'At first glance, it seems remarkable that present-day musicians allow themselves to be inspired by a literary work that seems so remote from our time as does the epic poem Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto, written from 1505 onwards. Orlando's world, in a constant state of upheaval, reveals in its multi-layered nature far more analogies to the present-day realities of life than might appear at first glance. For this reason, Ariosto's broad literary area of experience can ultimately be used as a mirror into which we may look in order to better understand the enigmatic moments of our own present-day world while having recourse to the aids of artistic reflection. The conception of the Schizzi di Orlando Furioso is to be understood as this kind of glance into the mirror: Beatrice Zawodnik (oboe, English horn), D.M. Visotzky (alto saxophone), Barry Guy (double bass), Brice Pauset (harpsichord), and Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (organ) allow themselves to be stimulated by Ariosto's verses to create a multifarious succession of 26 short pieces for solo, duo, trio and quartet combinations. Their essential elements include the collision of varying idioms and stylistic traits resulting from the respective areas of activity of the participating musical personalities. Due to this type of action, opposing areas of musical discourse -- namely those of the New Music, jazz and the sacred realm -- enter into relationships with each other or overlap each other, resulting in a multi-layered texture at times having the effect of a labyrinth.'
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D.M. Visotzky alto saxophone
Beatrice Zawodnik oboe/English horn
Barry Guy double bass
Brice Pauset harpsichord
Leonardo Garcia Alarcon organ
[01] Schizzo I (Canto XV 82,83) 03:17
double bass
[02] Schizzo II 03:47
oboe and double bass
[03] Schizzo III 03:44
oboe, alto saxophone and double bass
[04] Schizzo IV 02:56
oboe, alto saxophone, harpsichord and double bass
[05] Schizzo V (Canto XXIII 128) 02:00
organ
[06] Schizzo VI 01:39
oboe, alto saxophone and organ
[07] Schizzo VII 02:42
alto saxophone and double bass
[08] Schizzo VIII 03:10
alto saxophone, harpsichord double bass
[09] Schizzo IX 02:57
oboe, harpsichord and double bass
[10] Schizzo X 01:51
oboe, alto saxophone and organ
[11] Schizzo XI 02:43
oboe, alto saxophone and organ
[12] Schizzo XII 02:25
oboe and alto saxophone
[13] Schizzo XIII 02:24
oboe and organ
[14] Schizzo XIV 02:06
oboe, alto saxophone and organ
[15] Schizzo XV (Canto XXXIV 65) 02:19
harpsichord
[16] Schizzo XVI 02:22
oboe, alto saxophone and harpsichord
[17] Schizzo XVII 02:32
harpsichord and double bass
[18] Schizzo XVIII 01:11
oboe and harpsichord
[19] Schizzo XIX 02:29
oboe, alto saxophone and harpsichord
[20] Schizzo XX 01:48
alto saxophone and double bass
[21] Schizzo XXI 01:51
oboe, alto saxophone and organ
[22] Schizzo XXII 02:22
oboe, alto saxophone and harpsichord
[23] Schizzo XXII 02:17
oboe, alto saxophone and organ
[24] Schizzo XXIV 03:01
oboe, alto saxophone, harpsichord and double bass
[25] Schizzo XXV 01:19
alto saxophone and double bass
[26] Schizzo XXVI (Canto XV 82,83) 05:07
double bass
total time: 66:27
