Spark - Wild Territories (2015) [Official Digital Download 24/44]

The ECHO-winning group Spark pursues the logical development of its wholly personal sound in the space between Post Classical, Minimal music and Avant-garde. Virtuosic and unfettered, the five young musicians move between the poles of contrasting musical worlds and eras and forge tradition and innovation into a thrilling new sonic experience attuned to the zeitgeist. The album title tells a story. These are five young artists determined to chart virgin musical territory, confound convention and give free rein to their imagination. Together they conjure up a luxuriant rainforest that spreads its fronds from baroque times to the present day.


'Wild Territories' is the plunge into cold water, the playing with fire, the lust for adventure. Abounding energy and unbounded delight in music-making characterize the way in which flautists Andrea Ritter and Daniel Koschitzki, violinist Stefan Glaus, cellist Victor Plumettaz and pianist Mischa Cheung attack their pieces, performing without a safety net or a false floor. They are constantly driven to the verge of the technically possible. But that is the very attraction for these five musicians. They want to do what the album title says: go wild, strike sparks, set new frontiers and make intensive contact with themselves and their listeners. Welcome to the wild territories of Spark, the classical band!

TRACKLIST

Kamran Ince (1960-):
01. Songs in Other Words: Folk Song (01:57)

Chiel Meijering (1954-):
02. When the Cock Crowed His Warning (04:51)
03. Candybox (03:58)
04. Silver Falls in the Heart of the Forest (03:22)

Kamran Ince (1960-):
05. Obsession (01:00)
06. Restless (01:05)

Chiel Meijering (1954-):
07. Cruiser (03:18)

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741):
08. Concerto "Alla rustica" in G Major, RV 151: I. Presto (01:24)

Kamran Ince (1960-):
09. Songs in Other Words: Agitation (02:07)

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767):
10. Concerto in E Minor, TWV 52:e1: IV. Presto (02:46)

Kamran Ince (1960-):
11. Songs in Other Words: Venetian Gondola Song (04:40)

Chiel Meijering (1954-):
12. Beyonce (04:36)

Kenji Bunch (1973-):
Alpha Dog:
13. I. Lively (04:49)
14. II. Moderate (06:14)
15. III. Interlude - Fast (04:05)

Kamran Ince (1960-):
16. Lost Happiness (00:33)
17. Dance of Rebels (02:23)

Johannes Motschmann (1978-):
18. Encore (06:52)

PERSONNEL
Andrea Ritter, recorder
Daniel Koschitzki, recorda, melodica
Stefan Glaus, violin, viola

Victor Plumettaz, cello

Mischa Cheung, piano