Metamorphosen : Xincao Li / Vienna Tonkunstler Orchestra

Metamorphosen is the first of ten CDs in the Enjott Schneider edition released by WERGO: Many of Enjott Schneider's compositions refer to well-known works from music history or to the idiomatic stylistic tendencies of individual composers, in order to then create something new through metamorphosis as a creative response to tradition. It is a play with cultural sediments, a subjective commentary on existing forms and models. In this sense, the four compositions on this CD all refer to four historical models: At the Edge of Time is an homage to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Out of gestures and motifs from his Requiem, there arises a web of emotions melodically held together by the solo English horn, the traditional instrument of death and otherworldly lamentation.