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Ensemble Modern

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Works written for the finest ensembles for voice and instrumental music, respectivelyThe pinnacle of contemporary music created by live playersThis is a collection of works written for two of the leading contemporary music ensembles, the Ensemble Modern and the SWR Vocal Ensemble, respectively. Both are world premiere recordings.The three-part a capella work “Gold Gold” uses a sensuous text by Arno Holz (1863-1929), a representative of German naturalism and literary modernism, and the SWR Vocal Ensemble’s flexible singing ability allows them to adapt to any complex layering of voices, and at times, like older religious vocal music, they can expand polyphonically to up to 24 voices. The SWR vocal ensemble’s flexible singing ability allows them to adapt to any complex layering of voices, and they sing beautifully in difficult pieces that sometimes expand polyphonically to up to 24 voices, as i