Carnival Fantasy - Ein Karneval der Tiere und andere Phantasien Salut Salon

• 1 Introduktion und königlicher Marsch des Löwen 02:10
• 2 Afrika 05:08
• 3 Der kleine weiße Esel 01:59
• 4 Malaika 02:11
• 5 Fluchttiere 00:51
• 6 Totentanz 04:39
• 7 Das Vogelhaus 01:09
• 8 Der Schwan 03:28
• 9 Aquarium 02:28
• 10 Haifisch-Medley 04:24
• 11 Das Liebeslied an die Leuchtqualle 04:03
• 12 Escualo (Haifisch) 03:15
• 13 The Python's Song - Trust in Me (Das Lied der Schlange Kaa - Hör auf mich) 02:22
• 14 Sachidao 01:56
• 15 Les Deux Guitares 04:30
• 16 Schafe können sicher weiden 03:50
• 17 Hummelflug - Green Hornet 02:10
• 18 Masquerade 01:44
• 19 J'ai en moi un zoo tout entier (In mir lebt ein ganzer Zoo) 04:07
• Total Runtime 56:24

Info for Carnival Fantasy - Ein Karneval der Tiere und andere Phantasien

Why did it take so long to realize this? The true heroes, the honored and adored subjects of countless classical works, are not obscure distant lovers, landscapes or heroic ideals - no, our animal friends are what inspired the great masters! Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov devoted his most popular piece (also one of the most famous classical works ever) to a bumblebee, Bach wrote 'Sheep May Safely Graze', Camille Saint-Saëns created an entire imaginary musical zoo in his famous 'Carnival of the Animals', Jacques Ibert composed a monument to a donkey. We can thank the Salut Salon ensemble, along with many others, for exploring this zoological side of music.

For their new album, 'Carnival Fantasy', the four exceptional musicians have taken their successful stage program into the studio. Like no other chamber music group, these four ladies from Germany have inspired fans around the world for the past 13 years with virtuoso playfulness, charm and humour that transcend the boundaries of genre and ventures off the beaten path of traditional classical music. 'Carnival Fantasy' is a firework of transformation, a playground for boundless joy and a celebration of unique, surprising arrangements - a trademark of the quartet.

Angelika Bachmann, violin
Iris Siegfried, violin, vocals
Anne-Monika von Twardowski, piano
Sonja Lena Schmid, cello

Salut Salon
It was the early 1980s and the two founders of Salut Salon, then eleven years old, shared the baton in a local Hamburg school orchestra. From the very first time that the two girls burst into fits of laughter together, violinists Angelika Bachmann and Iris Siegfried knew they would play music together for many years to come, and are still going strong 30 years later. Out of this friendship Salut Salon was born.

It was at a regular meeting of musicians, actors and artists who performed on the last Friday of every month in a kind of salon held in an apartment in the Hamburg neighbourhood of Eppendorf that Angelika and Iris played regularly in a piano quartet. At some point a gallery owner asked the four musicians whether they would like to give a public performance in the gallery. Suddenly the quartet needed a name. The four quickly came up with 'Salut Salon'; 'Salut' because one of the quartet’s very first repertoire items was Edward Elgar’s Salut d‘amour, and 'Salon' because it was there that it all began. Salut Salon had their break-though in 2002 with sell-out concerts in their home city of Hamburg.

Now along with Sonja Lena Schmid (cello) and Anne-Monika von Twardowski (piano), Angelika and Iris give more than 120 concerts a year. Salut Salon also appear in guest performances in cities all over Europe, in the USA, in China and South America. Salut Salon are at home all over the world. They record exclusively for Warner Classics; their album Christmas with Salut Salon sees the ensemble tour Germany in 2014, with an international tour for the 2015-16 season.

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