Besser du redest nicht weiter darüber: 30 Lieder von Alexander Wolf nach Gedichten von Wolf Wiechert

Featuring

Maria Bernius
Sergey Korolev
Renate Kaschmieder
Maximilian Argmann
Uwe Schenker-Primus
Mathis Koch

Alexander Wolf

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Album & Artwork

The album title, "Besser du redest nicht weiter darüber" (Best not talk about this anymore), reflects the artists' belief that their songs are provocative and might irritate some listeners.

Compositional Technique

The composer Alexander Wolf incorporates literal musical quotations from masters like Boccherini, Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven into the poems, creating a dialogue with the verses.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alexander Wolf's compositional credo, as quoted by Berthold Auerbach, states that "Music alone is the universal language and does not need to be translated, through music soul speaks to soul."

Composer Biography

Wolf Wiechert, the poet, fled from East Germany and later studied German philology and history in Heidelberg, where he encountered the work of Friedrich Hölderlin.

Composer Biography

Alexander Wolf, the composer, is also a pastoral advisor and church musician for the Catholic diocese of Würzburg, with a focus on sacred music in his compositions.

Recording & Production

The album concludes with three short character pieces, "Poeta laureatus," "Esperanza," and "Epilog," which are instrumental and described as a bridge to Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Songs Without Words.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Alexander Wolf and poet Wolf Wiechert aim to evoke "eternity" through their short, intense songs, which they describe as "condensed" and "concentrated fleeting moments."