Released 27.01.2003 - Hall of
Sermon
After the single song "Durch Nacht und
Flut", which made one to expect something very new - maybe even more
melodic future from LACRIMOSA, comes now an album, which is again
prooving that any kind of expectations in advance are made to be topped, when
we are talking about LACRIMOSA.
With compositions like the nearly
13-minutes Orchestrawork "Kyrie" or the last work, a Requiem for three
Gambes and Piano called "Die Schreie sind verstummt" sets "Echos"
the definite highlight into the 13-year history of this extraordinary band so
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Starting an album with a long
symphony (Overture), which takes one's breath away is surely not the best way
of selling CDs, but it's the only way to take a proper entry into this album,
by forgetting everything else around you and being leaded by beautiful melodies
and choirs. Carried away from the bombast, the single song comes as a relief in
it's light brightness.
Never before
has Tilo Wolff been singing so strong, so clear and so pure and full of
emotions like on each of the songs on this album from which one can make a
picture of the enourmous talents of this great composer, arranger, orchestrator
and singer. Best examples, when one can hear how emotional Tilo's singing
really can be on the border of real pain is to be heard on "Sacrifice"
and "Die Schreie sind verstummt" (=The screams are silenced), one can
vividly imagine being in the situation told on the songs. The only english sang
song "Apart" is sang by Anne Nurmi, which is in all it's minimality
concentrating in expressing the most inner feelings by using perfectly to the
sound fitting instruments like melodrom.
On this album each song could
stand alone as they all have a story to tell, but they also fit perfectly
together as they build an unbreakable chain.
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ECHOS written,
composed, arranged, orchestrated and produced by Tilo Wolff
 Trackinglist: 01. Kyrie (12:42) - Overture 02.
Durch Nacht und Flut (6:03) - Suche Part 1 03. Sacrifice (9:28) - Hingabe
Part 1 04. Apart (4:16) - Bittruf Part 1 05. Ein Hauch von
Menschlichkeit (5:05) - Suche Part 2 06. Eine Nacht in Ewigkeit (5:52) -
Hingabe Part 2 07. Malina (4:48) - Bittruf Part 2 08. Die Schreie sind
verstummt (12:42) - Requiem für drei Gamben und Klavier
Performed by LACRIMOSA Tilo Wolff:
Piano, programing, voice Anne Nurmi: Keyboards, voice
with Jay P.: Electric & acoustic Guitars &
Basses & Melotron / Manne Uhlig: Drums / Thomas Nack: Drums / Catharina
Boutari: Sopran / Raphaela Mayhaus: Sopran / Bettina Hunold: Sopran / Uli
Brandt: Alt / Melanie Kirschke: Alt / Ursula Ritter: Alt / Yenz Leonhard: Tenor
/ Olaf Senkbeil: Tenor / Klaus Bülow: Tenor / Frederick Martin: Bass /
Joachim Gebardt: Bass / Rosenberg Ensemble: Chor / Stefan Pintev: 1st Violine /
Rodrigo Reichel: 2nd Violine / Sebastian Marock: Viola / V. Sondeckis: Cello
& Gamben / Katharina Bunners: Doublebass / Deutsches Filmorchester
Babelsberg / Spielmann-Schnyder Philharmonie / Ludgar Hendrich: Konzertmeister
/ Christopher Clayton & Günter Joseck: Conductors
Recorded
& Mixed June - September 2002 at Impuls Musicproductions, Hamburg
by JP Genkel / Scoring Stage, Berlin by Michael Schubert Mastered
September 2002 at Recording Service Halvé, Hamburg by Helge Halvé
Cover Designed by Tilo Wolff Painted by Stelio
Diamantopoulos Artwork Layout & DTP by Gunnar Eysel Photos by Burgis
Wehry
Released by Hall Of Sermon GmbH 2003 Published by Hall Of
Sermon Publishing 2003

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