Ingrid Laubrock - Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt: Music for Chamber Orchestra & Small Ensemble (2020) [Hi-Res]

The album Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt follows Ingrid Laubrock's landmark orchestral album Contemporary Chaos Practices from 2018 (Intakt CD 314). Ingrid Laubrock presents on this double album five compositions in double version. On the first CD, the EOS Chamber Orchestra Cologne interprets Laubrock's compositions. The soloists are Cory Smythe (piano), Sam Pluta (electronics), Robert Landfermann (bass), Tom Rainey (drums) and Ingrid Laubrock (saxophone). On a second CD of the double album a filigree ensemble around the core trio of Ingrid Laubrock, Cory Smythe, Sam Pluta and the guests Adam Matlock, Josh Modney and Zeena Parkins play the same five compositions. The two CDs of Laubrock's works contrast, diverge and complement each other. Ingrid Laubrock writes: “While the small-group versions were composed first, I did not just re-arrange those compositions for the orchestra but rather re-imagined them. As I wrote the large-scale pieces, I often zoomed-in on a detail in a small-group version to generate a materially different large-group piece.” As a whole, the two CDs paint fascinating musical panoramas, inspired by the composer's dream worlds, characterized by Laubrock's ability to compose and the individual colors and shades of the soloists.

DREAMT TWICE – CD 1 (track 1-5)
EOS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conductor: Susanne Blumenthal
Violin: Ségolène de Beaufond, Mayumi Sargent Harada, Alex Semeniuc Terese Pletkute, Volhar Hanchar, Christine Schäfer, Eva Csizmadia
Viola: Pauline Buss, Lydia Haurenherm
Cello: Mateusz Kwiatkowski, Tom Verbeke
Double Bass: Pierre Dekker
Flute: Roland Meschede
Oboe, English Horn: Anja Schmiel
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet: Blake Weston
Bassoon: Eugenie Ricard
Trumpet: Susanne Knoop
French-Horn: Chris Weddle
Trombone: Matthias Schuller
SOLOISTS:
Sam Pluta: Electronics
Cory Smythe: Keyboard
Robert Landfermann: Double Bass
Tom Rainey: Drums
Ingrid Laubrock: Saxophones

Recorded December 5 and 6, 2019, by Brigitte Angerhausen at Riverside Studios, Köln. Assisted by Nick Benoy. Mixed May 11-16, 2020, by Ron Saint Germain, at Saint’s Place. Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, Peekskill, NY.


TWICE DREAMT – CD 2 (track 6-10)
INGRID LAUBROCK SMALL ENSEMBLE
Ingrid Laubrock: Saxophones
Cory Smythe: Piano
Sam Pluta: Electronics
GUESTS:
Adam Matlock: Accordion
Josh Modney: Violin
Zeena Parkins: Electric harp

Recorded December 22 and 23, 2019, by Ryan Streber at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY. Mixed February 27-29, 2020, by Ron Saint Germain, at Saint’s Place. Mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk, Peekskill, NY.


CD 1 and CD 2:
Compositions and copyright by Ingrid Laubrock (PRS/MCPS). Recording produced by David Breskin and Ingrid Laubrock.
CD produced by Intakt Records, Patrik Landolt, Anja Illmaier, Florian Keller.