Fratres

Fratres is the new album of and first artistical cooperation by reclaimed pianist Kai Schumacher and cellist Benedict Kloeckner. The artists embark on a search for the mystical and minimalist in the current music scene and thus also encounter the pioneers of this musical style. The album contains works Arvo Part ("Fratres"), Olivier Messiaen ("Louange"), Gavin Bryars ("The South Downs"), Christopher Cerrone ("The Pleasure at Being the Cause"), Valentin Silvestrov ("Postludium"), Sophia Jani ("Sororibus" - World Premiere Recording) as well as by Kai Schumacher, J.S. Bach, Philip Glass, Georges Gurdjieff, and Franz Liszt.