A new double CD release with Japanese pianist Yoshiko Shimizu, playing George Crumb´s Makrokosmos, Volume I, Volume II and Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) accompanied by Austrian percussionist Rupert Struber. Makrokosmos whose title reflects Crumb´s admiration for Bartok´s piano series Mikrokosmos.

Makrokosmos Volume I and Volume II are filled with references to the history of humankind, myths, Christianity, paganism and occultism.In Music for a summer evening (Makrokosmos III) Crumb pays a tribute to poetic quotations of Quasimodo, Pascal and Rilke.The composer himself regards these three works as forming a trilogy.

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Recording: Studio Weinberg, 26–27 June 2017; 16–17 Feb 2016