File under: Contemporary Modern Chamber Music

Thomas Larcher

Name: Thomas Larcher – The Living Mountain
Brand: ECM Records
SKU: ECM 2723, 485 8784, ECM NEW SERIES 2723, ECM NEW SERIES 2723
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The Living Mountain

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*2025 stock* Austrian composer Thomas Larcher’s new album features premiere recordings of three strongly contrasting works. The Times has hailed Larcher’s music as a world “of haunting landscapes and dreams, stylistically disparate but fused by the composer’s astonishing ear and quizzical attitude to traditional forms”, a description borne out by the compositions here. The Living Mountain, for soprano and ensemble, draws upon the memoir of the Scottish poet and nature writer Nan Shepherd. Unerzählt is an intimate song cycle for baritone and piano, deploying texts of German writer W.G. Sebald. And Ouroboros, named for the serpent of eternity, is a powerful piece for cello and chamber orchestra. Recorded in Munich and Weerberg in 2021 and 2022 and produced by Manfred Eicher, The Living Mountain is the fourth New Series album of Larcher’s compositions.

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File under: Contemporary Modern Chamber Music

Cat. number: ECM 2723, 485 8784, ECM NEW SERIES 2723, ECM NEW SERIES 2723

Year: 2023

Format

The Living Mountain

for soprano and ensemble (2019–20)

Ouroboros

for violoncello and chamber orchestra (2015)

Unerzählt

for baritone and piano (2019–20)

The Living Mountain

Texts selected from "The Living Mountain" by Nan Shepherd

Der lebende Berg

Texte aus: Nan Shepherd, Der lebende Berg. Eine Huldigung der Cairngorms

Unerzählt

Texte aus: W.G. Sebald, Unerzählt, © Carl Hanser Verlag München/Wien 2003

The Living Mountain / Ouroboros

recorded June 2021

Bavaria Musikstudios, München

Unerzählt

recorded May 2022

Gemeindezentrum Weerberg

An ECM Production

℗ 2023 ECM Records GmbH (on disc)

Printed in Germany

Release notes

The Living Mountain for soprano and ensemble (2019–20) Ouroboros for violoncello and chamber orchestra (2015) Unerzählt for baritone and piano (2019–20) The Living Mountain Texts selected from "The Living Mountain" by Nan Shepherd © Nan Shepherd, 1977. Reproduced by permission of Canongate Books Ltd. Der lebende Berg Texte aus: Nan Shepherd, Der lebende Berg. Eine Huldigung der Cairngorms Aus dem Englischen von Judith Zander © 2017 MSB Matthes & Seitz Berlin Unerzählt Texte aus: W.G.…

Tracklist

The Living Mountain
1	Introduction	0:32
2	At First, Mad To Recover The Tang Of Height	2:22
3	As I Reach The Highest Part Of My Dark Moor	2:15
4	In September Dawns I Hardly Breathe	3:00
5	Once, On A Night Of Such Clear Silence	4:02
6	Further Up, It Is All Snow	2:40
Ouroboros
7	Allegretto	9:26
8	Allegro Infuriato	2:51
9	Adagio Ma Non Troppo	6:27
Unerzählt
10	Plinius Sagt	1:50
11	Die Roten Flecken	2:31
12	Wenn Die Blitze Herabfuhren	2:25
13	Gleich Einem Hund	1:05
14	Am 8. Mail 1927	2:57
15	Mitten Im Schlaf	1:12
16	Venezianisches Wachspräparat	1:02
17	Es Heißt, Daß Napoleon	2:10
18	Aus Dem Vorderschiff Des Gehirns	1:25
19	Blaues Gras	0:53
20	Zuletzt Werden Bloß Soviel Überbleiben	3:50
21	So Glitt Ich Lautlos	1:07
22	So Wird, Wenn Der Sehnerv Zerreißt	1:34

Credits

Thomas Larcher: Composed By
Sascha Kleis: Design
Christoph Franke: Engineer [Tonmeister]
Friederike Gösweiner: Liner Notes [German, English]
Awoiska van der Molen: Photography By [Cover Photo], Photography By [Liner Photos]
Richard Haughton: Photography By [Liner Photo (6)]
Manfred Eicher: Producer [Produced By]
Judith Zander: Text By ["Der Lebende Berg", Aus dem Englischen Von (Booklet)]
ECM Records: Text By ["Unerzählt", All English Translations (Booklet)]
Geoffrey C. Howes: Text By ["Unerzählt", All English Translations (Booklet)]