Albums
SOLO & BAND
19 meditative pieces between jazz, pop and classical music, composed and played by Adrian Werum and his trio:
Drums: Peter Lübke, Eckard Stromer, Thomas Keltsch
Bass: Alex Uhl, Rolf-Dieter Mayer, Michael Paucker
1. through the floodplains by bike
2nd wave hit
3. unexpectedly a heron.
4. rare oriole
5. be careful on longer routes
6. unknown green toad
7th corncrake
8th Swan Parade
9. sudden circling of the water
10. view of the main arm
11. butterflies on the run
12. view through the poplars into the sky
13. riding on the dike
14. old pasture
15. small lizard
16. encounter with a hiker
17. on the way back
18. longing back
19. encounter with myself
The bird’s flight quietly whisks me away
from a world of the hunt for nothingness
and takes me on a journey
into the wonderful world of light
Colors that gently move away from each other
in a stream of eternal return
shimmer from all sides
Dreamy longing, is there more?
more than this wonderful peace and quiet?
more than just standing here?
I have reached the end of my search when I see the Old Rhine emerging from the reeds.
~Adrian Werum
In my home town of Mainz, we say “Aus der Lameng” when something is shaken loosely out of the arm. These impromptus are also musical snapshots in the truest sense of the word. Improvised from spontaneous ideas that emerged in the studio, which you can then follow in their bends and meanders.
Album with Kandara Diebate and Nathalie Dussault as soloists on the kora. Kandara Diebate produced this album in memory of his father Boubacar Diebate, one of the great soloists from the West African griot tradition.
With Fanta Mara Diebate, Pape Samory Seck, Fabian Wendt and Debora Vilchez
With this CD, the “Orchester der Kultu- ren” gives an overview of its first 10 years and at the same time an outlook on the future.
Sacred works such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “Ave Verum” in an unusual arrangement by Adrian Werum are juxtaposed with cross-cultural symphonic pop songs such as “Sonbahar” and “Für mein neues Vaterland”. Jay Alexander, who has been associated with the orchestra for many years, sets new artistic accents with Robert Schumann’s “Im wunderschönen Monat Mai”. Abeer Nehme, one of the most beautiful voices of the contemporary Orient, is just as much a part of this world tour as Mohammad Habbal and the Philharmonia
Choir Stuttgart with the fusion of the Arabic hymn “Mowteni” and Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”.
Recorded at the Kleine Audiowelt Hei- delberg and at the Hans-Rosbaud-Studios of SWR in Baden-Baden, mastered by Christoph Stickel in Vienna, we have combined recording technique and art on this CD as we have always imagined it.
A “World Symphony” by a world and world-class orchestra, made in Germany, made for you & you!
The sacred works of the “Orchestra of Cultures”, recorded in the chapel “Zum Höchsten” in the lovely landscape around Lake Constance. A production for Bibel TV.
The most beautiful German folk songs, reinterpreted by the “Orchestra of Cultures”
With musical star Aris Sas, known from Roman Polanski’s “Dance of the Vampires” & Anna-Maria Hefele, overtone singer & Youtube star. Also taking part: Linda Kyei, Debora Vilchez, Kandara Diebate & Serkan Ates.
A co-production with Südwestrundfunk SWR, recorded at the Emerich-Smola Studios in Kaiserslautern.
1) On the Swabian Railway
2) From their youth Vocals: Aris Sas & Anna-Maria Hefele
3) Du, Du liegst mir im Herzen Vocals: Debora Vilchez, Linda Kyei, Kandara Diebate, Serkan Ates
4) In the most beautiful meadow
5) In Mainz on the beautiful Rhine
6) A hunter from the Electoral Palatinate
A chance encounter between guitar and orchestra, between East and West
The HQ version was recorded at a sampling rate of 192 kHz at the world-famous Bauer Studios in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The CDs are produced by Sony.
Germany’s top jazz guitarist Daniel Stelter and the “Orchestra of Cultures” unite for a symphonic interpretation of traditional Chinese, Korean and Mongolian folk songs. Recorded at the Bauer Studios in Ludwigsburg. Sound engineer: Johannes Wohlleben Musical direction & orchestration: Adrian Werum
For hundreds of years, the guitar has captivated listeners with its sound, which can be as passionate as molten magma or as graceful as a young girl, allowing it to express an astonishing range of emotions and stories. In 1790, an important chapter in the history of the guitar was written in Germany when the sixth string was added and the notes retuned, bringing this ancient instrument to the pinnacle of its development. On this compilation, the German musicians’ guitars are sometimes sonorous and incisive solos, sometimes intertwined playfully with the string and wind instruments, but always exceptionally skillful and epic, and in combination with the lively percussion section, these popular Chinese folk tunes blend with the precision of classical German culture to create a final product that is mesmerizing to say the least. The 12 songs on the album unfold before the listener in an impressive range of expressive possibilities, ranging from the simple and austere to the complex and fascinating to the profound and meaningful, presenting a poetic panorama of incredible proportions.
