On this unique and originally programmed journey, the violist Massimo Piva takes the kind of fantasy journey (Fantasiereise) that forms one of the cornerstones of German Romanticism. It is in the context of highly wrought, fantastic tales that Schumann’s style is formed from a literary point of view: Hoffmann's short stories and Jean Paul's novels, inhabited by bizarre characters and surreal situations, are his polar stars. On the musical side, he had an 18th-century heritage of fantasies by composers such as Mozart or C.P.E. Bach to draw upon, in which the notion of the fantasy is still linked to the Baroque idea of improvisation.
Official Release #91. In October 1971, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention played two shows in one night at New York City’s Carnegie Hall. The album, Carnegie Hall, celebrates that night's marathon – two shows (7:30 and 11:30 p.m.) with ticket prices ranging from $3.50 to $6 – featuring Zappa (lead guitar, vocals) with Mark Volman (vocals, percussion), Howard Kaylan (vocals), Ian Underwood (keyboards, alto sax), Don Preston (keyboards, gong), Jim Pons (bass, vocals) and Aynsley Dunbar (drums).
Frank Peter Zimmermann (* 27. Februar 1965 in Duisburg) ist ein deutscher Violinist. Regelmäßige Kammermusikpartner sind die Pianisten Enrico Pace und Christian Zacharias, sowie der Cellist Heinrich Schiff. Seine Aufnahme des Doppelkonzertes von Brahms mit Heinrich Schiff erhielt den Deutschen Schallplattenpreis…
Frank Peter Zimmermann (* 27. Februar 1965 in Duisburg) ist ein deutscher Violinist. Regelmäßige Kammermusikpartner sind die Pianisten Enrico Pace und Christian Zacharias, sowie der Cellist Heinrich Schiff. Seine Aufnahme des Doppelkonzertes von Brahms mit Heinrich Schiff erhielt den Deutschen Schallplattenpreis…
Zappa: A Grandmothers Night at the Gewandhaus is a live album recorded at the 2003 “Strings of Fire” Leipzig festival by The Grandmothers, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the death of Composer Frank Zappa, in 1993.
Three of the legendary founders of the Mothers of Invention, and respectively today’s Grandmothers, were in Leipzig: Don Preston, Bunk Gardner and Roy Estrada. The fourth was Napoleon M. Brock. Ken Rosser and Chris Garcia joined as new Grandmothers to make up an energetic sextet. The first half of the concert presented Grandmother’s classics and new compositions which were given their world premiere at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. The second half of the concert presented Zappa classics from the time of The Mothers of Invention which were performed with members from the original Mothers.