Ernesto Molinari, Klangforum Wien, Stefan Asbury - Enno Poppe: Holz, Knochen, Ol (2006)

"Holz – Knochen – Öl" [Wood – Bone – Oil] is a poetic and dramatic cycle that does not only sound like a study on the composition of diverse materials.
Composer Enno Poppe tells a story of growth and decay. Whereas wood is a living and growing material, bone promises growth, then stability,
firmness and – as a memento mori – death. Oil, in contrast, being a residue of past life, warns us of transience, millennia of decay,
while also serving as a source of energy that imparts new life.
"Holz – Knochen – Öl" is also a work on tradition and modernism; on the possibility of writing a solo concerto, today;
on the question whether the concept of melody can be actualized in avant-garde music; and on harmonic procedures based on mathematical operations.
World premiere recording!