Bye Bye Berlin!

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The seductive voice of Marion Rampal and an ensemble of superb musicians present a thrilling programme of subversive Brecht-inspired songs and music from 1920s Germany. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 22nd Jun 2018
Catalogue No: HMM902295
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 62 minutes

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Weill, K: Marie Galante: Youkali

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

Schulhoff: Cinq Études de jazz: III. Chanson

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Quatuor Manfred

Excerpt, Weill, K: The Threepenny Opera

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

Die Morität von Mackie Messer

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Barbara-Song

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Schulhoff: String Quartet No. 1: IV Andante molto sostenuto

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Quatuor Manfred

Hindemith: Der fliegenden Holländer: Ouvertüre

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Quatuor Manfred

Arno Billing: The Lavender Song

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

Meyerowitz: The Barrier: Help me Lord

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert, Quatuor Manfred

Eisler: Kammerkantate No. 6, Op. 61 / 1: Nein

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Marion Rampal (soloist)
Quatuor Manfred

Weill, K: String Quartet in B-Minor: II. Langsam und innig

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Quatuor Manfred

Weill, K: Das Berliner Requiem: Ballad of a Drowned Girl

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

Eisler: Kühle Wampe oder Wem gehört die Welt?: Solidaritätslied

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Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

Eisler: Die Hollywood Elegien: I saw many friends

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

Holländer: A Foreign Affair

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

The Ruins of Berlin

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Black Market

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Holländer: Der Blaue Engel: Falling in love again

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Marion Rampal (soloist), Raphaël Imbert
Quatuor Manfred

Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder: Die Nachtigall

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Marion Rampal (soloist)
Quatuor Manfred

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Bye bye… or Berlin for ever? Throughout the 1920s all eyes were turned towards Berlin. Driven by a collective energy, artists of all persuasions (writers, painters, architects, filmmakers and composers) there established the principles of ‘New Objectivity’, which saw the city become the very epitome of modernity, at the same time as following in the footsteps of other great cities worldwide, not least New York, the birthplace of jazz.

Life in Berlin was not the stuff of romance however: strikes, poverty, repression, the rise of Nazism… The post-war social context contributed to the craze that swept the capital for cabaret, a kind of safety valve that allowed for a moral and social release.

It is this ephemeral, underground world of ‘Great Berlin’ as depicted in ‘The Blue Angel’ that Marion Rampal and the Quatuor Manfred invite us to rediscover here, in collaboration with saxophonist Raphaël Imbert: a liberal burst of freedom and humanity delivered with passion.

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August 2018

The seductive voice of Marion Rampal and an ensemble of superb musicians present a thrilling programme of subversive Brecht-inspired songs and music from 1920s Germany.

September 2018

Rampal manages to offer something different to anything I’ve heard before. Much of this derives from the unusual nature of her accompaniment, a mixture of string quartet and Raphael Imbert’s raspy, bluesy sax and bass clarinet. Rampal’s delivery is free, underplaying gritty Weimar-ese in favour of something one moment gently and wistfully Gallic, the next offering something almost wildly expressionistic…A strange, often haunting album, then, but certainly not one for purists.

15th July 2018

The mood is smoke-filled dives and The Blue Angel. A must listen: Paul Hindemith’s arrangement of Wagner’s Flying Dutchman overture for string quartet which sounds as if the sea is laced with rum. Collaborator Raphaël Imbert interjects with bluesy persuasion on saxophone and bass clarinet.

3rd August 2018

Eloquence never strays from the instrumentalists of the Quatuor Manfred, at its best in movements by Kurt Weill and the magpie-minded Erwin Schulhoff, but the sleazy, atmospheric contributions of the saxophonist Raphaël Imbert often twist items out of shape...As for Rampal’s voice, it’s a strange and often bewitching creature...but she’s attractively multicoloured and beguilingly direct in Weill’s Youkali (her best track).

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