Dominik Susteck – Touching Universes (2022) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

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MACH (DO) is the title of a cycle of pieces for solo instruments which Eres Holz began in 2011 with a virtuoso trumpet solo and which now comprises nine pieces, with live electronics added since the clarinet piece of 2016. MACH! is both an exhortation and an homage to the physicist Ernst Mach. The unit of measurement that bears the latter’s name is still used to indicate the speed of supersonic aircraft – a suggestion of the difficulty of the pieces. MACH, as written in the score of the organ piece, is “a kind of invitation to do that which is not trivial”.All the pieces in the cycle draw from a repertoire of virtuoso techniques and expressive figures specific to the respective instruments which have developed over the course of musical history. The harp, for example, features deep, bell-like bass tones and glittering arpeggios, the cello has double stops signifying the greatest intensity, and the accordion part is written in a full-bodied playing style comparable to the sound of an organ. The electronics initially amplify the sound – for example through reverberation effects and subtle changes of colour – but then increasingly transform the sound production. We still hear the typical features of each instrument’s language, but their intensity is now heightened to the ecstatic, the instruments speaking in foreign tongues, as it were. The individual, imprisoned in himself, seeks to go outside himself by all possible means, to communicate himself to the world. It is, as the composer puts it, “about communication, about the search for empathy”, about “overcoming loneliness”, somehow getting through to the outside world, even through “a scream” if necessary.

Tracklist:

1-1. Dominik Susteck – Prolog [Live] (00:07)
1-2. Dominik Susteck – I-a [Live] (04:10)
1-3. Dominik Susteck – II-a [Live] (02:46)
1-4. Dominik Susteck – III-a [Live] (01:43)
1-5. Dominik Susteck – IV [Live] (08:20)
1-6. Dominik Susteck – III-b [Live] (01:00)
1-7. Dominik Susteck – I-b [Live] (02:30)
1-8. Dominik Susteck – II-b [Live] (02:09)
1-9. Dominik Susteck – Epilog [Live] (01:09)
1-10. Anna Viechtl – I. Die Resonanz ist kein Echo des Selbst. Ihr wohnt die Dimension des Anderen inne. Sie bedeutet Zusammenklang (09:09)
1-11. Anna Viechtl – II. Die Wiederholung ist ein unzerschleißbares Kleid, das fest und doch zart anschließt, weder drückt noch schlottert (03:42)
1-12. Anna Viechtl – III. Apprendre par cœur. Allein Wiederholungen erreichen offenbar das Herz (04:57)
1-13. Anna Viechtl – IV. Nur ein kontemplatives Verweilen ist fähig zum Schluss (04:17)
1-14. Zoé Cartier – I. Die Tür zum Glück, zum Heil, zur Rettung, zur Selbstverwirklichung geht nach außen auf (06:50)
1-15. Zoé Cartier – II. Um ein Echo zu bekommen, muß man einen leeren Raum vor sich haben (07:27)
1-16. Zoé Cartier – III. Nur wer in Angst war, findet Ruhe (01:50)
1-17. Zoé Cartier – IV. Es braucht mehr Mut, zu vergessen, als sich zu erinnern (02:48)
1-18. Silke Lange – I. Sehr schnell, mit Leidenschaft (06:26)
1-19. Silke Lange – II. Mysteriös, sphärisch (10:37)
2-20. Asasello Quartett – I. — (05:17)
2-21. Asasello Quartett – II. — (07:07)
2-22. Asasello Quartett – III. — (03:12)
2-23. Asasello Quartett – IV. — (02:53)
2-24. Asasello Quartett – V. — (07:21)
2-25. Claudia von Hasselt – I. Eine frau will ich mir nehmen (06:12)
2-26. Claudia von Hasselt – II. Diese dünste die nach mutter riechen (08:06)
2-27. Claudia von Hasselt – III. Ah! (01:57)
2-28. Ensemble Aventure – I. Archaisch, geheimnisvoll (03:49)
2-29. Ensemble Aventure – II. Tänzerisch, mit Fantasie (05:33)
2-30. Ensemble Aventure – III. Magisch (04:41)
2-31. Ensemble Aventure – Touching Universes and Ends (18:05)

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