At first glance, it seems remarkable that present-day musicians allow themselves to be inspired by a literary work that seems so remote from our time as does the epic poem 'Orlando furioso' by Ludovico Ariosto, written from 1505 onwards.

The conception of the Schizzi di Orlando furioso is to be understood as a kind of glance into the mirror: Béatrice Zawodnik, D. M. Visotzky, Barry Guy, Brice Pauset and Leonardo García Alarcón allow themselves to be stimulated by Ariosto’s verses to create a multifarious succession of 26 short pieces for solo, duo, trio and quartet combinations.

Their essential elements include the collision of varying idioms and stylistic traits resulting from the respective areas of activity of the participating musical personalities. Due to this type of action, opposing areas of musical discourse – namely those of the New Music, jazz and the sacred realm – enter into relationships with each other or overlap each other, resulting in a multi-layered texture at times having the effect of a labyrinth.

Track Listing:
[01] Schizzo I (Canto XV 82,83)
double bass

[02] Schizzo II
oboe and double bass

[03] Schizzo III
oboe, alto saxophone and double bass

[04] Schizzo IV
oboe, alto saxophone, harpsichord and double bass

[05] Schizzo V (Canto XXIII 128)
organ

[06] Schizzo VI
oboe, alto saxophone and organ

[07] Schizzo VII
alto saxophone and double bass

[08] Schizzo VIII
alto saxophone, harpsichord double bass

[09] Schizzo IX
oboe, harpsichord and double bass

[10] Schizzo X
oboe, alto saxophone and organ

[11] Schizzo XI
oboe, alto saxophone and organ

[12] Schizzo XII
oboe and alto saxophone

[13] Schizzo XIII
oboe and organ

[14] Schizzo XIV
oboe, alto saxophone and organ

[15] Schizzo XV (Canto XXXIV 65)
harpsichord

[16] Schizzo XVI
oboe, alto saxophone and harpsichord

[17] Schizzo XVII
harpsichord and double bass

[18] Schizzo XVIII
oboe and harpsichord

[19] Schizzo XIX
oboe, alto saxophone and harpsichord

[20] Schizzo XX
alto saxophone and double bass

[21] Schizzo XXI
oboe, alto saxophone and organ

[22] Schizzo XXII
oboe, alto saxophone and harpsichord

[23] Schizzo XXII
oboe, alto saxophone and organ

[24] Schizzo XXIV
oboe, alto saxophone, harpsichord and double bass

[25] Schizzo XXV
alto saxophone and double bass

[26] Schizzo XXVI (Canto XV 82,83)
double bass

Total time: 66:27