Composer, producer, guitarist Ralf Illenberger’s experience spans a varied and successful thirty-year career that includes hits in Europe and the US, sales of over 400,000 CDs, and performances in more than 50 countries. In 1994 Illenberger released a collaboration with multi instrumentalist Büdi Siebert Serenade is a beautiful and quiet album.
After many years of performing live together, a steadily growing number of fans began to ask "why don't you make a recording as a duo?" For up to that point in time they had to revert to Ralf and Büdi's individual solo albums. Why not indeed!
In 1994 the two musicians got together, and in the intimacy of Büdi's little studio they put down some of the most beautiful songs of the live program - just the two, no side musicians, hardly any overdubbing and no big technical setup - "unplugged" as it were. This intimacy turned out to be the essence of Serenade, because it left the space for this "intensely communicative duo" to "converse in the tuneful language for their instruments, to conduct dialogues and fight duels, to argue and pet, to wrestle and kiss"
After many years of performing live together, a steadily growing number of fans began to ask "why don't you make a recording as a duo?" For up to that point in time they had to revert to Ralf and Büdi's individual solo albums. Why not indeed!
In 1994 the two musicians got together, and in the intimacy of Büdi's little studio they put down some of the most beautiful songs of the live program - just the two, no side musicians, hardly any overdubbing and no big technical setup - "unplugged" as it were. This intimacy turned out to be the essence of Serenade, because it left the space for this "intensely communicative duo" to "converse in the tuneful language for their instruments, to conduct dialogues and fight duels, to argue and pet, to wrestle and kiss"
Ralf Illenberger
Ralf Illenberger (guitar, sitar)
Büdi Siebert (clarinet, flutes, marimba, percussion)
Büdi Siebert
Tracklist:
01. Arches (Illenberger/Siebert) 5.17
02. Big Foot (Illenberger/Siebert) 6.35
03. Winter Serenade (Illenberger/Kolbe/Siebert) 4.13
04. Deep in Love (Illenberger) 4.51
05. Spacious Skies (Illenberger/Siebert) 3.50
06. Maccu Piccu (Illenberger/Siebert) 6.09
07. Silverlake (Illenberger) 4.38
08. Past Time Serenade (Illenberger/Siebert) 2.32
09. Black Root (Siebert) 4.30
10. Dreamtime Serenade (Illenberger/Siebert) 5.03
ARMU 2224
ARMU 2224 (zippyshare)