Bodensee Philharmonie, Gabriel Venzago - Bridges to Infinity (2025) [Official Digital Download]

The view into "infinity" gives freedom! Man lives in his narrow temporal space and, with his mind focussed only on the supposedly 'real' sensory world, grasps only the outside of his being: he loses himself in the multiplicity of things. A feeling for the cosmic interconnectedness of all beings has been lost. In the prison of materialism, man cannot free himself from such polarity - that is why he is ruled by strife, war, egoism, lust for power and possessiveness.
The three musical works on this CD offer a glimpse into the liberating infinity beyond things: In THE BIRDS, the world of birds is evoked - even according to principles of mystical alchemy - which are evolutionarily related to dinosaurs and have always been associated with deities, divination and boundless celestial freedom. In FATAL HARMONIES, the deadly harmonies of the Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, the exaggerated disruption of a contradictory existence is presented, death and negative energies are diametrically opposed to bold genius - extreme light begets extreme shadow in polarity.
THE BELLS traces the archetype of bells, whose sound has been waking people up for thousands of years, leading them to transcendence and infinity. With the end of material thinking, of earthly persistence in polarity, judgement and comparison, PEACE could come - because in the face of eternity and infinity, good-evil or mine-his have lost all meaning. This is why the theme of 'peace' takes centre stage twice on this CD - in the concluding 'Dona nobis Pacem' and in the middle movement 'The Swan - The White' of the violin concerto, because this is based on the peace hymn 'El Cant des Ocells' (Song of the Birds) by the Catalan cellist and humanist Pablo Casal, which he played as an encore to every concert throughout his life.

Track List:
01. The Birds "Wisdom & Magic": I. Birth of the Universe from Spiral and Bird's Egg
02. The Birds "Wisdom & Magic": II. Raven & Crow - Nigredo the Blackness
03. The Birds "Wisdom & Magic": III. The Swan - Albedo the White
04. The Birds "Wisdom & Magic": IV. The Peacock - Colourfulness of the Dazzling Astral World
05. The Birds "Wisdom & Magic": V. The Crane Dance - Ritual & Soul Flight
06. Fatal Harmonies of Black Sweetness: I. Prologo - Armonie mortali
07. Fatal Harmonies of Black Sweetness: II. Cantilena - La belezza di Maria d'Avalos
08. Fatal Harmonies of Black Sweetness: III. Ballo mortale
09. Fatal Harmonies of Black Sweetness: IV. Ricercare
10. Fatal Harmonies of Black Sweetness: V. Ballo mortale
11. Fatal Harmonies of Black Sweetness: VI. Passacaglia Della Morte - Morire d'asfissia su un'altalena
12. Symphony No. 8 "The Bell - Bridge to Infinity": I. China "The Birth of the Bell Sound"
13. Symphony No. 8 "The Bell - Bridge to Infinity": II. The Fragrance of Small Bells
14. Symphony No. 8 "The Bell - Bridge to Infinity": III. Divine Sound "The Fright of the Demons"
15. Symphony No. 8 "The Bell - Bridge to Infinity": IV. The Bells "A Tribute to William Byrd"
16. Symphony No. 8 "The Bell - Bridge to Infinity": V. The Longing
17. Symphony No. 8 "The Bell - Bridge to Infinity": VI. Finale. Dona nobis pacem