Rheingold | ||||
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Released | 28 November 2008 | |||
Recorded | Loreley, Germany on 18 July 2008 & Hambühren, Germany late summer 2008 | |||
Genre | Space music, ambient | |||
Length | 132:17 | |||
Label | SPV/InsideOut/Revisited | |||
Producer | Klaus Schulze | |||
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Rheingold is the thirty-eighth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2008, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets ( Silver Edition , Historic Edition , Jubilee Edition , Contemporary Works I , and Contemporary Works II ), it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-ninth album. This is the second Schulze album with guest vocalist Lisa Gerrard. It was recorded at an open-air concert in Loreley, Germany. There are several different iterations of this album: an edition of two CDs, an edition of two DVDs, and a limited edition of two CDs with two DVDs.
All tracks composed by Klaus Schulze. All lyrics by Lisa Gerrard.
Disc 1
No. | Title | Note | Length |
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1. | "Alberich" | 24:54 | |
2. | "Loreley" | vocals by Lisa Gerrard | 39:35 |
Disc 2
No. | Title | Note | Length |
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1. | "Wotan" | 10:03 | |
2. | "Wellgunde" | vocals by Lisa Gerrard | 14:56 |
3. | "Nothung" | 11:20 | |
4. | "Nibelungen" | bonus studio track | 31:27 |
Klaus Schulze was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and the Cosmic Jokers before launching a solo career consisting of more than 60 albums released across six decades.
Lisa Germaine Gerrard is an Australian musician, singer and composer and member of the group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. She is known for her unique singing style technique (glossolalia). She has a dramatic contralto voice and has a vocal range of three octaves.
Live @ KlangArt is the thirty-fourth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2001 as two separate CDs, and in 2008 was the twenty-ninth and last Schulze album reissued by Revisited Records as a single album. Live @ KlangArt was released after Schulze's Silver Edition and Historic Edition 10-disc CD box sets, as well as Jubilee Edition 25-disc CD box set and Contemporary Works I 10-disc CD box set, technically making this album his eighty-ninth.
Moonlake is the thirty-fifth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2005, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-sixth album. The first two tracks were made in the studio; the last two are live.
Kontinuum is the thirty-sixth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2007, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-seventh album.
Farscape is the thirty-seventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2008, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's ninety-eighth album. This is the first Schulze album with guest singer Lisa Gerrard.
Contemporary Works I is a limited-edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2000 containing new studio material. The CDs are in cardboard sleeves and housed in a wooden box. Two years later Schulze released Contemporary Works II. Six of the discs have been reissued in 2005–2007 as part of the overall reissue program of Schulze back catalog by Revisited Records. Three more have been reissued in 2016–2018 by the label MiG.
Contemporary Works II is a limited edition 5-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 2002 containing new studio material. This set was released two years after Contemporary Works I. One of the discs has been reissued in 2008 as part of the overall reissue program of Schulze back catalog by Revisited Records, the remaining four were released by MIG Music between 2016 and 2019. The first 333 copies of this set contained a bonus sixth disc.
Silver Edition is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 1993 containing new studio material in addition to unreleased archival recordings. This set was wholly included in Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition released in 2000. Beginning in 2009, tracks from this set were reissued as La Vie Electronique, a series of 3-disc CD sets releasing all the material of The Ultimate Edition in chronological order.
Historic Edition is a limited edition 10-disc CD box set released by Klaus Schulze in 1995 containing unreleased archival recordings. This set was wholly included in Schulze's 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition released in 2000. Beginning in 2009, tracks from this set were reissued as La Vie Electronique, a series of 3-disc CD sets releasing all the material of The Ultimate Edition in chronological order.
La Vie Electronique is a series of multi-disc CD releases by Klaus Schulze, reissuing material from his limited edition 50-disc CD box set The Ultimate Edition (2000), which itself collected the previously released limited edition multi-disc box sets Silver Edition, Historic Edition, and Jubilee Edition, along with an additional 5 discs. The series began in 2009 with a plan to release all the music from The Ultimate Edition in chronological order. Four volumes were released in 2009, and four more were released in 2010. The next two volumes were released in 2011, with the next two following in 2012. The thirteenth volume was released in 2013, and the fourteenth and fifteenth volumes in 2014. The sixteenth and final volume, containing five CDs rather than the usual three, was released on May 29, 2015.
Dziękuję bardzo is the thirty-ninth album by Klaus Schulze. It was originally released in 2009, and, taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundredth album. This is the third Schulze album with guest vocalist Lisa Gerrard. It was recorded at two concerts in Warsaw, Poland, and Berlin, Germany. This album was released as a set of three CDs, as well as a separate DVD. The album title means "Thank you very much" in Polish.
Big in Japan: Live in Tokyo 2010 is the fortieth album by Klaus Schulze. Taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and first album. This album contains music from two final concerts at the Tokyo Kokusai Forum Hall in Tokyo, Japan on 20–21 March 2010 in Schulze's first and only visit to Japan. This is Schulze's first album without guest vocalist Lisa Gerrard since his 2007 album Kontinuum. The album was originally released on 22 September 2010 in Japan by Captain Trip Records as a limited edition deluxe boxed set of two CDs and a DVD with an 80-page photo book. This became known as the "Japanese Edition". A slightly different general release was released in Europe on 26 November 2010. This version, named the "European Edition", features a different track order between the CDs and the DVD, and slightly different track lengths. On 19 April 2011 a third version of Big in Japan was released in the United States. This "American Edition" consists of the same two CDs as the European version, but features a completely different DVD.
Julia Messenger is an Australian singer-songwriter and producer best known for her work in the electronica, chill-out and jazz genres. She has performed, recorded and collaborated with Klaus Schulze, Henning Schmitz, Ferry Corsten, Klaus Waldeck, Manfred Leuchter and Scott Rockenfield.
Shadowlands is the forty-first album by Klaus Schulze. Taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and second album. This is Klaus Schulze's first solo studio album since 2007's Kontinuum. Shadowlands was released on 22 February 2013 in two editions, with the limited edition containing an additional CD with two bonus tracks.
Big in Europe is the 42nd album by Klaus Schulze, initially designed to be released in three volumes over three years. Only two volumes were released in 2013–14. Taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and third album. This series of volumes chronicles Klaus Schulze's European tour with Lisa Gerrard in 2009.
Stars are Burning is the forty-third album by Klaus Schulze. Taking into consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and fourth album. On the LP release of the album, the tracks on the second disc are omitted, and replaced by "Invisible Musik", a track previously released on the 2008 compilation Muting the Noise 01.
This is the discography for Australian musician Lisa Gerrard.
Deus Arrakis is the forty-seventh album by Klaus Schulze. It was released on 1 July 2022. It is the final album Schulze made before he died of renal failure in April 2022. Taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and eighth album.
Silhouettes is the forty-fifth album by Klaus Schulze, released on 25 May 2018. Taking in consideration the previously released multi-disc box sets, it could be viewed as Schulze's one hundred and sixth album. It was the first Klaus Schulze album to be made available on Bandcamp online music distributor.