"So machen die Schlager endlich Spaß" (STEREOPLAY)
A "simple, effective melody" must sound as though "you’ve always known it" as Ralph Siegel, the composer of easy listening "Schlager" music once in an interview.For four decades this hit composer has followed his dictum with successful consequences. The "craftsman of emotions" - as the German newspaper "taz" described him - has been recorded as composer or producer of over 3000 "Schlager" pieces, and has been the writer of the German entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 16 times. In fact, in 1982 his Song "Ein bisschen Frieden" was the winner.Compared with the cosmos of jazz – where ideally melodies are played so that they are no longer recognisable - the shimmering dream world of Schlager music seems light years away. But now we have a clearly serious homage by thr...
line upCarsten Daerr – piano
Henning Sieverts – bass, cello
Bastian Jütte - drums
Recorded by Florian Oestreicher at Realistic Sound, Munich, Germany on September 26 - 27, 2005
Mastered by Klaus Scheuermann
Produced by Siegfried Loch