Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – The Paintress (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – The Paintress (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:58 minutes | 993 MB | Genre: Classical
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They’ve taken to the skies – the chamber orchestra and the septet of Sarah Buechi – masterfully beyond all categorisation. The singer’s septet Contradiction of Happiness with piano, bass, drums and three string players is in itself already something of a polyphonic and liberated orchestra. Sarah Buechi has expanded this ensemble with the chamber orchestra of the Jena Philharmonic. The success of the first performance was overwhelming and the recordings on this album, which also took place in Jena, enable one to experience and relive the playful ease with which this ambitious project was accomplished.

Classical intonation, Jazz vocalisations, chanting, microtones reminiscent of Indian music and Konnakol, rhythmic vocalisation – all these elements exist companionably in the compositions. “A music full of the joy of understanding,” writes German jazz journalist Bert Noglik in the liner notes, “of the flapping of the wings of the poetic in the joint flight of the septet and the orchestra.”

Tracklist:
01. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – Creation (07:37)
02. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – Lullaby (for Conan) (08:29)
03. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – C-Void 91 (07:26)
04. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – Lion Heart (05:40)
05. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – Precious Stone (08:38)
06. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – Stets I Truure (04:01)
07. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – Hungry Crocodiles. (07:03)
08. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – T.A.S. Mani (04:41)
09. Sarah Buechi Contradiction of Happiness & Jena Philharmonic – Nobody Knows (the future I’ve seen) (06:18)

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