This album is our little birthday present to our great namesake Ludwig van Beethoven.And thanks so much to Ilker for his wonderful singing and Andreas for your fantastic arrangements! Label: cpo555.355-2Co-Production: cpo/SWRRecording: Schloss Ettlingen, Asamsaal, Januar 27-29, 2020Recording & Editing: Roland Kistner Man many thanks to Doris Blaich (SWR), Sieglinde Schwarz (SWR), Dr. Cornelia Weidner

You are welcome to download this images and use it for your press and promotional work… This pictures are made by Gottfried Stoppel, Waiblingen in the park of the Castle in Schwetzinger. More promotion pictures you can download from our open adobe album.

Arita World Ceramics Exposition-Memorial Hall Program … Introduction the composer speaks about his work Johannes Maria Staud (1974)YATSSU (2021) for octet, commissioned by LCP 2021 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)Symphonie Nr. 8 f-major op. 93 arr. for octet by M.UCKI —- Michael Glinka (1804 – 1857)Overture to “Ruslan und Lyudmila” op. 5 arr. for

Next concerts … 2022/Oct/01th Arita/02nd Hyogo/04th Tokio/07th Tokushima/08th Nagoya/10th Yokohama Introduction Yattsu (八つ)For octet (2020)for clarinet in A, bassoon, horn, 2 violins,Viola, cello and double bass Composition commissioned by the Ludwig Chamber Players and the Alban Berg Ensemble with the support of the Alban Berg Foundation Dedicated to the Ludwig Chamber Players and the Alban

Born in Innsbruck in 1974, Johannes Maria Staud draws much of his inspiration from literature andthe visual arts. Reflections on philosophical questions, social processes and political events also influence his compositions. In doing so, his artfully constructed works follow a consistent dramaturgy. Staud studied musicology and philosophy in Vienna before continuing his compositional studies with