Credits:

Malec / Kijewska / Zolnierczuk

Description:

The Asambura-Ensemble, founded in 2013 in Hannover, is composed of musicians of various nationalities and integrates diverse styles (the ensemble's name, Asambura, is an anagram of the Tanzanian Usambara Mountains ( Asambura is an anagram of the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania). They interpret classical music in dialogue with non-European musical cultures and the avant-garde, developing new perspectives on their own culture, where exotic sounds, melodies, and rhythms meet European classical and contemporary music. Composer Maximilian Guth (b.1992), creative director of the Asamblea Ensemble, reinterprets and re-creates Schubert's masterpiece "Winterreise" in this unique album. An ensemble including various ethnic instruments and singing in German and Farsi depict the "Winterreise" in a new way. Against the backdrop of a contemporary society in which many refugees are homeless, the album opens up a new perspective by linking Schubert with Persian poetry and music about strangeness and loneliness. Tokyo M-Plus