Carmina Burana Today
Candens Lilium:
Sabine Lutzenberger – voice
Philipp Lamprecht – voice, percussion
Albrecht Maurer – fiddle, rebec
Norbert Rodenkirchen – medieval flutes
Les Haulz et les Bas:
Gesine Bänfer – shawm, bagpipes
Hanna Geisel – shawm
Ian Harrison – shawm, bagpipes
Norbert Rodenkirchen
Artistic director
Nemu Records nemu 025 - 12 tracks
total time 41:43 - 2021
Great early music musicians play rare finds from the medieval source. A very varied album with many facets and some never recorded pieces from the collection of Carmina Burana.
Remember Yatra
Albrecht Maurer
Albrecht Maurer - violin
Charlie Mariano - soprano & alto saxophone
Christopher Dell - vibraphone
Christian Ramond - double bass
Klaus Kugel - drums, percussion
Nemu Records nemu 024 - 7 tracks
total time 67:20 - 2017
These recordings are a rarity as well as an important milestone along my own life’s path. They were recorded at a small festival in the backcountry near Cologne. Acting on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and the local music and arts school, I organized the festival, called the Lohmarer Jazz Festival, including programming the entire lineup. My contribution in that year, 1997, was dedicated to the theme “Jazz Meets the World”. I was preoccupied with Indian music and had read Joachim-Ernst Berendt’s writings about the Yatra Festival in India which is now considered a cradle of World Music.
Barlaam & Josaphat
Ensemble Dialogos
Katarina Livljanic - vocals, direction
Norbert Rodenkirchen -
Medieval transverse flutes, harp
Albrecht Maurer - Gothic fiddle, rebec
Arcana A458 / outhere music - 12 tracks
total time 67:20 - 2017
Brlaam & Josaphat is a unique new experience: a multimedia e-book in French and English is included on this CD. It tells the story of Barlaam & Josaphat and guides the listener/reader through one of the most fascinating labyrinths of the medieval world. Through the rich and original video, audio and iconographic material, it opens the doors to the artistic creative process that transformed a medieval story into a musical representation.
Crossover Bagdad Köln
Bassem Hawar & Albrecht Maurer
Bassem Hawar - djoze, kamanche
Albrecht Maurer - baroque violin, viola, rebec, lyrics, voice
Nemu Records nemu 021 - 9 tracks
total time 67:20 - 2017
Crossover Baghdad Cologne makes the musical origins of both artists audible, approaching the respective other cultural area with an inner wanderlust. As much as Albrecht Maurer and Bassem Hawar differ in their ornamentation and musical socialization, they empathize with each other and constantly invent new details in the moment.
Fly to Alhambra
Kerstin de Witt & Albrecht Maurer
Kerstin de Witt - recorders
Albrecht Maurer - fiddle, voice, frame drum
Nemu Records nemu 020 - 12 tracks
total time 67:20 - 2017
Fly to Alhambra, a composition by Albrecht Maurer, becomes the starting point for a journey through time and space in this program. Flamenco, Balkan folklore and the timbres of the Silk Road combine virtuously in Maurer's score to form a unified tonal language.
Clarinet Summit
Peryy Robinson - Clarinet
Theo Jörgensmann - Clarinet
Gianluige Trovesi - Clarinet
Bernd Konrad - saxophone, clarinet
Albrecht Maurer - violin
Sebastian Gramss - double bass
Günter 'Baby' Sommer - percussion
Annette Maye - clarinet (track 9)
Jazzwerkstadt JW 172 - 9 tracks
total time 67:20 - 2017
"In a relaxed friendly atmosphere and in an area of tension between jazz and new improvised music, the group gave four successful concerts. The Frankfurt concert was recorded and can now be heard on this CD. In addition to these recordings from Frankfurt, the CD includes a piece recorded in Düsseldorf in 2016, on which Perry Robinson and Gianluigi Trovesi were unable to perform and were replaced by Cologne clarinetist Annette Maye.
