Malte Gide

The Austrian composer Wilhelm Kienzl (1857–1941) – also a pianist, conductor, musicologist and writer on music – enjoyed the esteem of his contemporaries particularly for his vocal music. But his star has waned over the past century, and only a handful of his 238 songs have had recent recordings. In style they range from the simple and folk-like to the dramatic and quasi-operatic; their harmonic world likewise embraces both the diatonic and chromatic, with hints of the influence of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner and a foretaste of later composers. The four song-cycles recorded here treat the grand themes of life: love, loss, death and man’s interaction with nature.

Both Founding members of the ZOOT collective, Saxophonist Thomas Gomez and Guitarist Clément Trimouille introduce their first record “Out for Delivery”. Accompanied by one of the finest parisian rhythm section, this quartet invites you to discover a repertoire of original compositions, reminiscent of Bebop and the Great American Songbook.

The Austrian composer Wilhelm Kienzl (1857–1941) – also a pianist, conductor, musicologist and writer on music – enjoyed the esteem of his contemporaries particularly for his vocal music. But his star has waned over the past century, and only a handful of his 238 songs have had recent recordings. In style they range from the simple and folk-like to the dramatic and quasi-operatic; their harmonic world likewise embraces both the diatonic and chromatic, with hints of the influence of Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Wagner and a foretaste of later composers. The four song-cycles recorded here treat the grand themes of life: love, loss, death and man’s interaction with nature.

On this Album, the well-known Kika presenter painted Arkona as an "orchestra detective" to a young audience. In a radio play with the NDR Radiophilharmonie from Hanover, he undertook one of the most famous works of classical music: the Fifth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven.

They offer such interesting blends of timbre that one wonders why they have become so rare on concert stages in the meantime: Songs that are accompanied not only by the piano, but also by another instrument.