07/25/2024
Huge congratulations to Tony Addison for winning Best Jazz Song at the 2024 Hollywood Independent Music Awards with the track Cool Breeze, from his Odradek Jazz album Relentless Pursuit! A sensational achievement. 🤩
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For 10 Years, ODRADEK RECORDS has been label of choice for authentically talented artists, producing original records with superb sound, stunning visuals, and well-crafted stories. Odradek Records is a democratic classical cooperative, non-profit and artist-controlled label and concert association, promoting new artists and fresh repertoire. Our dream is utopian: to separate music-making from mark
ets and create a just system of pure artistic meritocracy. Odradek Records is the first wedge of a larger project, proposing a new way to produce and enjoy classical music. We think that the current model undermines the true essence and significance of music. We think that a model centered on just a few big names, the great concert halls, a limited repertoire that is necessarily restricted by the bonds of popularity--a model that makes its selection of new young performers from the anti-musical system of competitions, the success of which is often obtained through extravagant histrionics rather than the correctness or subtlety of interpretation--and finally, a model that is subject to the exploitation of the marketplace, and which obliges the majority of musicians to pay enormous sums to record CDs, for which the profits then go largely to the record company, thus depriving many very worthy but not wealthy musicians from the possibility of recording--is not only a model that is far from art, but is a model that even itself is in crisis. Ideally, music just as other primary goods, should not fall subject to the markets. We know that in a strict sense, this is utopian, but it is precisely this tension towards an unreachable utopia that guides our project. Once production and distribution expenses are recuperated, all of our proceeds go directly to the artist. Odradek Records selects its artists solely through the criterion of utmost quality of the recording and the interest of the proposed program. We don’t want to exclude, but rather include: we are not interested if you have won important competitions or not, neither if you have performed in important halls or signed with major labels. We are not interested in your age or where you come from. The only thing that interests us is whether you play your instrument to a very high and professional level. With us you can record Chopin, but you can also record: Berio, Scelsi, Copland, Carter, Webern, Schoenberg, Ligeti, Kurtag, Ives, and many others. Our recording studio avails itself of the greatest technical instruments available today. The distribution of our CDs is guided by an innovative criterion of transparency and flexibility in setting prices. The rights of the composers and of the artist are protected by Creative Commons copyright (sometimes referred to as “copyleft” policy) because we want to render legal and free all those things that almost everybody already illegally does anyway. We consider that the distribution of our music is not a one way street, but instead a dialogue. Only the presence of an active public gives true life to an artistic product. In the comments section you can leave opinions, suggestions, and criticisms of our music and our project. If you want to you can sign up as a “Friend of Project Odradek”, indicating your name, your profession, where you are from, and why you support Project Odradek. Send us your thoughts on the state of music, culture, and the arts: we’ll publish them on our blog. If you like us, help us spread the word by linking to us from your blogs, sites, and through your social networks. Odradek Records does not only produce CDs. We are convinced that the truest fruition of music happens in live concerts. For this reason we organize itinerant music festivals, moving from city to city, to promote our disks and music. And finally, a word about our name: we borrow it from Kafka. Like the worried family man in Kafka’s tale, we are also worried. We are worried that music might become always more and more an odradek, an indefinable and incomprehensible being, whose voice sounds falsely, like the voice of one who is “without lungs”, a being without form, disturbingly replicating that which was once alive, that can plastically become whatever is wished for by those who posses the instruments of power and control. We wish for the cage-like railing surrounding the man of Kafka’s drawing to become instead an instrument to play - we would like to transform our prison into our liberty. We would like to restore music to its true role, that of artwork, and restore musical interpretation to its true function, the only one that opens itself towards the possibility of a future: that of a field of research. Welcome to Project Odradek.
07/03/2024
“Don't be fooled by the exquisite black-and-white artwork (by Tommaso Tuzj - Photo) reminiscent of certain 1920s German films, because the music inside is colorful.”
“A lighter chamber version tonally, but also clearer in the vertical development of the music and exalting the refined phrasing of Pina Napolitano’s piano. Merit also to be shared with the Wiener Concert-Verein masterfully conducted by Michael Zlabinger: the ensemble is tasty, illuminated by strong colors and most attentive in its interaction with the piano.”
“Christoph Filler... sings with firmness and conviction: his dark voice stands out in the lightness of the ensemble bringing out some truly fascinating tonal nuances.”