曲目 – Track Listing:
1. 十二生肖歌 – The song of the 12 signs of the zodiac (4:56)
2．好花红 – Lovely Red Flowers (4:43)
3．曲蔓地 – Melody of the whole country (4:17)
4．康定情歌 – The love song of Kangding (5:01)
5．马桑树儿搭灯台 – The lantern on the mulberry tree (5:42)
6．思念 – Longing (4:33)
7．清川河 – The Qingchuan River (5:47)
8．月儿弯弯弯照九州 – The crescent moon illuminates the world (5:06)
9．亚里亚 – Yaliya (3:24)
10．阿里郎 – Arirang (5:00)
11．远方的客人请你留下来 – Please stay, my guest from afar (6:45)
12．可爱的一朵玫瑰花 – A lovely rose (5:00)
The tenor Jay Alexander, accompanied by the Czech Symphony Orchestra, Prague, presents his own production of sixteen classical hymns. Tenor Jay Alexander has been familiar with church music since childhood. He explains his love of hymns, which began in Sunday school, as follows: “Church hymns inspire me. They have nothing submissive about them, but possess a radiant humility and respect for those who watch over us, in whom we therefore believe. And this runs through all religions. A worship, not necessarily at eye level, but at sound level. I had long had the idea of recording this wonderful treasure trove of songs, with new arrangements and orchestra.
“Jay Alexander was creatively and competently supported in this project by long-standing musical companions such as Richard Whilds, repetiteur at the Munich State Opera, and the conductor Adrian Werum. The friends and colleagues arranged the songs in such a way that “they sounded like I had heard them inside me when I was a child”, the tenor adds of his two partners’ choice. His new CD, recorded in Prague with the Czech Symphony Orchestra and in Sandhausen, Baden, comprises 15 titles – including songs such as “Näher, mein Gott, zu Dir”, “Von guten Mächten wunderbar geborgen” and, of course, “Geh aus, mein Herz”. “These songs have long been a part of me,” sums up Jay Alexander.
In addition to the famous Prague Orchestra, the tenor is accompanied by the choir of the Staatstheater Karlsruhe and the Aurelius Sängerknaben Calw, Mirjam Budday (English horn) and Klaus Jäckle (guitar). Jay Alexander studied singing at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. He has won prizes at renowned international singing competitions and has already performed numerous roles at various opera houses. The singer can also be heard regularly in oratorios and masses. With Marshall & Alexander, he has been selling out houses all over Germany for more than 15 years. Since 2004, the two singers have performed over 500 church concerts with sacred music.
The 50s: an era of romance, attachment to one’s homeland and great emotions. And, of course, the time of idyllic Heimat films – a golden era that Jay Alexander is now resurrecting in new splendor: Immortal screen classics such as “Mandolinen im Mondschein” (1959) or “Ein Herz voll Musik” (1955) are today the epitome of the “good old days”. A heyday of German Romanticism, when people were once again carefree, nature was still pure and untouched, and customs were still respected. Zeitgeist, which is also reflected in the entertainment culture. “I love those films in which the young, up-and-coming lad drives off into the mountains in his freshly polished sports car in search of his sweetheart, who has run off with the forester overnight,” says Jay Alexander, his eyes shining, about the inspiration for his new album. “I first came into contact with many of the songs on this album through the Heimat and music films from the 1930s to 1950s that are often shown on TV on Sunday afternoons. Not only as a child, but also later as an adolescent, I was fascinated by these proverbial ideal world productions. Perhaps it is also a little nostalgia for a time that I never experienced, but which nevertheless seems very familiar to me. Operettas such as ‘The Merry Widow’, ‘Die Fledermaus’ and ‘The Land of Smiles’, which I was allowed to sing at a young age, also had an influence.”
With “The world is beautiful“, Jay Alexander now wants to revive the charm and flair of those times to distract the audience from the gray everyday life of these fast-paced, hectic, sometimes carefree days: “The world is beautiful” contains 18 timeless remakes of pieces from selected home movies and popular operettas from various decades, which the experimental tenor has arranged together with the Stuttgart Orchestra of Cultures in a modern, fresh way and elegantly brought into the here and now. As a special guest, Jay Alexander welcomes the world-famous soprano Marlis Petersen, who can be heard on two duets after engagements at the Vienna State Opera, the New York Metropolitan Opera and the recently opened Hamburg Elbphilharmonie.
- The world is beautiful (Lehar)
- Toselli Serenade
- Spring in Sorrento
- Barcarole (Offenbach)
- I would like to dance
- I kiss your hand, Madame
- Santa Lucia
- Be my love
- Plaisir d’amour
- Don’t forget mine
- A little spring melody (after Dvorak’s Humoreske)
- Bella Maria
- Today is the most beautiful day
- You are as beautiful as music
- There is a time (Toni Leutwiler)
- Don’t cry if a beautiful woman breaks your heart
- Lips are silent (Lehar)
- Yours is my whole heart (Lehar)