Die „Messe de Requiem“ ist wohl international das bekannteste und am häufigsten aufgeführte Werk von Gabriel Fauré. Nachdem der Komponist sich in der ersten Fassung noch auf nur fünf Sätze und eine kleine Besetzung mit tiefen Streichern, Harfe und Orgel beschränkt hatte, erfuhr das Werk eine stetige Erweiterung bis hin zur Fassung für großes Orchester von 1900, die dieser Ausgabe zugrunde liegt.

During the production for this album, titled JAZZ SOUNDTRACKS FOR EMBALMING, it was not just the anxiety with creation of music, playing and recording, but with the investigation of many crimes and murders in order to get the best musical atmosphere to describe them. During the recording in 2017 and 2018 I have managed to talk with people who were and are committed to mental institution, some with criminal past, others who were abused. This brought a lot of much needed raw emotion to the album. Therefore, JAZZ SOUNDTRACKS is a fictional story inspired by real-life events and experiences. And last but not least, this album is truly “FILM WITHOUT PICTURE”.

Modest about his achievements yet authentically convinced about the role of his music in today’s world, Arvo Pärt (b. 1935) is today’s most performed “classical” composer.

Purcell’s The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a play not frequently performed in the late 17th century, nor very well regarded (“the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life” - Samuel Pepys’ diary, 1662).

A record work of unusual imprint and suggestive character. An evolution of different moods that each listener recognizes and can relive in a completely personal way. A succession of abstract stories kept within a spiral path that as soon as it seems to end its circle begins to turn again completely transformed.