Ensemble Belcanto & Dietburg Spohr - Come un'ombra di Luna

Come un'ombra di luna marks a first ECM appearance for one of the most highly regarded vocal groups in European new music.The Ensemble Belcanto was formed in 1986 by mezzosoprano Dietburg Spohr, then a member of Clytus Gottwald's legendary schola cantorum in Stuttgart. Spohr, who had experience in improvisation as well as choral music, classical singing and new music performance was aware that contemporary composition lacked a first-rank group made up of female voices. Frankfurter Rundschau critic Gerhard R. Koch: There already existed several specialist vocal ensembles for new music, it is true, but none of them were composed exclusively of women singers specializing primarily in contemporary music.Recorded 2000Personnel: Dietburg Spohr (mezzosoprano, director), Birgitta Zehetner (mezzosoprano), Andrea Baader, Rita Huber (soprano), Dzuna Kalnina, Rica Rauch (alto)