“The voice of the dove describing Waldermar's grief over Tove's death is in this recording effectively interpreted by Ida Aldrian: the Austrian mezzo-soprano has an almost noble poise in her singing, infused with a melancholy streak.”
Thanks to Emiliano Michelon at OperaClick for the excellent review!
Una delle peculiarità più interessanti della musica di Arnold Schoenberg è la sua continua capacità di sorprendere. Con il metodo seriale, in effetti, venendo quasi del tutto evitata la ripetizione, è pressoché impossibile per l'ascoltatore fare ricorso alla memoria, al già sentito; al ritorn...
05/30/2024
Odradek Records presents Liszt: Unrivalled, Vol. 2 🎹 -
American pianist and academic Michael Kaykov follows his first Odradek release, Liszt: Unrivalled, with Unrivalled Volume 2, an album devoted to the composer’s extraordinary late piano works. Underestimated at the time, Liszt’s late piano works are increasingly recognised as masterpieces of inno...
05/23/2024
Odradek Records presents Otro Barbieri, songs of Francisco Asenjo Barbieri 🎶 -
Winner of the Premio al Talento Artístico de Navarra 2022, Sofía Esparza is a soprano celebrated for her creamy lyricism, while Rinaldo Zhok has been acclaimed for his groundbreaking research into neglected Spanish repertoire. One of the most important composers in the history of Spanish lyric the...
05/17/2024
Odradek Records presents Altus, music by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert 🎶 -
Odradek Records presents Altus, music by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert in nuanced and idiomatic transcriptions for two guitars, arranged and performed by Babak Babaie and Vincenzo Giura. The guitarists, from Iran and Italy, met while studying in Austria, and have made their own historically-informed tr...
05/02/2024
Zehn Uraufführungen Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzinis, des bedeutenden Schweizer Komponisten, die den zehn Sinfonien Gustav Mahlers unmittelbar vorangestellt werden – das ist das weltweit einzigartige Vorhaben der Jenaer Philharmonie und ihres Generalmusikdirektors Simon Gaudenz.
01/04/2024
Questa sera alle 22.30 su Rai Radio3 Suite presenteremo l’album Kammerkonzert — Music of Arnold Schönberg.
L’album include, oltre alla Kammersymphonie op. 9, il Concerto per pianoforte op. 42, i vier Lieder op. 22 e il Lied der Waldtaube op. 57a, tutti in riduzione per ensemble da camera.
Buon anno a tutti, e buon Schoenberg 150! With
Christoph Filler, Ida Aldrian, Michael Zlabinger, Wiener Concert-Verein
01/02/2024
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TWMC for January 2024 🌍🌟🌎🌟🌏
Congrats, thanks for the music and happy new year!!️ 😍🙏🎶🎉
https://www.transglobalwmc.com/charts/january-2024-chart/
1. Batsükh Dorj · Ögbelerim: Music for My Ancestors · Buda Musique [4]
2. Koum Tara · Baraaim El-Louz · Odradek Records [1]
3. Bixiga 70 · V***r · Glitterbeat Records [3]
4. Shakti · This Moment · Abstractlogix MusicMedia [36]
5. Luzmila Carpio · Inti Watana / El Retorno del Sol · ZZK [2]
6. Idrissa Soumaoro · Diré · Mieruba [8]
7. Bombino · Sahel · Partisan [11]
8. Ary Lobo · Ary Lobo 1958-1966 · Analog Africa [-]
9. Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars · Chronika · Borscht Beat [-]
10. Mari Boine & Bugge Wesseltoft · Amame · By Norse Music [39]
11. Aga Khan Master Musicians · Nowruz · Smithsonian Folkways Recordings [6]
12. Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain · Double You · Bendigedig [5]
13. Ayfer Düzdaş · Kilomên Arxawûnê · Ayfer Düzdaş [13]
14. Ana Carla Maza · Caribe · Persona Editorial [7]
15. ÖKAN · Okantomi · Lulaworld Records [27]
16. Lenhart Tapes · Dens · Glitterbeat [26]
17. Les Mamans du Congo & Rrobin · Ya Mizolé · Jarring Effects [9]
18. Sidiki Camara · Return to the Traditions · Global Sonics [-]
19. Mo' Horizons · Mango · Agogo [10]
20. Mohammad Motamedi & Rembrandt Trio · Intizar · Just Listen [20]
21. Omiri · Ribatejo e Estremadura vol.II: Abrantes e Alcobaça · Repasseado [-]
22. Almir Mešković & Daniel Lazar · Family beyond blood · ALDA [-]
23. Santrofi feat. The Omniversal Earkestra · Deep into Highlife: Live in Berlin · Outhere Records [15]
