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Rebecca Saunders: Solo

Klangforum Wien (performer), Florian Müller (performer), Björn Wilker (performer), Andreas Lindenbaum (performer), Krassimir Sterev (performer), Sophie Schafleitner (performer), Joonas Ahonen (performer)

Rebecca Saunders: Solo

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This is the latest in Klangforum Wien’s lockdown ‘Solo’ series, with works for one performer. Each track – performed by a different instrument – plays with silence and extreme dynamics in a...

Rebecca Saunders: Solo

Klangforum Wien (performer), Florian Müller (performer), Björn Wilker (performer), Andreas Lindenbaum (performer), Krassimir Sterev (performer), Sophie Schafleitner (performer), Joonas Ahonen (performer)

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This is the latest in Klangforum Wien’s lockdown ‘Solo’ series, with works for one performer. Each track – performed by a different instrument – plays with silence and extreme dynamics in a...

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Everything is already here. I simply provide a frame, a context. The world is so saturated with noise. To filter out the nuances, or to exclude certain fragments, stands at the beginning of my work process. But its not the beginning of a piece. - Rebecca Saunders Solo pieces occupy an important place in Rebecca Saunders oeuvre, since at least during the preparation period, the composers solitude is transformed into a dialogue with the soloists with whom she seeks a close collaboration; the sheer physicality of their playing providing a source of lasting inspiration to the composer. She deeply explores the world of the sounds, offering a declaration of love to the respective instrument, soloist or to music in general. This album is part of Klangforum Wiens Solo 5-CD series of recordings of pieces for one performer, which is the ensembles response to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

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Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    July 2026
    Critics' Choice 2021

May 2021

This is the latest in Klangforum Wien’s lockdown ‘Solo’ series, with works for one performer. Each track – performed by a different instrument – plays with silence and extreme dynamics in a deliciously eerie way.

December 2021

Rebecca Saunders’s ‘Solo’ album, featuring the wonderful Solitude for cello, was a real standout for me.
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