Composer: Martin Christoph Redel
Performer: Hiroko Arimoto, Friedhelm Flamme, Felix Brucklacher, Heidrun Holtmann, Nicole Pieper, Trio Jean Paul, Ulf Schneider, Martin Löhr, Eckart Heiligers
Orchestra: NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover
Conductor: Michel Tabachnik
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Genuin
Catalogue: GEN22760
Release: 2022
Size: 247 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. BrucknerEssay, Op. 31
02. Schattenlinien, Op. 53
Im Verborgenen, Op. 77
03. No. 1, Einmal nur
04. No. 2, Passage
05. No. 3, Verborgen
06. No. 4, Trost
07. No. 5, Darum
08. No. 6, Reigen
09. No. 7, Abzüge
10. No. 8, Offenes Geheimnis
11. No. 9, Im Verborgenen
12. Gefangene Augenblicke, Op. 82
13. Chiaroscuro, Op. 97
14. Nachtstück, Op. 96
This Genuin portrait of Martin Christoph Redel depicts a composer’s life, encompassing a wide variety of genres and instrumentations. The composer himself made the selection of works dating from 1982 to 2020. From the Bruckner-Essay to fine piano music, the present album looks at Redel’s oeuvre that integrates techniques and genres of the past without disavowing his contemporary tonal language. Some of the works by the trained percussionist and composer, who was rector of the Detmold University of Music from 1993 to 2001, have political references. They reveal a creator who does not see himself as an isolated artist in an ivory tower but as a human being in society. A rewarding voyage of discovery!