Dieter Ammann has won numerous international awards and is now one of the most renowned Swiss composers of his generation. The multilayered unbalanced instability is a concerto for violin and chamber orchestra that seeks unpredictability and shifting perspectives between solo and orchestra. Ammann’s slowly developed orchestral triptych reflects his meticulous working methods. Core reshapes and transcends its improvised origins, while the slowly unfolding Turn serves as an adagio in the set. The irrepressible energy of Boost forms the kind of dramaturgy of tension and release that led Boulez to describe Ammann’s music as ‘artistic reflected spontaneity at the highest level’.

This release is Dieter Ammann’s debut on our label.

Ammann is renowned in his native Switzerland and beyond, with numerous works recorded on the Musiques Suisses label, as well has having significant works such as the Piano Concerto ‘Gran Toccata’ released on the BIS label (BIS2310), and The Freedom of Speech on Hat Hut Records (hat[now]ART 158).