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New Horizons by Johannes Berauer

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Album Title: Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings
Label: Basho Records
Released: 2022

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About the Album

"I consider myself an ambassador between classical and jazz musicians, between composed and improvised music" says Austrian composer Johannes Berauer. Growing up with both Keith Jarrett and Chopin, it came naturally for Berauer to fuse the genres into a very unique and personal style, which became the trademark of his Vienna Chamber Diaries ensemble. The group's 10th anniversary and a commission from Vienna Konzerthaus pushed Berauer to re-invent his project and to think big. “I wanted to create music that can morph between intimate and fragile chamber music and the driving force of a jazz combo to the rich timbre of orchestral music within a moment. Improvisation is always integral, woven into the composed textures in such a way that it is not immediately apparent which is which.” The sequence of the album features large scale orchestral works and small ensemble pieces, alternated with each other to create contrasts in texture, density and mood.

Tracks

New Horizons; Just Another Pop Song; Divertimento in Blue Part 1; Divertimento in Blue Part 2; Florentin; Far Side of the Moon; Valse Bleue; Home; Indian Summer

Personnel

Johannes Berauer

composer / conductor

Wolfgang Muthspiel

guitar

Gwilym Simcock

piano

Klaus Gesing

saxophone, soprano

Yuri Goloubev

bass, acoustic

Additional Personnel

Klaus Gesing: bass clarinet; Bernhard Schimpelsberger: percussion; Christian Bakanic: accordion; Johannes Dickbauer: violin; Florian Eggner: cello; Kiril Kobantschenko: violin; Natalija Isakovic: violin; Damir Orascanin: violin; Katharina Henriquez: violin; Cynthia Liao: viola; Marta Potulska: viola; Katarina Steininger: cello.

Reviews

Vienna Chamber Diaries plus Strings by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton

Date featured

March 16, 2022

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