Credits:

Telemann / Lauzer / Lussier

Description:

The Beatles and Purcell - British melody makers meet after 400 years The Lauten Company's 2010 release of Timeless, an album with music by Philip Glass [1937-] and Tarquinio Merla [c.1594-1665], is "an An exciting journey through time, a fascinating idea! Here, two worlds, more than 300 years apart and thousands of kilometers apart, meet. You might think that's a big contrast, but the recordings show a surprising number of similarities" (NDR Kultur), won the Echo Classical Award for "Ensemble of the Year," received excellent reviews worldwide, and was an international bestseller. It was an international bestseller and received excellent reviews worldwide. Since then, "Biber and Piazzolla," "Dufay and Philip Glass," "Satie and Scheidt," and other fascinating ideas combining ancient and modern music, have been performed by the musical director Wolfgang Kachner & Lauten Company, whose motto of "creating original crossover albums" has allowed the company to surprise contemporary users.The album "Time Travel" is the latest album based on such a concept, with legendary Beatles hits encountering the music of the most famous English Baroque composer, Henry Purcell. Arranged for the original instruments of the Lauten Company, the album bridges the 17th and 20th centuries. With saxophonist Asha Facheeva as guest player, the program features Beatles' famous tunes and Purcell's famous operatic and dramatic tunes at random. Arrangements are by cellist and composer Bo Wyget and music director Wolfgang Kachner, who exquisitely convey the charm of the original songs without lyrics. The similarities between The Beatles and Henry Purcell are not only their "British origin," "high popularity," and "musical diversity," but also their ability to create melodies that instantly grab the ear and heart. At a concert at the Erb Philharmonie in Hamburg that featured the same material as this album, the audience was impressed by the "seamless fusion of Purcell's and the Beatles' music.... It is difficult to combine the old with the new in a more skillful way, but all of this is organic and logical, without any arbitrary elements.The entire ensemble creates the pure joy of making finely divergent music" (Hamburger Arbendblatt) and was highly acclaimed. Saxophonist Asya Facheyeva, who performs with the orchestra, is a young and upcoming performer who, after winning the 2012 German Music Competition, achieved the historic feat of being the third prize winner of the 2014 Adolf Sachs International Competition, the first woman to win the prize, She has lived in Germany since 2005. She studied at the Cologne University of Music with Daniel Gauthier and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Claude Drangle. He was tenor saxophonist of the Ariage Quintet, but now focuses on solo performance. He has won numerous accolades for his exploration of different styles and eras with classical and jazz musicians. Sony Music