Klaus Ospald (1956-)
Così, dell’uomo ignara…, pour ensemble de chambre et électronique live
Sovente in queste rive…, pour grand orchestre
Sopra un basso rilievo antico sepolcrale…, pour chœur mixte, tuba basse, quatre batteries et électronique live

Hans Nickel, tuba basse
Schlagquartett Köln
WDR Rundfunkchor Köln
Collegium Novum Zürich
Peter Hirsch, direction
Experimentalstudio des SWR
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln
Rupert Huber, direction

By Ospald’s own account, his discovery of the poetry of Leopardi was both “radical and existential”. “In Leopardi,” Ospald says, he found “for the first time wonderfully powerful songs that also evoke despair at the aloof beauty of nature that sweeps everything away before it". "Strong, breathless songs in simple images: of loss and speechless recognition“.