This recording was made live from June 27-29, 2022, at the Isarphilharmonie Munich, featuring Musicbanda Franui and the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
Instruments
Musicbanda Franui's unique instrumentation combines harp, zither, and dulcimer with wind instruments, violin, double bass, and accordion, creating a sound between a small folk ensemble and a large orchestra.
Performer Biography
Musicbanda Franui views itself as a "transformer station" between classical music, folk music, jazz, and contemporary chamber music.
Performer Biography
Musicbanda Franui, an ensemble whose members largely grew up in the East Tyrolean village of Innervillgraten, has been playing together in nearly the same lineup since 1993.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Gustav Mahler considered Carl Loewe, who died in 1869, a precursor to his own compositional form of the humoresque, despite differences in their approaches.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Both Carl Loewe and Gustav Mahler explored extreme emotional poles in their music, ranging from cheerfulness to tragedy, and joy of life to longing for death.
Interpretation
The arrangements on this album, by Markus Kraler and Andreas Schett for Mahler's works, and by Howard Arman for Loewe's, aim to elaborate on the composers' musical language, blurring lines between interpretation, improvisation, and recomposition.
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