Schleich, Ute
Colors Of Christmas
In search of beautiful and interesting contemporary Christmas works for solo recorder, Ute Schleich spoke with composers and asked them to write original pieces related to Christmas or Advent. Variations on Advent or Christmas carols were also welcome. The following composers participated in this project:?Christine K. Brückner, Diana Cemeryte, Violeta Dinescu, Ulli Götte, Barbara Heller, Olga Magidenko, Katerina Pinosova-Ruzickova, Karel van Steenhoven, Tina Ternes, and Anja Weinberger. This collaboration resulted in beautiful, highly interesting, and diverse works that are available both on CD and as sheet music. Recorder player Ute Schleich, together with sound engineer Michael Jaeckel, recorded the brand-new pieces, and she is also the editor of the sheet music edition published by Pan Verlag (Pan 473). The compositions are now being released for the first time on the CD COLORS OF CHRISTMAS, under the conditura label. The CD is distributed by Timezone (TZ 2726). The compositional styles range from traditional variations to film music, from free associations based on old Advent or Christmas melodies from the 15th/16th centuries to experimental fragments. The works feature various types of recorders, from soprano to bass. The result is an engaging, highly interesting, and truly unique Christmas CD that is definitely worth listening to.