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The Living Mountain

Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Aaron Pilsan (piano), Luka Juhart (accordion), Munich Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano), Clemens Schuldt

The Living Mountain

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Consistently engaging music from a composer who says what he needs to say.

The Living Mountain

Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Aaron Pilsan (piano), Luka Juhart (accordion), Munich Chamber Orchestra (chamberorchestra), Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Andrè Schuen (baritone), Daniel Heide (piano), Clemens Schuldt

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About

Austrian composer Thomas Larcher's The Living Mountain features premiere recordings of three strongly contrasting works. The Times has hailed Larcher's music as a world "of haunting landscapes and dreams, stylistically disparate but fused by the composer's astonishing ear and quizzical attitude to traditional forms", a description borne out by the compositions here. The Living Mountain, for soprano and ensemble, draws upon the memoir of the Scottish poet and nature writer Nan Shepherd.

Unerzählt is an intimate song cycle for baritone and piano, deploying texts of German writer W.G. Sebald. And Ouroboros, named for the serpent of eternity, is a powerful piece for cello and chamber orchestra.

Contents and tracklist

I. Introduzione
Track length0:29
II. At First, Mad to Recover the Tang of Height
Track length2:23
III. As I Reach the Highest Part of My Dark Moor
Track length2:16
IV. In September Dawns I Hardly Breathe
Track length3:00
V. Once on a Night of Such Clear Silence
Track length4:00
VI. Further Up Is All Snow
Track length2:42
I. Allegretto
Track length9:25
II. Allegro infuriato
Track length2:50
III. Adagio ma non troppo
Track length6:27
I. Plinius sagt
Track length1:50
II. Die roten Flecken
Track length2:31
III. Wenn die Blitze herabfuhren
Track length2:26
IV. Gleich einem Hund
Track length1:05
V. Am 8. Mai 1927
Track length2:57
VI. Mitten im Schlaf
Track length1:13
VII. Venezianisches Wachspräparat
Track length1:01
VIII. Es heißt daß Napoleon
Track length2:11
IX. Aus dem Vorderschiff des Gehirns
Track length1:28
X. Blaues Gras
Track length0:53
XI. Zuletzt werden bloß soviel überbleiben
Track length3:52
XII. So glitt ich lautlos
Track length1:10
XIII. So wird wenn der Sehnerv zerreißt
Track length1:34

Awards and reviews

  • International Classical Music Awards
    2024
    Nominated - Contemporary Music

November 2023

Consistently engaging music from a composer who says what he needs to say.
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