These may have included anything from a narwhal’s tusk to porcelain from Eastern Asia, obscure gaming machines, globes and surgical instruments – many bizarre and wonderful things that would amaze onlookers. It is these chambers of curiosities which fascinate Michael Wollny; “They should also always be a miniature portrayal of the world, a microcosm. Many moments come together to form the whole.”
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