Jazzrausch Bigband - Mahler's Breakdown [CD]

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: ACT9981-2
Barcode: 0614427998125
Release Date: 10 Nov 2023
Genre: Jazz

 “My fifth symphony is a cursed creation. Nobody gets it,” Gustav Mahler complained and revised the instrumentation of his work several times after its premiere in 1904.
 “It was written for techno big bands, even though they simply did not exist back then,” as Jazzrausch Bigband founder and bandleader Roman Sladek puts it with a wink.
 ‘Mahler’s Breakdown’ is the extraordinary arrangement of the band’s chief composer,
Leonhard Kuhn, and turns the symphony upside down: 110 years later, Mahler’s departure towards a new musical language is skilfully continued, just as his wish to fill the parts with soloists.
 In the 50-minute techno version of the ‘Sinfonia Maledetta’, as an Italian copyist expressed it, Jazzrausch Bigband unleashes its instrumental versatility and sheer momentum.
 Through their energetic improvisations, the 15 musicians take Mahler’s and Kuhn’s music into the here and now. A rave to enjoy listening to, a symphony to dance to.

Tracklisting
5. Sinfonie in cis-Moll
I. Trauermarsch
II. Stürmisch bewegt. Mit größter Vehemenz
III. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell
IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam
V. Rondo-Finale. Allegro – Allegro giocoso. Frisch
3. Sinfonie in d-Moll
I. Kräftig. Entschieden

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