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"Anajikon", the second ECM album after "Music for piano and string quartet", by Athens-born and Munich-based Konstantia Gourzi, incorporates her chamber and orchestral music of the past decade. The composer also conducts the Lucerne Academy Orchestra here: "I see composing and conducting as a whole, as an inseparable relationship", she says.
Gourzi is particularly concerned with making connections between the arts, which also relates to the question of her own artistic identity and the influence of her origins. In Gourzi's sound language, elements of different musical traditions repeatedly merge, and East and West enter into a dialogue.
This album presents three of her compositions: her third String Quartet, "Anajikon", her orchestral piece Ny-el (commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, in August 2016 with the orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy) as well as Hommage a Mozart, three Dialogues. Her works are performed on this new recording by Nils Mönkemeyer (viola); William Youn (piano), the Lucerne Academy Orchestra and the Minguet Quartett.
"Anajikon" is preceded by the album "Music for piano and string quartet", which presented the composer's work for the first time. UK magazine Gramophone described the album as "An absorbing introduction to an eminently worthwhile composer". © ECM New Series
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Hommage à Mozart (Konstantia Gourzi)
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Nils Monkemeyer, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - William Youn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Nils Monkemeyer, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - William Youn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Nils Monkemeyer, Viola, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - William Youn, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Ny-él / Two Angels in the White Garden, for Orchestra, Op. 65 (Konstantia Gourzi)
Peter Laenger, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Moritz Wetter, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Lucerne Academy Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Moritz Wetter, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Lucerne Academy Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Moritz Wetter, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Lucerne Academy Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Moritz Wetter, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer, Conductor, MainArtist - Lucerne Academy Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Anájikon / The Angel in the Blue Garden, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 61 (Konstantia Gourzi)
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Minguet Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - Ulrich Isfort, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Reisinger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Aroa Sorin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Diener, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Minguet Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - Ulrich Isfort, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Reisinger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Aroa Sorin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Diener, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Minguet Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - Ulrich Isfort, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Reisinger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Aroa Sorin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Diener, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Minguet Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - Ulrich Isfort, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Reisinger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Aroa Sorin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Diener, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Peter Laenger, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Minguet Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Konstantia Gourzi, Composer - Ulrich Isfort, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Annette Reisinger, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Aroa Sorin, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Matthias Diener, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
"Anajikon", the second ECM album after "Music for piano and string quartet", by Athens-born and Munich-based Konstantia Gourzi, incorporates her chamber and orchestral music of the past decade. The composer also conducts the Lucerne Academy Orchestra here: "I see composing and conducting as a whole, as an inseparable relationship", she says.
Gourzi is particularly concerned with making connections between the arts, which also relates to the question of her own artistic identity and the influence of her origins. In Gourzi's sound language, elements of different musical traditions repeatedly merge, and East and West enter into a dialogue.
This album presents three of her compositions: her third String Quartet, "Anajikon", her orchestral piece Ny-el (commissioned by the Lucerne Festival, in August 2016 with the orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy) as well as Hommage a Mozart, three Dialogues. Her works are performed on this new recording by Nils Mönkemeyer (viola); William Youn (piano), the Lucerne Academy Orchestra and the Minguet Quartett.
"Anajikon" is preceded by the album "Music for piano and string quartet", which presented the composer's work for the first time. UK magazine Gramophone described the album as "An absorbing introduction to an eminently worthwhile composer". © ECM New Series
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:38
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Nils Mönkemeyer William Youn Minguet Quartett Lucerne Academy Orchestra Konstantia Gourzi
- Composer: Konstantia Gourzi
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2021 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2021 ECM Records GmbH
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