Photo by brianslater out 29 may on mute is nocturne, a newly recorded live album by irmin schmidt documenting his huddersfield contemporary music festival performance at the end of last year. Gormenghast, the opera text homepage gormenghast, the opera, is the work of composer irmin schmidt, founder of the legendary german group can commissioned by wuppertaler buhnen, the work was performed in the english language and premiered at the operahouse wuppertal on 15. Irmin schmidt has announced 5 klavierstucke, an album of five piano pieces recorded last year by the influential composer, musician and founder of can. In about a year and a half, there should be a book coming out. As a composer and as one of cans founding members, irmin schmidt has scored more than one hundred soundtracks. After can, irmin schmidt returned to his work as a soloartist. Best sellers gift ideas new releases whole foods todays deals amazonbasics coupons gift cards customer service free shipping shopper toolkit registry sell. The gormenghast series comprises three novels by mervyn peake, originally published between 1946 and 1959. All gates open by irmin schmidt, 97805711507, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Mute records irmin schmidt new album of piano pieces. A jazzrockprog conceptual album based on the trilogy. Gormenghast trilogy project gutenberg selfpublishing.
After changing the face of rock in the early 1970s with seminal metronomic anarchists can, keyboardist, composer and serial collaborator irmin schmidt embarked on a fruitful solo career that saw. Nocturne will be released on mute spoon records as a worldwide edition of on double white etched vinyl, cd and digitally on 29 may 2020, the composers 83rd birthday. Irmin schmidts new album 5 klavierstucke is out now on mute in conjunction with spoon records on vinyl, cd and digitally listen and order the album ahead of the german premiere of can project on 16 december at the volksbuhne berlin. A world unto itself and like all fantasy worlds, which deal with myths and history, its an image of ours.
The book in two parts presents a biography written by rob young and a second part can kiosk written by irmin schmidt, a collage of diary entires and interviews. The series is regarded as the first fantasy of manners. Irmin schmidt of can on lsd, mourning and musical adventures can the last founding member of the visionary german band left alive, the 81yearold recalls how he. A doomed lord, an emergent hero, and a dazzling array of bizarre creatures inhabit the magical world of the gormenghast novels which, along with tolkiens lord of the rings, reign as one of the undisputed fantasy classics of all time. Awardwinning uk indie record store in totnes, devon. All gates open rob young, irmin schmidt 97805711491. With each disc coming in a gatefold sleeve, plus an 80 page book written by schmidt and max dann, this handsome artefact is a riveting affirmation of an unearthly talent who. It premiered at the opernhaus wuppertal in 1998 and was released on cd the following year. Gormenghast is an opera in three acts composed by irmin schmidt to an. Outside of his work with can, he has released over a dozen solo albums and written an opera, gormenghast, based on the novels of mervyn peake. Irmin schmidt, founder of seminal german krautrock group can wrote an opera called gormenghast, based on the novels.
Irmin schmidt is a founding member of the legendary band can. Originally conceived as a single ongoing novel, the series was ended by peakes death and comprises three novels, titus groan 1946, gormenghast 1950, titus alone 1959 and a novella, boy in darkness. Formed in cologne in 1968, can drew their influences from the avantgarde founding members irmin schmidt and holger czukay both studied under stockhausen and jazz traditions to create a heavily rhythmic, minimal music that redefined. Irmin schmidt gormenghast cd album musicmagpie store. Irmin schmidt announces live album release recorded at. Irmin schmidt explains, the tracks are spontaneous meditations, only played once and recorded simultaneously no edits or corrections. What does gormenghast mean definition of gormenghast word. Visit musicmagpie for great deals and super savings with free delivery today. Irmin schmidt releases 5 klavierstucke, an album of five piano pieces recorded last year by the influential composer, musician and founder of can. The three works were part of what peake conceived as a lengthy cycle, the. Following on from the phenomenal success of can box set, the lost tapes, curated by irmin schmidt, jono podmore and mutes daniel miller, and this years cyclopean ep schmidt, kumo, burnt friedman and can drummer jaki liebezeit, 2 nd december 20 will see the longawaited release of the can back catalogue, remastered on vinyl for the very first time. Gormenghast is an opera in three acts composed by irmin schmidt to an englishlanguage libretto by duncan fallowell, based on mervyn peakes gormenghast trilogy. In 2015, he was made a chevalier of the french ordre des arts et des lettres.
Sep 06, 2018 irmin schmidt has announced 5 klavierstucke, an album of five piano pieces recorded last year by the influential composer, musician and founder of can. The series draws heavily on gothic and regency literature. Before irmin founded the now legendary german band can in 1968 he received a formal musical education and studied composition, piano, conducting and music ethnology. Irmin schmidt announces live album release recorded at his.
The first edition will be a very precious, very coffee table book, containing two volumes. One will be the can biography, written by rob young, and the other volume i will edit and write. Gormenghast is the collective title given to a series of books by british author mervyn peake. Its subject is can, arguably the most important experimental group of the twentieth century. Irmin schmidt new album of piano pieces from the legendary founder of can. Extensive, cherry picked set presenting cans founding member on one disc of solo work and one disc of soundtrack music curated by wim wenders including two exclusive new remixes of can tracks. Extracts from the fantasy opera gormenghast libretto inspired by mervyn peakes trilogy with the singers of the world premiere wuppertal operahouse, schillertheater nrw recorded live in performance. The latter explores, in irmins own voice and that of his collaborators and admirers, the tentacular influence can have had upon not just popular music, but also the visual arts, poetry and film. The result is a vast oeuvre which includes a series of solo albums, an opera gormenghast based on the mervyn peak trilogy, a ballet, and over 100 film scores in 2015, he was made a chevalier of the french ordre des arts et des lettres. Mute records irmin schmidt new album of piano pieces from. With irmin schmidt and holger czukay two classically. Buy all gates open by irmin schmidt with free delivery.
