| Dieter Ammann says about himself that he works extremely slowly; sometimes he just manages to finish one bar a day, sometimes he isn’t moving ahead at all because he has scruples about putting down the next note. It goes without saying that you can’t do a lot of commissions in this way, and yet Ammann has still created a small, easy-to-grasp and expressive oeuvre over the past twelve years. This slow creative process not only seems to be inconsistent with the very lively and highly gestural musical language at first, on the face of it it also seems to be inconsistent with the background of this composer, who as an active musician grew up with jazz and rock and above all improvised music as well. — Thomas Meyer
Total Time 63:51
Recorded at DRS Radiostudio 1 Zürich by Hans Ott (4–6) and Andreas Werner (1–3 & 7); Recordingdates: (1 & 2) on September 14, 2002, (3) on September 4, 2002, (4–6) on September 3, 2002 and (7) on September 12, 2002. CD-Master by Peter Pfister; Liner notes by Thomas Meyer; Graphic concept by fuhrer vienna; Produced by ensemble für neue musik zürich; Executive Production by Werner X. Uehlinger.
With kind support by Willy A. und Hedwig Bachofen-Henn Stiftung Basel, Kuratorium Aargau, Neue Aargauer Bank, Radio DRS2 and special support by Stefan Zwicker.
2005, Edition of 3000 CD’s. |
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