A special production featuring German actress Barbara Sukowa, who sings and performs the new song cycle adapted and re-composed for orchestra by Reinbert de Leeuw for the Schönberg Ensemble. Sukowa and de Leeuw have been a very successful team for twenty years, having performed, among others, Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.

A special production featuring German actress Barbara Sukowa, who sings and performs the new song cycle adapted and re-composed for orchestra by Reinbert de Leeuw for the Schönberg Ensemble. Sukowa and de Leeuw have been a very successful team for twenty years, having performed, among others, Arnold Schönberg’s Pierrot Lunaire.

The album »Introducing M-Base« introduces early works by important artists associated with the movement M-Base. Two titles of this compilation – »Irate Blues« und »On This« – come from the debut recording »Motherland Pulse« by Steve Coleman. This album was established in 1985, exactly 30 years ago.