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The four chamber works by Austrian Thomas Larcher recorded here show that's he's a composer to watch out for. His compositional voice is strikingly unencumbered by adherence to any orthodoxy, and his work is direct in its emotional and intellectual communication. My Illness Is the Medicine I Need, for soprano, violin, cello, and piano, is particularly effective; its aphoristic texts come from a Benetton "Colors" magazine that included photographs of psychiatric hospitals and quotations from their patients. Larcher's understated text setting allows the voices of the patients to be heard with unaffected bleakness and it is strongly moving. Even though it uses a contemporary harmonic language, the string quartet Ixxu (1998-2004) is old-fashioned in its emotional clarity. Its last movement, "ruhig," is genuinely peaceful and brings to mind the serenity of Arvo Pärt's Fratres. His 1990 quartet Cold Farmer is similarly direct and generous in inviting the listener in, and here again the slow movement is especially deeply felt and engaging. The Rosamunde Quartett performs Ixxu and Cold Farmer with passion and conviction. In the other works, soprano Andrea Lauren Brown, violinist Christoph Poppen, cellist Thomas Demenga, and the composer at the piano give comparably intense and committed performances. ECM's sound is intimate and clean.
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Ixxu - String quartet (1998-2004) (Thomas Larcher)
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Rosamunde Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Larcher, Composer - Anja Lechner, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Helmut Nicolai, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fordham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Reiner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Rosamunde Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Larcher, Composer - Anja Lechner, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Helmut Nicolai, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fordham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Reiner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Rosamunde Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Larcher, Composer - Anja Lechner, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Helmut Nicolai, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fordham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Reiner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
My Illness Is The Medicine I Need - For Soprano, Violin, Violoncello And Piano (2002) (Thomas Larcher)
Christoph Poppen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Lauren Brown, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Christoph Poppen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Lauren Brown, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Christoph Poppen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Lauren Brown, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Christoph Poppen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Lauren Brown, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Christoph Poppen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Lauren Brown, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Christoph Poppen, Violin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Andrea Lauren Brown, Soprano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Mumien - For Violoncello And Piano (2001/02) (Thomas Larcher)
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Demenga, Cello, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Thomas Larcher, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Cold Farmer (Thomas Larcher)
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Rosamunde Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Larcher, Composer - Anja Lechner, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Helmut Nicolai, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fordham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Reiner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Rosamunde Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Larcher, Composer - Anja Lechner, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Helmut Nicolai, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fordham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Reiner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Rosamunde Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Larcher, Composer - Anja Lechner, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Helmut Nicolai, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fordham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Reiner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Markus Heiland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Rosamunde Quartett, Ensemble, MainArtist - Thomas Larcher, Composer - Anja Lechner, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Helmut Nicolai, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Fordham, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Reiner, Violin, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
The four chamber works by Austrian Thomas Larcher recorded here show that's he's a composer to watch out for. His compositional voice is strikingly unencumbered by adherence to any orthodoxy, and his work is direct in its emotional and intellectual communication. My Illness Is the Medicine I Need, for soprano, violin, cello, and piano, is particularly effective; its aphoristic texts come from a Benetton "Colors" magazine that included photographs of psychiatric hospitals and quotations from their patients. Larcher's understated text setting allows the voices of the patients to be heard with unaffected bleakness and it is strongly moving. Even though it uses a contemporary harmonic language, the string quartet Ixxu (1998-2004) is old-fashioned in its emotional clarity. Its last movement, "ruhig," is genuinely peaceful and brings to mind the serenity of Arvo Pärt's Fratres. His 1990 quartet Cold Farmer is similarly direct and generous in inviting the listener in, and here again the slow movement is especially deeply felt and engaging. The Rosamunde Quartett performs Ixxu and Cold Farmer with passion and conviction. In the other works, soprano Andrea Lauren Brown, violinist Christoph Poppen, cellist Thomas Demenga, and the composer at the piano give comparably intense and committed performances. ECM's sound is intimate and clean.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:14
- Main artists: Thomas Larcher Rosamunde Quartett
- Composer: Thomas Larcher
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2006 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2006 ECM Records GmbH
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