Heiner_Goebbels-Landschaft_Mit_Entfernten_Verwandten-(ECM)-2007-MTD

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2008-02-01

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Heiner Goebbels - Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten

ARTIST.....: Heiner Goebbels
TITLE......: Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten
LABEL......: ECM
URL........: http://www.heinergoebbels.com
RIP DATE...: Jan-31-2008
STORE DATE.: Sep-11-2007
GENRE......: Opera
QUALITY....: VBR  /  44.1Hz  /  Joint-Stereo
SIZE.......: 99,4 MB


Track Listing:

01 - Il y a des jours                           01:48
02 - Non sta                                    00:48
03 - The Sirens                                 02:17
04 - Ove e dunque                               02:47
05 - Les Inacheves                              01:06
06 - Tanz der Derwische - Emplie de             08:26
07 - In the 19th Century                        02:50
08 - Triumphal March                            05:43
09 - Homme-bombe                                02:07
10 - Schlachtenbeschreibung                     09:02
11 - Well Anyway                                01:55
12 - Did It Really Happen?                      02:17
13 - Kehna Hi Kya                               03:17
14 - Et C'est Toujours                          02:53
15 - Il y a des jours                           03:10
16 - La Fronde a Hommes                         02:23
17 - Just Like That                             01:52
18 - Bild der Stadte                            01:31
19 - Ich leugne nicht die Unterscheidung        02:53
20 - Krieg der Stadte                           01:41
21 - On the Road                                02:42
22 - And We Said Good Bye                       00:39
23 - On the Radio                               01:55
24 - Different Nations                          02:06
25 - Out Where The West Begins - Train          02:26
     Travelling
26 - Je ne voyage plus - Freight Train          04:36
27 - Principes                                  04:42

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                                                79:52 min
Release Notes:

by Andrew McGregor

It's a seductive, sometimes shocking and viscerally exciting
musical experience; the premier recording of an unconventional
opera that made a major impact at its premiere in Geneva in 2002.
Landschaft mit entfernten Verwandten translates as 'Landscape with
distant relatives', and trying to describe it is a bit of a
nightmareànot least because Goebbels himself doesn't exactly revel
in unpicking his music in front of critics and audiences. "What
drives the attention of an audience is the unforeseeable, and the
secrets and mystery of a performance", he saysàand ECM provides no
explanatory notes at all; all the texts, yes; but each in its
original language, with no translation. 'Suck it and see' seems to
be principle at work here, and you should. But here are a few
pointers.

Goebbels has talked before about exploring the 'landscapes' of
different texts, and here he's identified radically different
writers as the 'distant relatives' of the title: Giordano Bruno,
Arthur Chapman, Henri Michaux, Leonardo da Vinci, T S Eliot û
whose Triumphal March from Coriolan is snarling, savage battery of
warfaring imagery, matched with onstage drums and declamations.
And there's Gertrude Stein, whose stream-of-consciousness
narratives are taken from her 1945 book, Wars I Have Seen, and
they seem to be the glue that holds these separate tableaux
together. The other connective tissue is the subject matter, and
the inspiration. Goebbels has let it be known that this
'Landscapeà' was partly motivated by his reactions to the
terrorist attacks of 9/11and there's an unmistakeable sense of the
composer seeking parallels in political struggles and the
ambiguous relationship between art and reality across different
times and cultures. He provides sounds to set these similarities
and conflicts in sharp relief: instruments from renaissance music,
from the middle east, musical themes from Bollywood, and a country
& western campfire.

This is a recording taken from live performances in France in
October 2004. The photos in the notes give an idea of the impact
Goebbel's opera has on stage, but the images seem to sear the
mind, even off CD. A stunning achievement, and a haunting
experience.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/b6gb/

http://www.amazon.com/Landschaft-Entfernten-Verwandten-Heiner-
Goebbels/dp/B000W7RSD8

http://www.ecmrecords.com/Press_Reactions/New_Series/1800/Pressrea
ctions_1811.php

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