Hymnen an die Nacht
Theo Jörgensmann & Albrecht Maurer
Theo Jörgensmann - clarinet
Albrecht Maurer - viola, voice
Nemu Records nemu 019- 09 tracks
total time 51:10 - 2017
"The Hymns to the Night by Novalis, the Romantic poet par excellence, are the poetic expression and culmination of this movement. Novalis speaks of a poetry of night and twilight. The magic, depth and complexity of his language inspired Theo Jörgensmann and Albrecht Maurer to use extracts from Hymns to the Night for their musical journey..." (from the liner note by Beate Bartlewski)
Oratories and Songs
The Reviere Ensemble
Music by Kent Carter
Laura Tejeda Martin - voice
Christine Bopp - trombone
Albrecht Maurer - violin
Katrin Mickiewicz - viola
Kent Carter - double bass
Emanem, 5042 Spanien,
total time 56:24 - 2016
The project heard on this CD resulted from a commission from the Festival des Nuits Romanes, which organizes performances and concerts in Romanesque churches in the Southwest of France. In 2008 this was given to Company DMI of which Kent Carter is the musical director. ( Danse Musique Image ), The resulting multimedia show 'FIRE SHADOW' was performed in three churches that year – excerpts can be seen and heard at here.
Fantasm
Albrecht Maurer, Mat Maneri , Lucian Ban
Albrecht Maurer - violin
Mat Maneri - viola
Lucian Ban - piano
Nemu Records nemu 015 - 09 tracks
total time 54:34 - 2015
Maurer Ban and Maneri collaborated for the first time on Lucian Ban's Enescu Re-Imagined. This CD contains excerpts from a live concert in 2012 (Aura, Twin Rivers, Last Steps and Ok,Now) and a studio session in 2013 at the Loft in Cologne.
Loplop´s Call
Albrecht Maurer & Norbert Rodenkirchen
Albrecht Maurer - violin, viola, voice
Norbert Rodenkirchen - transverse flute, alto flute
Nemu Records nemu 013 - 12 tracks
total time 53:00 - 2013
With a variety of fiddles and flutes, Albrecht Maurer and Norbert Rodenkirchen continue the flying dialogue of wind and bird, detached from the earthiness of a rhythm section. As in their earlier Nemu release Hidden Fresco, they draw inspiration from the visual arts - in this case from the painter, sculptor and collagist Max Ernst. Nou Dadoun (from the line notes)
Judith (DVD+CD)
Ensemble Dialogos
Katarina Livljanic - vocals, direction
Norbert Rodenkirchen -
medieval transverse flutes, dvojnice
Albrecht Maurer - Gothic fiddle, lyrica
Alpha Records 2013
DVD und CD Box
A Biblical Story from Renaissance Croatia
Based on Judita by Marko Marulic (Venice, 1521)
Film directed by Radislav Jovanov Gonzo,
Sound engineer, editing, producing and mastering: Jean-Marc Laisné Filmed in the church Saint Donat in Zadar, September 2010 Coproduction: Croatian National Television, Ensemble Dialogos, Alpha Productions
Pata On The Cadillac
Norbert Stein
Norbert Stein - tenor saxophone
Michael Heupel - flutes
Nicolao Valiensi - euphonium
Ryan Carniaux - trumpet
Georg Wissel - alto saxophone
Albrecht Maurer - violin
Joscha Oetz - double bass
Christoph Haberer - drums
Pata Music 2012
Saxophonist and composer Norbert Stein's new ensemble has the perfect density of melodies to pick up speed on a cross-border journey, presenting a mature balance between polished arrangements and plenty of room for spontaneity and interactivity.
Melencolia
Theo Jörgensmann & Albrecht Maurer
Theo Jörgensmann - g-low clarinet
Albrecht Maurer - violin, viola
Nemu Records nemu 011 - 10 tracks
total time 53:00 - 2011
Theo Jörgensmann and Albrecht Maurer have been present for many years in various formations of the German and European improvisation scene. These recordings document for the first time their duo playing in the intimate setting of the Topaz Studio in spring 2011 as well as in the epilogue "live" in concert.
Enesco Re - Imagined
Lucian Ban & John Herbert
Lucian Ban - piano
Mat Maneri - viola
Raliph Alessi - trumpet & flugelhorn
Albrecht Maurer - violin
Tony Malaby - saxophones
Badal Roy - tablas
John Herbert - double bass
Gerald Clever - drums
Sunny Side Records 2010
These recordings document a live performance in September 2009 at the George Enesco Festival in Bucharest, which was broadcast live on Romanian radio and television.
