Enjott Schneider - Time Travels (Gabriel Venzago)

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Composer: Enjott Schneider

• Silk Road (Concerto for sheng and orchestra)
• Siddharta (Concerto for saxophone and orchestra)
• The Bells (for orchestra)
• Brandenburger Remixed (for trumpet, flute, oboe, violin and harpsichord)
• Am Bodensee (for orchestra)

Wu Wei, sheng

Christoph Enzel, saxophone

Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet

Constance Sanier, flute

Michael Küttenbaum, oboe

Kyoko Tanino, violin

Christian Nagel, harpsichord

Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz

Gabriel Venzago, conductor

Date: 2023

Label: Solo Musica

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Description

Music has the ability to bring different historical eras to life, making them feel vivid and present in the current moment. Exactly four centuries prior to this recording, William Byrd (1543–1623) died, and here, he is resurrected through the magnificent tribute piece, The Bells. Similarly, Brandenburger Remixed was composed as a tribute to the 300th anniversary of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 2; its legendary virtuoso trumpet part remains an outstanding benchmark for all trumpet soloists today. The saxophone concerto, Siddharta, was composed in 2021 to mark the centenary of the first edition of Hermann Hesse’s novel, acclaimed by millions, in which, Hesse so unprecedentedly aptly described a living Buddha who takes us back some 2,500 years into the past. Finally, Silk Road refers to Marco Polo, probably the most prominent explorer, who died exactly 700 years ago in January 1324 in his birthplace Venice. Let’s bring back all these places and times with the colourful sound world of these Time Travels to experience them all over again.

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Enjott Schneider (born 1950 in Weil am Rhein) is a German composer, musicologist and educator. He studied music and humanities at Freiburg, earning a doctorate under Hans-Heinrich Eggebrecht. Schneider held academic posts in Freiburg and Munich, and later taught composition in Regensburg. He gained prominence in the 1980s as a leading film composer, scoring major German television series and films. His diverse output spans symphonies, operas, concertos and organ works, often blending styles from classical to rock. A prolific author and studio founder, he has received numerous prestigious awards for his music.

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Gabriel Venzago (born 1990 in Heidelberg) is a German conductor. Studied in Munich and Stuttgart, he began his career as a répétiteur and assistant at the Baden-Baden Easter Festival. He held positions in Hildesheim and Schwerin, then became First Kapellmeister at Salzburg Landestheater. Venzago has conducted notable productions and collaborated with leading orchestras internationally. He assumes the title of General Music Director in Mainz in the 2025/26 season while continuing as Chief Conductor in Konstanz. Known for his creativity and leadership, he is recognized as a rising figure in the European classical scene.

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