PORTRAIT
IN SHELLAC
Kolkowski
Solo |
Preis
/ Price :
15.08 €
Bestell-Nr.
/ Purchase Order No. : ASC CS CD40
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| Aleksander
Kolkowski |
solo
Stroh violin & gramophone
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| Portrait
in Shellac (2000) for Stroh violin & gramophone (01. - 07.) |
32:44 |
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01.
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Vorspiel:
In Sanssouci - Marschlied |
04:04 |
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02.
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Origins
of Jazz |
05:13 |
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03.
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Odeon
Männer |
02:48 |
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04.
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Estrellita
- zärtlich |
04:08 |
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05.
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Mou..ha..lo..ha..Ka..wa..wa |
02:26 |
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06.
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Fats
Surprise Imagined |
06:48 |
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07.
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The
Nevsky Train after Gardiner |
07:17 |
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08.
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Wasserhimmel
(2000)
for Stroh violin and tape |
14:48 |
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09.
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The
Bihor Apostle (2000)
for violonfón |
02:29
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10.
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Robin
Hayward: Crank Start
Crank Start (2000) for Stroh violin |
09:50 |
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Total
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59:51 |
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Produced
by ASC Records, Macclesfield, Cheshire (England), SK11 8)
Recorded during September, October & November 2000 @ Tonus
Arcus Studio, Berlin (Germany)
Executive Producer: Aleksander Kolkowski
Recording Producers: Aleksander Kolkowski & Dietrich
Petzold
Digital Recording & Mix: Dietrich Petzold
Digital Editing & Mastering: Dietrich Petzold & Aleksander
Kolkowski
Photos: Anja Fuchs
Design: Anja Fuchs, Steve Plews
Liner Notes: Aleksander Kolkowski
© GEMA 2000
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published in June 2001 |
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PORTRAIT
IN SHELLAC is the first disc of its kind: a solo C.D.
of new compositions and improvisations featuring the rarely
seen or heard Stroh violin, accompanied by it's begetter:
the wind-up gramophone. In addition to programme notes, the
12-page booklet gives a detailed history of this fascinating
instrument.
The Stroh is distinguished by its large aluminium horn and
diaphragm amplification system that replaces the hollow body
and soundpost of a conventional violin. It was invented by
John Matthias Augustus Stroh in London - 1899, for the early
horn gramophone and phonograph recording studios, as normal
stringed instruments were insufficiently directional. The
Stroh's construction is based on the same principle as the
sound box and horn of a gramophone.
The sweet nostalgic tone of the Stroh is combined with the
surface noises of heavily worn maltreated and modified 78
r.p.m. shellac discs, as well as sounds from the gramophone
mechanism itself in a seven-part musical assemblage. Many
new sounds and techniques of playing are incorporated that
are not possible on a conventional fiddle. Also appearing
on this recording is the Transsylvanian Violinofón - a folk
instrument based on the Stroh violin still made today in a
remote region of Romania.
The London born, Berlin based violinist and composer Aleksander
Kolkowski calls on a varied international career in new and
experimental music and music-theatre. He is principally known
as an improviser, having appeared in major festivals worldwide
and on numerous CD releases with leading artists. This is
his first solo C.D. which also features Crank Start, specially
composed for him by the British composer Robin Hayward where
the Stroh violin also closely imitates the mechanical sounds
of a wind-up gramophone.
Excerpt from the Booklet:
(...) But perhaps the most surprising is its huge potential
for experimental music-making: Capable of producing a variety
of unusual sounds that are quite impossible on a conventional
violin, the Stroh is a gift to the adventurous player and
composer. Many of these sounds can be heard on this recording
and are created by new, self-developed playing techniques
presented here for the first time on CD.
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Aleksander
Kolkowski
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