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368: SARAH BUECHI. CONTRADICTION OF HAPPINESS + JENA PHILHARMONIC. The Paintress

Intakt Recording #368/ 2021

Sarah Buechi: Voice, Composition
Vincent Membrez: Piano
Wolfgang Zwiauer: E-Bass
Lionel Friedli: Drums
Estelle Beiner: Violin
Isabelle Gottraux: Viola
Sara Oswald: Cello

The Jena Philharmonic:
Simon Gaudenz: Conductor
Katharina-Viktoria Georgie, Heidrun Wenke, Johannes Tauber, Lydia Hug: Violin
Anne-Marei Holter, Oreto Vayá Chover: Viola
Alexander Wegelin: Violincello
Przemyslaw Bobrowski: Contrabass
Pia Scheibe: Flute
Jörg Schneider: Oboe
Vincent Nitsche: Clarinet
Manfred Baumgärtner: Bassoon
Robinson Wappler: Horn
Alexander Suchlich: Trumpet
Douglas Murdoch: Trombone
Bruno Osinski: Tuba
Reinhard Eichhorn: Timpani
René Münch: Percussion

Recorded September 28 – 30, 2020 at Volkshaus Jena, Germany.

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CHF 13.00 - CHF 30.00
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Format: Compact Disc
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They’ve taken to the skies – the chamber orchestra and the septet of Sarah Buechi – masterfully beyond all categorisation. The singer’s septet Contradiction of Happiness with piano, bass, drums and three string players is in itself already some- thing of a polyphonic and liberated orchestra. Sarah Buechi has expanded this ensemble with the chamber orchestra of the Jena Philharmonic. The success of the first performance was overwhelming and the recordings on this album, which also took place in Jena, enable one to experience and relive the playful ease with which this ambitious project was accomplished.
Classical intonation, Jazz vocalisations, chanting, microto- nes reminiscent of Indian music and Konnakol, rhythmic vocalisation – all these elements exist companionably in the compositions. "A music full of the joy of understanding," wri- tes German jazz journalist Bert Noglik in the liner notes, "of the flapping of the wings of the poetic in the joint flight of the septet and the orchestra."

Album Credits

Cover art: Conor Flynn O'Donnell
Graphic design: Jonas Schoder
Liner notes: Bert Noglik
Photo: Tina Peissker

Lyrics and compositions by Sarah Buechi (except "Stets i Truure", trad./arr. S. Buechi). Recorded September 28 – 30, 2020 at Volkshaus Jena, Germany. Recording engineer: Moritz Wetter. Mixed by Moritz Wetter at Hardstudios Winterthur 2021. Mastered by Michael Brändli at Hardstudios Winterthur 2021. Produced by Sarah Buechi and Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt, Anja Illmaier, Florian Keller. Published by Intakt Records.