Echoing Voices

Andrea Ritter Recorder

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Olafur Arnalds (*1987)

Chiel Meijering (*1954)
Chiel Meijering (*1954)
Thoma Simaku (*1958)
Fulvio Caldini (*1959)
Fulvio Caldini (*1959)
Johannes Motschmann (*1978)
Graham Fitkin (*1963)
Hans Ulrich Staeps (1909-1988)
Lev Ljova Zhurbin (*1978)
Johannes Motschmann (*1978)
Meredith Monk (*1942)
Michael Nyman (*1944)
Olafur Arnalds (*1987)

Daniel Koschitzki Piano

Intro
Please tell me more (2007)
berhappy (1999)
Sea Images (2000)
Novelletta (1986)
Disco Rondo (2007)
Echoing Voices (2011)
Gate (2001)
Immortelle (1988)
Sicilienne (2000)
Resonance (2011)
Window in 7s (1986)
If (1995)
Eulogy for Evolution (2007)

1.27
7.16
3.47
5.11
3.30
1.50
6.03
8.44
3.05
4.00
2.00
2.14
5.00
5.19

Wir bedanken uns beim Steinway-Haus Dsseldorf fr die freundliche Untersttzung.

Many thanks to Steinway-Haus Dsseldorf for the generous support.

Total time: 60:01

Andrea Ritter, 1st Prize winner at the 2007 Montreal International Recorder Competition, has
long since gained a permanent standing among the world's leading recorder players.
Emanating from the renowned Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet, and with her newly founded
ensembles Spark and Koschitzki & Ritter, she captures the international stage as a solo artist as
well as a chamber musician. Ritter combines classical tradition and influences from contemporary avant-garde music with her passion for Kurt Weill, film noir and women with independent personalities such as Bjrk, Tori Amos, Kate Bush and Romy Schneider. This is clearly
reflected in her various cooperations ranging from stars of the early music scene like Dorothee
Oberlinger, Maurice Steger, Reinhold Friedrich, Kay Johannsen and Christine Busch all the way
to jazz chanson singer Kitty Hoff, klezmer clarinetist Helmut Eisel and beatboxer Robeat. In
addition to her concert activities, Ritter gives master classes in Germany and abroad. Some of
these courses have included the July 2006 Master Courses at the Schleswig-Holstein Music
Festival in Lbeck, Germany, and the International Master Classes in Vaduz, Liechtenstein. In
2005 and 2006, Andrea Ritter was guest lecturer at the prestigious Anton Bruckner University
for Music, Acting and Dance Arts in Linz, Austria.

ANDREA RITTER

Andrea Ritter, Erstpreistrgerin beim International Recorder Competition 2007 in Montreal,

hat sich mit einer regen Konzertttigkeit in Europa, den USA, Sdamerika, Taiwan und Japan
einen festen Platz in der Riege der weltbesten Blockfltisten erspielt. Hervorgegangen aus dem
renommierten Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet steht sie mittlerweile als Solistin und mit den
von ihr gegrndeten Ensembles Spark und Koschitzki & Ritter auf den internationalen Bhnen.
Als Performerin verbindet sie die klassische Musiktradition und Einflsse aus der zeitgenssischen Avantgarde-Musik mit ihrer Leidenschaft fr Kurt Weill, den Film noir und starke
Frauenpersnlichkeiten wie Bjrk, Tori Amos, Kate Bush oder Romy Schneider. Dies spiegelt
sich auch in ihren vielfltigen Kooperationen wieder, die von Gren der Alten Musik-Szene,
wie Dorothee Oberlinger, Maurice Steger, Reinhold Friedrich, Kay Johannsen und Christine
Busch, bis zu der Jazz-Chansonsngerin Kitty Hoff, dem Klezmer-Klarinettisten Helmut Eisel und
dem Beatboxer Robeat reichen. Neben ihrer Konzertttigkeit gibt sie Meisterkurse im In- und
Ausland, wie im Juli 2006 bei den Meisterkursen des Schleswig-Holstein Musikfestivals, bei den
Internationalen Meisterkursen im Rheinbergerhaus Vaduz im Jahr 2005 und 2006 oder als
Gastdozentin an der Anton Bruckner Privatuniversitt fr Musik, Schauspiel und Tanz in Linz.

If
Lyrics by Michael Nyman

If at the sound of wish

The summer sun would shine
And if just a smile would do
To brush all the clouds from the sky

If at the wave of a hand

The winter snows would start
And if you could just light a candle
To change people's feelings and hearts

If at the blink of an eye

The autumn leaves would whirl
And if you could sigh a deep sigh
To scatter them over the earth

I'd whisper love

In every land
To every child
Woman and man

I'd blink my eyes

And wave my arms
I'd wish a wish
To stop all harm

That's what I'd do

If my wishes come true
That's what I'd do
If my wishes come true

DANIEL KOSCHITZKI

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To Meredith, Kate and Tori for being so

unique, inspiring and groundbreaking

Very special thanks to:

My family for endless support, Johannes for dedicating me these beautiful pieces,
Chiel for letting the recorder rock, Lev for your unique spirit, Ruth and Christoph
Zlch for your generosity, Renata and Kai for your priceless friendship, Ute and Alex
for your beautiful photos, Antoinette and Bernd for your hospitality, everyone who
was participating in the process of creating this album and last but definitely not
least to Daniel for bringing out the best in me.

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Andrea Ritter

LIST OF INSTRUMENTS

Echoing Voices

Andrea Ritter
f-Sopranino Recorder after J. Rottenburgh by Moeck
Modern Soprano by Mollenhauer
Helder Alto Recorder by Mollenhauer
Modern f-Alto Recorder by Mollenhauer
f-Alto Recorder after J. Steenbergen by Stefan Blezinger
f-Alto by Yamaha
Helder Tenor Recorder by Mollenhauer
c-Tenor Recorder by Yamaha
f-Bassett Recorder by Yamaha
f-Bassett Recorder by Adriana Breukink
Square Bass Recorder in F by Herbert Paetzold
Square Bass Recorder in C by Herbert Paetzold

Daniel Koschitzki, Piano

Daniel Koschitzki
Steinway D

IMPRESSUM
Recording: April 2011, Immanuelskirche Wuppertal
and June 2011, Studio Big Knows Al
Recording Engineer: Manfred Schumacher, Alan Vukelic
SACD-Mastering: Manfred Schumacher, Holger Siedler
Stereo-Mastering: Alan Vukelic
Producer: Annette Schumacher
Piano: Steinway D, 586 084, Steinway-Haus Dsseldorf
Piano Technician: Martin Ulrich
Art Direction & Design: Andrea Ritter, Annette Schumacher
Photos: Ute Knig
www.andrea-ritter.com
www.myspace.com/anaritter
www.ars-produktion.de
2011 ARS Produktion

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