Buch Der Sterne/Book of Stars - Wilfried Hiller (2CD+Pocket Score)

Description: Buy new directly from the label:the projectWe are surrounded and embraced by stars peacefully circling around our world. Even to people of today, the night sky exerts a profound influence. We may even secretly believe in the music long said to emanate from this overwhelming silence. Those of us who have the fortune of knowing the stars can find answers to their innermost questions. Wilfried Hiller's BUCH DER STERNE / BOOK OF STARS is a result of such a dialogue.Wilfried Hiller developed his own personal dialogue with the stars early in his childhood. He knew as a child how his parents had communicated over long distances by gazing at Alkor, the little rider of the second star in the handle of the Big Dipper. As a teenager he was fascinated by the world of Greek mythology, the stories of which are littered in the stars. As an adult he experienced the proximity of the stars from the coast of Turkey, later from his refuge on the Aegean island of Phournoi. Astronomical aspects are present, openly or hidden, in many of his works.BUCH DER STERNE / BOOK OF STARS is a documentation of his personal study of the constellations and of the efforts of humans of all times and places to make sense of what is written in this vast nocturnal mirror of anthropomorphic dreams. Fantasies become sound and the kaleidoscopic poetry of masked games.BUCH DER STERNE / BOOK OF STARS is founded on the principles of order and mass, acknowledging the power of numbers. Without sacrificing the individual characters of the sometimes quite stormy pieces, the 72 miniatures are arranged with great care. Each piece is associated with one particular musically gravitational note; fortuitously, Hiller could ascribe one of the 88 keys of the piano to each constellation of the northern and the southern hemisphere. Simultaneously, the traditional emphasis on the constellations of the Zodiac is reflected in an ascending cycle of fifths, beginning on D1.Wilfried Hiller's own personal impulse glows through everything, whether contemplative or speculative. In many of the pieces, particularly the more formally far reaching constellations, he describes scenes from real life. A wonderful example is the drama of Perseus and Andromeda. Initially, a curtain seems to rise, into which is delicately but threateningly woven the W motif of Cassiopeia. Andromeda must suffer a horrible punishment because of her mother's arrogant speeches. But then Perseus leaps into a fierce battle with the monster Cetus, while her father Cepheus watches silently and passively. Hiller's music is a gripping description of all this, focussing on the battle with Dionysian fervour.So rich in sonic ideas is BUCH DER STERNE / BOOK OF STARS, and rich in secrets. The latter must never be revealed, and the former cannot adequately be enumerated. It is safe to say, however, that even in the smallest Bagatelle Hiller was entirely concentrated on finding a truthful representation of the spirit of each constellation. the artist/composerThe young, much-in-demand German pianist Silke Avenhaus appears as soloist and in chamber concerts. Her concerts have taken her throughout Germany as well as to the UK, France, Holland, Norway, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Hungary and the USA. She has played in venues such as the Berliner Philharmonie, the Philharmonie and Herkulessaal in Munich, the Semperoper Dresden, St. Martin-in the-Fields and the Wigmore Hall in London, the Salle Gaveau in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and various festivals througout Europe.Silke Avenhaus was born in Karlsruhe, took her first recorder lessons in Vienna at the age of five and attended her first piano lessons at the age of six. Still young she won numerous competition and was awarded a scholarship by the Edwin Fischer Fund.Her teachers included Anna Stadler, Klaus Schilde and Bianca Bodalia. She also benefitted from studying with György Sebök at Indiana University in Bloomington, USA.tracklist CD 1 1MENSALacaille auf dem Tafelberg / Lacaille on Table Mountain4'46"2ERIDANUSFluß der Tränen / River of Tears4'11"3ORIONWilhelm Herschel beobachtet den Orion / Wilhelm Herschel observes Orion5'33"4AQUILADer Adler des Zeus / The Eagle of Zeus1'52"5CRUXDas Kreus des Südens / The Southern Cross2'05"6ARIESDas goldene Vlies/ The Golden Fleece1'27"7CANIS MAIORDer