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rec. November 22 & 23, 1992
OPTION Magazine: This expansive, fascinating music is an altogether unique creation. It is billed as an "Oratorio for Two Solo Voices, Choir and Orchestra"' which seems a bit intimidating until you find out that the orchestra is a jazz orchestra and that one of the voices belongs to noted vocal gymnast Phil Minton. The music swings with unforced passion while American and European musicians plunge into tightly controlled blends of several styles: traditional and avantgarde, improvised and composed.
The text is the best-known erotic poetry in history, the Song of Solomon (here in English) which focuses rather than dominates the music. Even with the choir and some non-jazz vocals, the music never falls into the sniffing "It's good for you"' attitude of many jazz-classical fusions, primarily because the Song Of Songs doesn't feel like a fusion. It's a complely realized, thoroughly cohesive vision that happens to overlap some familiar territory and it could well prove to be a significant landmark.
Lang Thompson, April 1994
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Some other recordings by
Klaus König:
(Full list)
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