Schattenwelt

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Schattenwelt
Schattenwelt (Paul Giger album).jpg
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedMay 1992
Studio Propstei Sankt Gerold
Sankt Gerold, Austria
Genre Jazz
Length54:08
Label ECM New Series
ECM 1487
Producer Manfred Eicher
Paul Giger chronology
Alpstein
(1991)
Schattenwelt
(1993)
Ignis
(1994)

Schattenwelt is the third album by Swiss violinist and composer Paul Giger, recorded in May 1992 and released on ECM the following year. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by Mark W. B. Allender awarded the album 4 stars calling it "a great recording for aficionados of the violin with a sophisticated ear". [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Paul Giger
  1. "Bay" - 3:15
  2. "Dancing with the Stars" - 5:46
  3. "Crane" - 2:34
  4. "Creating the Labyrinth" - 10:54
  5. "Birth of the Bull" - 1:54
  6. "Fourteen Virgins" - 5:43
  7. "Death" - 1:37
  8. "Dancing in the World of Shadows" - 6:24
  9. "Bombay (Good Night)" - 16:01

Personnel

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References

  1. ECM discography accessed October 31, 2011
  2. 1 2 Allender, M. W. B. Allmusic Review accessed October 31, 2011