24. L'attirail · Honorables Correspondants · CSB Productions [-]
25. La Sève · Chlorophylle · King Tao [-]
26. Leon Keïta · Leon Keïta · Analog Africa [14]
27. Mari Kalkun · Stoonia Lood / Stories of Stonia · Real World Records [12]
28. Okavango African Orchestra · Migration · Okavango African Orchestra [-]
29. Mokoomba · Tusona: Tracings in the Sand · Outhere [31]
30. Casapalma · Montañesas · Raso [-]
31. Emilia Lajunen · Vainaan Perua: Satavuotinen Sakka · Nordic Notes / CPL-Musicgroup [19]
32. Genticorum · Au Coeur de l'Aube · Genticorum [17]
33. Mama Sissoko · Live · Mieruba [-]
34. Carola Ortiz · Cantareras · Segell Microscopi [-]
35. Jono Heyes · Beehive · Asphalt Tango [33]
36. Times New Román · Jól Élünk · Times New Román [25]
37. Abdo Buda Marconi · Oltremura · Felmay [23]
38. Bicho Carpinteiro · Bicho Carpinteiro · Bicho Carpinteiro [-]
39. V.A. · Lost in Tajikistan · Riverboat / World Music Network [18]
40. Yungchen Lhamo · One Drop of Kindness · Real World [16]
KOUM TARA ANALOG AFRICA Aga Khan Music Programme OMIRI Santrofiofficial
11/29/2023
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👏First praises for our new album are here!
https://onlinemerker.com/cd-carion-in-c-carion-wind-quintett-carion-in-c-odradek-odrcd-442/
For our English readers, here is a sample:
" The CD "Carion in C" of the Wind Quintet is a fascinating journey through different epochs and styles of wind music. From the minimalist icon Terry Riley to the contemporary Latvian composer Renate Stivrina to the classics Mozart and Nielsen, this CD offers a varied and exciting selection of works for five wind instruments. The Carion Wind Quintet, known for its innovative and theatrical approach to chamber music, shows its versatility, virtuosity and creativity on this CD" " With this CD recording, the Carion Wind Quintet achieved an impressive performance that shows the variety and quality of wind music. The ensemble plays with great craftsmanship, expressiveness and originality, whereby it captures the essence of each work and offers the listener a diverse experience. The recording quality is excellent and the booklet is informative, elaborately designed. It contains interesting details about the works, the composers and the ensemble."
Thank you Dirk Schauß for a wonderful review!
10/22/2023
💥 Out now! https://www.odradek-records.com/release/koum-tara-baraaim-el-louz/
Koum Tara : Karim Maurice artistic direction, arrangements, piano, keyboards, intratonal carillonHamidou (Mohamed Hamam) voice, algerian mandole, banjo, derb...
10/22/2023
The exceptional Italian pianist Pina Napolitano, whose Odradek album Tempo e Tempi was selected as The Sunday Times 2020 ‘Best Contemporary Classical Album’, returns to Schoenberg, in whose music she specialises. With Michael Zlabinger conducting the musicians of the Wiener Concert-Verein, this release features Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto, Op. 42 in a new arrangement for 15 solo instruments by Hugh Collins Rice; the same forces used in Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony No. 1, and similar to those of his ‘Song of the Wood Dove’ from Gurrelieder, performed here by mezzo-soprano Ida Aldrian. Baritone Christoph Filler sings Schoenberg’s Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 22 in an arrangement for voice and piano quintet by Schoenberg’s son-in-law, Felix Greissle. These smaller-scale scores are in the tradition of Schoenberg’s own arrangements for chamber forces, made for his intimate and restrained society concerts in Vienna. The Wiener Concert-Verein is a chamber ensemble that began its life as the orchestra later to become the Vienna Symphony, members of which premiered Schoenberg’s Kammersymphonie Op. 9 and participated in the notorious Skandalkonzert of 1913.
https://www.odradek-records.com/release/pina-napolitano-kammerkonzert-music-of-arnold-schoenberg-odrcd340/
https://youtu.be/FZQVasfS7MM
Pina Napolitano, pianoIda Aldrian, mezzo sopranoChristoph, Filler baritoneWiener Concert-VereinMichael Zlabinger, conductorARNOLD SCHOENBERG1-4. Piano Concer...
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