Höllenhund Zerberus / The Hellhound Cerberus1'00"8CENTAURUSDer weisse Cheiron / The White Cheiron1'39"9ARADer Perle von Chrysomilea / The Pearl of Chrysomilea3'52"10SAGITTADer Pfeil des Herkules / The Arrow of Hercules0'29"11PAVODie hundert Augen des Argos / The One-Hundred Eyes of Argos1'51"12DORADODer Goldfisch / The Goldfish0'49"13TAURUSDer verliebte Stier / The Amorous Bull2'50"14BOOTESOchsentanz / The Dance of the Ox1'12"15TRIANGULUMDelta der Venus I / Delta of Venus I1'04"16LEPUS ET CORVUSDer Hase und der Rabe / The Hare and the Raven0'33"17SCULPTORDer Bildhauer Rudolf Wachter (nach einem Gedicht von Ulla Muth) / The Sculptor Rudolf Wachter (after a poem by Ulla Muth)1'49"18HOROLOGIUMDie Pendeluhr des Joseph Haydn / Joseph Haydn's Pendulum Clock1'09"19DRACODer gefrorene Drache / The Frozen Dragon0'38"20GEMINIWurrawarra, der tasmanische Tiger / Wurrawarra, the Tasmanian Tiger1'53"21URSA MAIORAlkor, Stern der Sehnsucht / Alkor, the Star of Desire6'42"22TUCANADer Volgel auf der Kleinen Magellanschen Wolke / The Bird on the Small Magellanic Cloud1'30"23CRATERTrinklied nach Franz Schubert / Drinking Song after Franz Schubert1'11"24AURIGATarot VII / Tarot VII1'33"25APUSDer Paradies Alastair / Alastair, the Bird of Paradise0'42"26ARGODas Schiff der Argonauten / The Ship of the Argonauts5'58"27CANCERMelodie im Spiegel / Melody in Mirrored Reflection2'01"28VULPECULADer kleine Fuchs und die Gans / The Little Fox and the Goose0'18"29SCUTUMDer zerbrochene Schild des Archilles (Fragment aus Fragmenten ) / The Shattered Shield of Archilles (Fragment of Fragments)1'16"30PEGASUSDas geflügelte Pferd / The Winged Horse3'41" Total time: 67'23" CD 2 1PERSEUS ET ANDROMEDADie Versteinerung / The Petrification4'35"2LEODer Schlaf des Herkules in der Höhle des Löwen / The Sleep of Hercules in the Lion's Den2'29"3HYDRUSDie männliche Wasserschlange / The Male Watersnake0'22"4GRUSTotenklage des Kranichs/ The Crane's Lament2'13"5PISCIS VOLANSDer fliegende Fisch / The Flying Fish1'22"6CANES VENATICIDie Jagdhunde des Bootes / Boote's Hunting Dogs0'15" COLUMBADie Taube der Argonauten / The Dove of the Argonauts 7 a) Bei Windstille / During Calm1'12"8b) Bei böigem Wind / In Gusty Wind1'26"9PICTORDer Mahler Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610) / The Painter Adam Elsheimer (1578-1610)1'27"10VIRGOPersephones Klagegesang / Persephone's Lament3'09"11HYDRADie weibliche Wasserschlange / The Female Watersnake0'25"12LUPUSDer Wolf und die Plejaden / The Wolf and the Peiades1'53"13MONOCEROSDas Einhorn von Bomarzo / The Unicorn of Bomarzo1'09"14OPHIUCHUS ET SERPENSDer Äskulap-Stab und die Schlange / The Staff of Aesculap and the Serpent2'59"15SEXTANSDer Sextant / The Sextant1'04"16LIBRADie Waage (Tarot VIII) / The Balance (Tarot VIII)1'58"17CORONA BOREALISDie Krone der Ariadne (Tarot XVII) / The Crown of Ariadne (Tarot XVII)1'55"18CORONA AUSTRALISDie südliche Krone / The Southern Crown1'13"19COMO BERENICESDas Haar der Berenike / The Hair of Berenice1'29"20DELPHINUSDer Gesang des Arion / The Song of Orion1'57"21CYGNUSDer verliebte Schwan / The Amorous Swan1'39"22SCORPIUSDer Wächter des Unterwelttores I / The Sentinel of Hades I1'50"23INDUSMelodie des Indianers / Melody of the Indian2'14"24LEO MINORSchlarflied für einen kleinen Löwen / Lullaby for a Baby Lion1'38"25CAMELOPARDALISGiraffengalopp / Galloping Giraffe1'00"26PHOENIXPhönix / Phoenix2'07"27SAGITTARIUSDer Wächter des Unterwelttores II / The Sentinel of Hades II1'46"28EQUULEUSDie Pferdekopfbüste / The Bust of a Horse's Head1'38"29LACERTADie Eidechse von Chrysomilea / The Lizard of Chrysomilea0'43"30TRIANGULUM AUSTRALEDelta der Venus II / Delta of Venus ??1'04"31LYNXDie Luchsaugen des Hevelius / The Lynx Eyes of Hevelius1'32"32CAPRICORNUSDas Schofar von En Gedi / The Shofar of En Gedi1'04"33CANIS MINORDer kleine Hund / The Lesser Dog0'40"34CHAMAELEONDas Chamäleon / The Chameleon0'50"35PISCIS AUSTRINUSDer Einsame / The Solitary1'18"36MUSCADie Fliege oder der Bumerang / The Fly or the Boomerang0'26"37AQUARIUSDie Steine des Deukalion/ The Stones of Deucalion1'40"38URSA MINORSchlarflied für einem kleinen Bären / Lullaby for a Little Bear0'43"39PISCESVenus und Amor / Venus and Cupid1'01"40LYRAa) Die Leier des Heinrich I. F. Biber / The Lyre of Heinrich I. F. Biber1'23"41LYRAb) Skordatur im Wasser / Scordatura in the Water1'57"42HERCULESHerkules / Hercules2'06" Total time: 67'55"

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