CD1
1. Dialogue des deux Roses (2005) for 2 sopranos, mezzosoprano, countertenor, 2 baritones and violoncello 16:28
Text: Edmond Jabès
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart; Olivier Marron, cello
2. Himmeln (2007) for soprano solo 12:42
Text: Felix Philipp Ingold
Claudia Barainsky, soprano
3. Echoes (2000) for mezzosoprano, bass flute, basset horn, violin, viola, violoncello 13:43
4. The Edge (1994) for mezzosporano, clarinet, violoncello, piano, playback 12:52
5. Numbers (2000) for mezzosporano, alto flute, Oboe d’Amore, basset horn, violin, viola, violoncello, Hackbrett 14:54
Text: Robert Creeley
Tehila Nini Goldstein, mezzo-soprano; KNM Ensemble Berlin
6. Paradoxes of Love (1987) for soprano and soprano saxophone 7:24
Text: Hadewijch
CD2
1. Aus der Bibliothek des Meeres (2006) for soprano and soprano saxophone 5:03
Text: Tomas Tranströmer
2. vertont (2007) for soprano and soprano saxophone 4:00
Text: Felix Philipp Ingold
Sheva Tehoval, soprano; Magda Łapaj, soprano saxophone
… vergebens sind die Töne … [I, II] (2015–16) for baritone and piano
3. Stern [I] 3:19
4. Schatten [I] 1:05
5. verbannt [I] 1:57
6. überAll [I] 6:52
Text: Mikhail Lermontov
7. Wespe [II] 2:33
8. Wabe [II] 1:15
9. Klang [II] 1:02
10. Segel [II] 2:07
11. Emaille [II] 2:02
Text: Ossip Mandelstam
Peter Schöne, baritone; Jan Philip Schulze, piano
12. Dialogue des deux Roses (2005, new version 2011) for 2 sopranos, mezzosoprano, countertenor, 2 baritones, Baroque flute, Baroque violin, 2 Viola da Gamba 13:43
Text: Edmond Jabès
Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart; Meitar Ensemble
13. Das irakische Alphabet [original version] (2005) 12:30
Text: Joachim Sartorius
Natalia Pschentschnikowa, voice & bass flute; Stefan Bartling, bordun
14. Self-Forgetting / Selbstvergessen (1982/92) 13:30
for the Merce Cunningham Company dance “Change of Address” (1992)
Text: Meister Eckhart
David Tudor, harmonium & voice; Takehisha Kosugi, violin & voice; D’Arcy Gray, almglocken & voice; John D. S. Adams, tuned glasses & voice
CD3
Freunde. Schalkhäusser-Lieder (1979–84)
1. Muckn-Blues – Mosquito Blues 2:22
2. Carol’s Dream 2:22
3. Ami-Schicks 2:45
4. Geburtstagsgrüße – Birthday Greetings 1:47
5. Die Gitarre blieb liegen – The guitar was left there 4:08
6. Drums weg 1:56
7. Der Aztekenstein – The Aztec Stone 2:01
8. Miss TL 1:04
9. Über das einzelne Weggehen – Going Alone 2:12
10. Forty Chords for Jon 1:49
11. Krikel Krakel – Scribble-Scrabble 2:00
12. Sang 3:06
13. Quasi Swazi 3:33
14. Thumbstraße 68 2:39
15. Kein Tanzbär mehr sein – No longer a Dancing Bear 4:28
16. Zwischen den Stühlen – Between the Chairs 2:29
17. Iich moch di fei immer nu – I Still Like You 2:39
18. Kehraus-Galopp – Last Dance Galopp 0:37
Walter Zimmermann, voice & piano; Gabriele Emde, harp & electronics; Gerd Leibeling, electric guitar & concertina; Guido Conen, drums & glockenspiel
Voces is a collection of rare recordings documenting many of Walter Zimmermann’s compositions for voices from 1979–2016. The words set to music range from Meister Eckhart and Hadewijch to Michail Lermontov, Ossip Mandelstam, Edmond Jabès, Tomas Tranströmer, Felix Philipp Ingold and Robert Creeley (with Creely’s voice accompanying the musicians).
Performers include: Claudia Barainsky, Tehila Nini Goldstein, Sheva Tehoval / Magda Łapaj, Peter Schöne / Jan Philip Schulze, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, KNM Ensemble, Walter Zimmermann and Band and the musicians of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company with David Tudor, Takehisha Kosugi, D’Arcy Gray, John D. S. Adams.
A rare recording from 1982 was recently discovered: “Freunde/Friends” sung and played by Zimmermann and his rock/pop/new music band during their U.S. Tour in Los Angeles, showing a very different musical side of Walter Zimmermann.
This deluxe 3-CD set comes with a 144-page book containing the complete song texts (with translations) and essays by Albert Breier and Christopher Fox. Lavishly illustrated with photos and art by Nanne Meyer. Packaged in a slipcase.