Walter Zimmermann: Skies – Works for Viola Solo

原始简介

‘The music of the future will have to be simple, transparent, naked.’ Ludwig Wittgenstein's thought could serve as a motto for Walter Zimmermann's solo works for viola. The album brings together key compositions that unfold extraordinary intellectual and tonal depth through radical reduction. At the centre is Die Sorge geht über den Fluss I + II (The Care Crosses the River I + II) – recorded in its entirety for the first time. Taula (2003), inspired by Raimundus Lullus, also combines ascending and descending movements of thought in music that balances order and freedom. Quattro Coronati (1999), composed in Rome, reflects on historical and contemporary upheavals – and offers a quiet sign of hope with the image of the apple tree attributed to Luther. Finally, Sha-ma-yim – Skies (2016) opens up the horizon: in shimmering flageolets and ascetic lines, the sky becomes the inner resonance space of the instrument. Julia Rebekka Adler performs these works with technical precision and spiritual insight. Recorded in the acoustic expanse of the Andreaskirche Berlin-Wannsee, the recording preserves transparency, breath and silence. ‘Skies’ is music as spiritual contemplation – clear, concentrated and of quiet intensity.