SiGNALE
Rarely performed and newly composed repertoire by Japanese and European women composers
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GEN 25900 EAN: 4260036259001
4.4.2025EUR 18,90
With her new album Signale (Signals), released on the GENUIN label, organist Kerstin Petersen performs rarely played and newly composed repertoire by Japanese and European women composers. Together with Ada Namani (gong), Lin Chen (percussion), and narrator Cornelius Gebert, she creates refined soundscapes that seamlessly blend virtuosity with meditation and trance, opening fascinating listening spaces for contemporary music. This album features the world premiere recordings of works by Alyssa Aska, Siegrid Ernst, Ana Szilágyi, Rikako Watanabe, and Ruth Wiesenfeld. A unique journey into extraordinary soundscapes!
Cover picture © Ruth Wiesenfeld, mixed media on paper, 15 x 15cm, 2024
05.07.2025: Nominated for the German Record Critics Award, Longlist 3/2025
nmz HörBar
"Rarely has a compilation of works by different composers and with different demands unfolded such a consistently captivating power as this album. This is thanks to the truly impeccable recording technique, but above all to the works themselves and their performance by the ensemble with Kerstin Petersen." Review by Martin Hufner, May 25, 2025
Kerstin Petersen Organ
Lin Chen Percussion
Ada Namani Gong
Cornelius Gebert Speaker
With her new album Signale (Signals), released on the GENUIN label, organist Kerstin Petersen performs rarely played and newly composed repertoire by Japanese and European women composers. Together with Ada Namani (gong), Lin Chen (percussion), and narrator Cornelius Gebert, she creates refined soundscapes that seamlessly blend virtuosity with meditation and trance, opening fascinating listening spaces for contemporary music. This album features the world premiere recordings of works by Alyssa Aska, Siegrid Ernst, Ana Szilágyi, Rikako Watanabe, and Ruth Wiesenfeld. A unique journey into extraordinary soundscapes!
Cover picture © Ruth Wiesenfeld, mixed media on paper, 15 x 15cm, 2024
05.07.2025: Nominated for the German Record Critics Award, Longlist 3/2025
nmz HörBar
"Rarely has a compilation of works by different composers and with different demands unfolded such a consistently captivating power as this album. This is thanks to the truly impeccable recording technique, but above all to the works themselves and their performance by the ensemble with Kerstin Petersen." Review by Martin Hufner, May 25, 2025
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Tracklist
- Rikako Watanabe (*1964)
Mikoshi - Rikako Watanabe
Passés présents
I. Nocturne ce que j'ai oublié de te dire - II. Toccata malgré le vent fort …
- Siegrid Ernst (1929–2022)
Das Signal - Alyssa Aska (*1985)
aufstieg.entspannung - Alyssa Aska
bei mir - Alyssa Aska
aufstieg.entspannung - Ana Szilágyi (*1971)
Das Wiedersehen - Ruth Wiesenfeld (*1972)
Nebelkammern - Lotte Backes (1901–1990)
Mysterium Dei
With her new album Signale (Signals), released on the GENUIN label, organist Kerstin Petersen performs rarely played and newly composed repertoire by Japanese and European women composers. Together with Ada Namani (gong), Lin Chen (percussion), and narrator Cornelius Gebert, she creates refined soundscapes that seamlessly blend virtuosity with meditation and trance, opening fascinating listening spaces for contemporary music. This album features the world premiere recordings of works by Alyssa Aska, Siegrid Ernst, Ana Szilágyi, Rikako Watanabe, and Ruth Wiesenfeld. A unique journey into extraordinary soundscapes!
Cover picture © Ruth Wiesenfeld, mixed media on paper, 15 x 15cm, 2024
05.07.2025: Nominated for the German Record Critics Award, Longlist 3/2025
nmz HörBar
"Rarely has a compilation of works by different composers and with different demands unfolded such a consistently captivating power as this album. This is thanks to the truly impeccable recording technique, but above all to the works themselves and their performance by the ensemble with Kerstin Petersen." Review by Martin Hufner, May 25, 2025