Tracklist

1	Capriccio Über Die Abreise (For Two Violins, 1979)	8:12
2	Meditation On The Bach Chorale 'Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit' (For Harpsichord And String Quintet, 1993)	12:08
Silenzio (Five Pieces For Bayan, Violin And Cello, 1991)	19:56
3	♩ = 96	4:50
4	ⱶ = 42	2:41
5	♩ = 56	2:26
6	♪ = 152	1:45
7	♩ = 72	8:03
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8	Free Improvisation	11:10
9	Ein Engel... (For Alto And Double Bass, 1994)	6:15
10	Dancer On A Tightrope (Der Seiltänzer. For Violin And Piano, 1993)	13:19
Three Choruses On Poems By Daniil Kharms (For Women's Choir And Girl Narrator, 1972)	6:25
11	I. The Tiger On The Street	1:23
12	II. Pussy Cats	3:20
13	III. Tongue-twister	1:40

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Lockenhaus Festival
• Copyright (c) – Grammofon AB BIS
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Grammofon AB BIS
• Printed By – Offizin Paul Hartung

Credits

• Alto Vocals – Maria Kowollik (tracks: 9)
• Bayan – Friedrich Lips (tracks: 3 to 7)
• Cello – Alfia Bekova (tracks: 2), Vladimir Tonkha (tracks: 3 to 7)
• Choir – Women's Voices Of The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Chamber Choir* (tracks: 11 to 13)
• Composed By – Sofia Gubaidulina (tracks: 2 to 10), Viktor Suslin* (tracks: 1, 8, 11 to 13)
• Concept By – Rev. Josef Herowitsch*
• Directed By – Boris Tevlin* (tracks: 11 to 13)
• Double Bass – Alois Posch (tracks: 2), Viktor Suslin* (tracks: 9)
• Engineer – Markus Heiland
• Engineer, Recording Supervisor, Edited By – Peter Laenger
• Ensemble – Astraea (tracks: 8)
• Harpsichord – Elisabeth Chojnacka (tracks: 2)
• Liner Notes – Albert Seitlinger, Sofia Gubaidulina, Viktor Suslin*
• Liner Notes [English Translation] – Andrew Barnett
• Liner Notes [French Translation] – Arlette Lemieux-Chené
• Liner Notes [German Translation] – Hans-Ulrich Duffek
• Performer [Various Instruments] – Sofia Gubaidulina (tracks: 8), Viktor Suslin* (tracks: 8)
• Photography By [Gidon Kremer] – Klaus Rudolph
• Piano – Vadim Sakharov (tracks: 10)
• Typography, Layout – Andrew Barnett, Kyllikki Barnett
• Viola – Marius Stravinsky (tracks: 2)
• Violin – Elvira Bekova (tracks: 2), Hanna Weinmeister (tracks: 1, 2)
• Violin, Concept By, Producer – Gidon Kremer (tracks: 1, 3 to 7, 10)
• Words By – Daniil Kharms* (tracks: 11 to 13), Else Lasker-Schüler (tracks: 9)
• Words By [English Adaptation] – Gerard McBurney (tracks: 11 to 13)

Notes

Total time 78:24

Recorded live at the 1995 Lockenhaus Festival, during KREMERata MUSICA IV, theme: "Sofia Gubaidulina and her World".
Recording data:
Track 1 - 1995-07-01 at Burg Lockenhaus
Track 2 - 1995-07-07 at the Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche
Tracks 3 to 7 - 1995-06-30 at the Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche
Track 8 - 1995-07-03 at the Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche
Track 9 - 1995-07-06 at Burg Lockenhaus
Track 10 - 1995-07-08 at Burg Lockenhaus
Tracks 11 to 13 - 1995-07-09 at Burg Lockenhaus

Front Cover: Photograph of Viktor Suslin and Sofia Gubaidulina in Davos, 1991.
℗1996 ©1995 Grammofon AB BIS

First cat. no. on front cover and CD, second on spines

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (SPARS Code): DDD