An extract from the two book biography penned by the wires rob young and cans irmin schmidt, and published by faber. May 2018 saw the release of the can book the story of can all gates open. Faber and faber announce the release date for the twobook biography penned by the wires rob young and cans irmin schmidt news irmin schmidt box set out this november 15102015. A threeact opera composed by cans founder irmin schmidt. Irmin schmidt, founder of seminal german experimental group can, composed a threeact opera, gormenghast, based on the novels. Book two, can kiosk, has been assembled by irmin schmidt, founding member and guiding spirit of the band, as a collage a technique long associated with cans approach to recording. A fourth book, written by peakes widow, was published in 2009. It consists of titus groan, gormenghast and a number of other books which were not completed at the time of his death, but have since been edited and released. Irmin schmidt, founding member of the legendary german avantgarde rock group can, and breakbeat pioneer, producer and professor of popular music, kumo aka jono podmore release a brand new album, for your listening enjoyment. The series is usually described as a fantasy work, though it does not depict anything magic or paranormal. Irmin schmidt gormenghast oxygen steerpike stefan vinzberg. The music often goes nowhere i suppose some would say thats the point, since the gormenghast story is basically about people who are. We never saw ourselves as a rock group the prog interview.
Gormenghast is a gigantic castle, ancient and labyrinthine. Nov 16, 2018 as a composer and as one of cans founding members, irmin schmidt has scored more than one hundred soundtracks. In book one, rob young gives us the full biography of a band that emerged at the vanguard of what would come to be called the krautrock scene in late sixties cologne. I intend for this wiki to contain details of characters and places in the books and some background to the creation of them. Gormenghast is a fantasy novel by british writer mervyn peake, the second in his. Gormenghast series project gutenberg selfpublishing. Irmin schmidt, founder of seminal german krautrock group can composed a three act opera, gormenghast, based on the novels. All gates open presents the definitive story of arguably the most influential and revered avantgarde band of the late twentieth century. Gormenghast premiered at the opernhaus wuppertal in 1998. Gormenghast tv serial wikimili, the free encyclopedia. The series features castle gormenghast, and titus groan, the title character of the first book. At the center of it all is the seventyseventh earl, titus groan, who stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that form. Commissioned opera by irmin schmidt, on a libretto by duncan fallowell, first.
We never saw ourselves as a rock group the prog interview with cans irmin schmidt. The peake family rediscovered this book at the end of 2009 and it was published by overlook press as titus awakes. Mar 18, 2020 photo by brianslater out 29 may on mute is nocturne, a newly recorded live album by irmin schmidt documenting his huddersfield contemporary music festival performance at the end of last year. These cd albums cover his beautiful and memorising soundtrack and operatic work as well as his avant garde recordings as a solo artist and as a collaborator. Irmin schmidt electro violet record collector magazine. Mervyn laurence peake 9 july 1911 17 november 1968 was an english writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. A number of early songs by new zealand rock group split enz were inspired by peakes work. A book of two halves, rob young examines the history of can in part one, before schmidt tells his own story in the second section, which takes the format of famousfan interviews and. The drastic editing of the cdin its stage form, gormenghast is a full threeact operacondenses schmidt s compositions perhaps more than it should. I bought this thinking it was the soundtrack to the excellent bbc production of the gormenghast trilogy that aired on pbs.
Consisting of five minimal piano pieces what he calls spontaneous meditations. An extract from the twobook biography penned by the wires rob young and cans irmin schmidt, and published by faber. Mute records irmin schmidt 5 klavierstucke is out now. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the gormenghast books. All gates open is a portrait of a group who worked with visionary intensity and belief, outside the system and inside their own inner space. The latter explores, in irmin s own voice and that of his collaborators and admirers, the tentacular influence can have had upon not just popular music, but also the visual arts, poetry and film. The story is a gothic tale of wild beauty, concerning the rise and fall of the kitchenboy steerpike, a parable of power and seduction, of the.
Irmin schmidt 5 klavierstucke is out now order the album here. Schmidt has scored more than 40 films and television programs, including knife in the head 1978 and palermo shooting 2008. Gormenghast is the collective title given to a series of books by british author. His solo work is being made available here as individual releases outside of the now sold out box set electro violet. Gormenghast is an opera in three acts composed by irmin schmidt to an english language libretto by duncan fallowell, based on mervyn peakes gormenghast trilogy. All gates open by rob young, irmin schmidt, paperback. And now comes schmidts new solo album, 5 klavierstucke. Stages his gormenghast opera at volklinger hutte in saarbruken, germany, at the. Jun 15, 2018 irmin schmidt is a keyboardist, composer and founding member of the group can.
At dusk and 1991s impossible holidays featuring schmidt singing lyrics by writer duncan fallowell. Irmin schmidt klavierstuck iii official audio youtube. Gormenghast, the opera, is the work of composer irmin schmidt, founder of the legendary german group can. He has recorded a few solo albums and written an opera, gormenghast, based on mervyn peakes gormenghast trilogy. Apr 28, 2019 a book of two halves, rob young examines the history of can in part one, before schmidt tells his own story in the second section, which takes the format of famousfan interviews and diary entries. Irmin schmidt is a keyboardist, composer and founding member of the group can. Irmin schmidt 5 klavierstucke the drift record shop. Between 1962 and 1969 he conducted numerous orchestras including his own compositions. The lost book of gormenghast to coincide with the 100th anniversary of peakes birth. The collaboration with fallowell continued with his next project. Jun 12, 2018 all gates open is a portrait of a group who worked with visionary intensity and belief, outside the system and inside their own inner space.
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