Anonymous

Alexei Aigui & Dietmar Bonnen
plus special guests:
Erdal Aslan, Lothar Burghaus, Maria Jonas, Arkady Marto, Phil Reptil, Consuelo Sañudo, Andreas Schilling, Marei Seuthe, Sergei Zhirkov

1 So treiben wir den Winter aus (Germany, 15th century; Arr: Bonnen)
AA: violin DB: piano, organ

2 Mein Herz ist mir gemenget (Germany, 15th century; Arr: Arnold Schönberg)
AA: violin DB: piano

3 Mignonne, allons voir si la rose (France, 15th century; Arr: Bonnen)
AA: violins DB: vocals, piano + Marei Seuthe: violoncelli

4 mors vite propitia (Paris, ca. 1200; live@loft 14.1.2011)
AA: violin DB: piano + Erdal Aslan: bağlama Lothar Burghaus: bassclarinet Phil Reptil: guitar

5 Mishka-Toropanyushka (Russia, 11th-16th century; Arr: Bonnen)
AA: violin DB: bassrecorder + Sergei Zhirkov: vocals

6 Guter Mond (Germany, ca. 1800; Arr: Bonnen)
AA: violins DB: piano, organ, glockenspiel

7 Verlangen tut mich krenken (Germany, ca. 1450)
AA: violin DB: kalimba

8 Autumn Comes (England, 16th century; Arr: Bonnen)
AA: violins DB: piano + Consuelo Sañudo: vocals

9 Sur le pont d’Avignon (France, 15th century; live@loft 14.1.2011)
AA: violin DB: spieluhr + Erdal Aslan: bağlama Phil Reptil: guitar

10 Heaven (Russia, 20th century; basic melody Mediterranean, 16th century)
AA: violins DB: shruti box, piano, percussion

11 Üsküdara gider iken (Turkey, 19th century, basic melody Scottish)
AA: violin DB: piano + Erdal Aslan: vocals, bağlama

12 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Germany, ca. 900; Arr: Bonnen)
AA: violin DB: piano

13 Pandora (Germany, 21th century; Arr: Bonnen)
AA: violin DB: toy piano + Phil Reptil: guitar

14 Es ist ein Schnitter heißt der Tod (Germany, 17th century; Arr: Bonnen; live@dom moscow 17.4.2011)
AA: violin DB: piano + Arkady Marto: electronics Lothar Burghaus: bassclarinet

15 El Rey (Sephardic, before 1492; Arr: Jonas, Bonnen, Schilling)
AA: violin DB: organetta, akkordeon + Maria Jonas: vocals Andreas Schilling: doublebass

recording @ Loft, Cologne: Gagga Deistler
(recording 14 @ Dom, Moscow: Mikhail Spassky)
mix: Deistler/Bonnen
cover painting: Bonnen
photos: Peter Hölscher, Ira Rachmanova
design: Denis Mikhaylov

TT: 75’18