Summer Works
Rivière Composers`s Pool
Theo Jörgensmann - Bassettklarinette
Albrecht Maurer - Violine, Stimme
Kent Carter - Kontrabass
Etienne Rolin - Basset Horn, Querflöten
Emanem 5301, London 2010, 3 CD Box
These recordings document duo, trio and quartet instrumentation recorded in the summer of 2009 at MAD Produktion Studios as well as in concert in Sierre in Charente. 3 CD Box
Jink
Trio Hot
Albrecht Maurer - Violine, Stimme
Theo Jörgensmann - Bassettklarinette
Peter Jacquemyn - Kontrabass, Stimme
Nemu Records nemu 008 - 12 tracks
total time 60:00 - 2008
"Albrecht Maurer, Theo Jörgensmann, Peter Jacquemyn - three experienced improvisers, exceptional soloists who create earthy music on JINK and are not afraid of confrontation with or complexity of their instruments. An entire universe - uniquely that of TRIO HOT." (Philippe Elhem, Brussels)
Intersections
Kent Carter String Trio
Albrecht Maurer - Violine
Katrin Mickiewicz - Viola
Kent Carter - Kontrabass
emanem 4130 - 9 tracks
total time 69:00 - 2006
"Legendary bassist Kent Carter's broad musicality is about much more than simply dabbling within fleeting interests, as evident on this quasi-chamber jazz session. Repeated listens tend to divulge newfound surprises here. " (Glen Astarita, All About Music)
Hidden Fresco
Albrecht Maurer & Norbert Rodenkirchen
Albrecht Maurer - Gotische Fidel
Norbert Rodenkirchen - Mittelalterliche
Traversflöten, Lyra
Nemu Records nemu 004 - 12 tracks
total time 58:53 - 2006
"The recording quality is among the best I’ve heard; cranked at a decent volume, one literally feels as though in a hall with the pair. One can almost sense the bodily movement of the players, so real is the sound and the space it occupies.“ (Clifford Allen - All About Jazz)
Mars
Syntopia Quartet
Albrecht Maurer - Violine
Claudio Puntin - Klarinetten
Dieter Manderscheid - Bass
Klaus Kugel - Percussion, Klangobjekte
Nemu Records nemu 001 - 9 tracks
total time 64:16 - 2005
The Syntopia Quartet formed in 2004, and immediately released their first concert as a debut CD. It attracted worldwide attention and was listed in the top 10 in various jazz charts. In addition to more than 50 radio features, it is also featured on iTunes on the front page of Genre Jazz. In addition, numerous articles appeared in the relevant journals.
Movietalks
Albrecht Maurer Trio Works
Wolter Wierbos - Posaune
Benoît Delbecq - Piano
Albrecht Maurer - Violine
JazzHausMusik JHM 119 - 9 tracks
total time 58:06 - 2002
"MOVIE TALKS" is the name of this collection, in which I take various films as sources of inspiration. Their dramaturgy, their atmospheric content or also free associations that ignite from them are implemented musically, both as 'ideas' of musical themes and conceptually in terms of improvisational progressions.
European Echoes Sampler
Theo Jörgensmann, Albrecht Maurer, Klaus Kugel, Christopher Dell, Kent Carter,
Denis Colin, Benoît Delbecq, Barre Phillips, Christian Ramond, Bobo Stenson, Wolter Wierbos, Christine Chapman,
Camilla Hoitenga, Bernhard Kösling, Anja Schmiel
BEV Music AG 2303016-2 - 13 tracks -
total time 76:34 - 2000
Four concerts were realized under the title European Echos at the Erholungshaus Leverkusen. The sampler documents this series and gives an overview of the richness of a new creative genre.
Syntopia
Albrecht Maurer Trio Delight
Meike Herzig - recorders
Ludger Singer - clavichord, didgeridoo
Albrecht Maurer - violin
cmn classical music network 001
7 tracks - total time 61:53 - 2001
Trio Delight combines old traditions with new visions, tried and tested experiences with a fresh spirit of exploration. Unconventional sound combinations, ancient and non-European instruments, archaic playing styles and novel techniques combine to create a journey through space and time: Trio Delight aims to connect historically and geographically separated playing styles with forward-looking musical forms.
Juillaguet Collection
Kent Carter & Albrecht Maurer
Albrecht Maurer - violin
Kent Carter - double bass
emanem 4033 - 9 tracks
total time 60:00 - 1999
Here is ameeting of two masters of improvisation that is always stimulating. Both are at home in the most diverse styles, creating a compelling collection of different interactions. Many people will be captivated by the uniqueness of the sound and the incredible beauty of this music. (Steven Loewy From Cadence magazine August 2000 Canada)
