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01. Gunnar Geisse - I. 1
02. Gunnar Geisse - I. 2
03. Gunnar Geisse - I. 3
04. Gunnar Geisse - II. 1
05. Gunnar Geisse - II. 2
06. Gunnar Geisse - II. 3
07. Gunnar Geisse - 1
08. Gunnar Geisse - 2
09. Gunnar Geisse - 3
10. Gunnar Geisse - 4
ARTIST
TITLE
Triptych
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
NEOS 12017CD NEOS 12017CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/2/2021

Why should one still compose a piano concerto in 2020? Hasn't this leading genre of absolute music exhausted itself for decades? Gunnar Geisse's Piano Concerto, which is premiered on the present CD, definitely adds a new facet to the genre, not certain whether it continues or breaks the genre. Although the piano can be heard as a solo instrument, accompanied by a variety of orchestral instruments, only one instrument was actually played on this recording, which in turn is not a piano but an electric guitar. Geisse developed the "laptop guitar", an extension of his main instrument (the electric guitar) to include the computer, which enables him to continue playing analogue on a digital level. He uses the software-supported real-time conversion of audio to MIDI data to control virtual instruments and samplers. Geisse titled this album Triptych. The last "panel" in this triptych, rhythm changes, follows the two movements of the piano concerto. The work does not focus on a soloist-orchestral arrangement but on the laptop guitar itself. Instead of an imaginary orchestra, Geisse uses a series of sampled materials. Allusions to romanticism are replaced by insights into Charlie Parker's "Anthropology".