Hypersuites Reloaded Marina Baranova

• 1Allemande from Suite in D Minor (Remix by Damian Marhulets)04:45
• 2Muséte De Taverni (Remix by John Kameel Farah)03:56
• 3Sarabande from Suite in D Minor (Remix by Humboldt)04:35
• 4La Poule (Remix by Hauschka) 06:42
• 5Siciliano from Flute Sonata (Remix by Marina Baranova) 04:30
• 6Le Rappel Des Oiseaux (Remiy by Kostia Rapoport) 05:15
• 7Siciliano from Flute Sonata (Remix by Raz Ohara) 03:38
• 8Prelude in B Minor (Remix by Anton Berman) 04:52
• 9Sarabande from Suite in D Minor (Remix by Jannis Block) 04:04
• Total Runtime42:17

Info for Hypersuites Reloaded

The pianist and composer Marina Baranova released her album “Hypersuites” on the Berlin Classics label in August 2016. “My Hypersuites are acoustic remixes of Baroque masters,” the artist explains. For this project she chose compositions by four Baroque composers – Couperin, J.S. Bach, Rameau and Handel – and combined individual pieces by them into four new suites. Then Baranova adapted, improvised and arranged the Baroque music forms in new guise within those suites. This was all in the spirit of Baroque music, whose composers frequently remodelled their works 300 years ago in order to suit different occasions by adding variations and new cadenzas.

The result of this approach is a new Gesamtkunstwerk, a modern “mixed tape”: Hypersuites. Baroque music for the 21st century. Marina Baranova recorded the project on a modern Steinway grand in Berlin’s Teldex Studio and invited a special guest to join her on “Hypersuites”: composer and pianist Hauschka created a remix of Rameau’s La Poule. The result was a piece of music in which Baroque and electronic music reflect one another.

What happens if you take this idea a step further?

Marina Baranova is a classically-trained concert pianist whose roots are in both the classical and jazz fields, but whose interests span out much further than that. The idea for the “Hypersuites” came to her during a DJ session. She came to the conclusion that DJ scratches were really nothing more than the modern form of Baroque musical ornamentations.

So the logical conclusion was to add an additional tone colour to the hypersuites: electronic editing of Baranova’s version for solo instrument. How do DJs, contemporary composers and musicians interpret Baroque music? How modern is Baroque music, and how can it transfer to the present day? The result should not just be a remix, but should produce an independent work of music, with an individual signature, and without any stipulations or limitations.

Who would be willing to give it a go? Hauschka wrote a 6-minute version of Rameau’s La Poule for the “Hypersuites Reloaded” album. Well known for his prepared piano and film soundtracks, this musician is open to new projects that lead him deeper into the realm of classical music with orchestra and chamber ensembles. Joining him are other composers, producers and musicians: John Kameel Farah, Damian Marhulets, Humboldt, Kostia Rapoport, Jannis Block, Anton Berman and Raz Ohara with their own remixes.

And of course Marina adds her own remix, something that is not just a remix but that offers a new approach altogether – her approach – to Bach’s Siciliano.

Marina Baranova, piano

Marina Baranova
Born into a musical family in Ukraine, Marina Baranova began playing the piano when she was five years old. Just two years later, she was accepted into a music school for talented children in her home town of Kharkov. At age 11, Marina won first prize at the International Competition for Young Pianists in Ukraine, which preceded her first international concert tour in Finland.

In the late 90’s she moved to Germany to begin studying with Professor Vladimir Krainev at the University for Music, Theatre and Media in Hannover. Throughout her studies in Hannover, she won at least one internationally renowned competition every year. Marina still resides in Hannover, her base with which she returns from international tours across famous concert halls in Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Spain, Benelux, Poland, Israel, Latin America and Thailand.

Marina’s passionate musical interpretation and performances have won over the public and press alike at a wide range of festivals. Festivals such as the International Piano Festival Ferruccio Busoni and the Merano Classic Festival in South Tyrol, Italy, the Viennese Music Week, the Beethoven and Schumann festivals in Bonn, the Granada Piano festival, Schumann Fest Week, Leipzig, and the Beethoven Night in Heidelberg have all seen Marina enhance her international reputation. A sought-after soloist, Marina has performed with the German Radio Philharmonic, the Würtembergischen Philharmonic conducted by Ola Rudner, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Quartet, the Slaska Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bromberg Radio Orchestra conducted by Tadeusz Strugala, the Romanian Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra and the Jerusalem Strings in Yad Vashem, Israel. Her performances have been broadcast on German national TV and Radio including her debut concerto performance in Berlin and her concert performance in the Trierer Kurfürstlichen Palace.

Her debut CD „Marina Baranova plays Schumann“, released by Pianissimo Music in 2012, was given rave reviews by the press. Jaochim Kaiser described her as a skilled and captivating interpreter of Schumann’s music.

Alongside her career as a classical pianist, Marina’s interests also lie in cross-over projects in Jazz, New Music and World Music. For example, She has been involved in numerous world premiere performances of composer Damian Marhulets’ electro-acoustic compositions, including „STELLAR - Wandering Stars Suite“, on which she collaborated with award winning guitarist Frank Bungarten, and „Triangulation“, which was performed at the Beethoven Fest in Bonn. In the world music arena, Marina performed with klezmer legend and clarinettist Giora Feidman at the Vienna Konzerthaus with a program of Jewish songs and songs by Schubert. Shortly following this project, Marina was asked to perform as a guest soloist with Feidman in a CD production, where they recorded numerous compositions together.

Marina Baranova is herself also a talented composer. Her latest CD „Firebird“, where she collaborates with renowned percussionist Murat Coşkun, is completely made up of her own compositions. „Firebird“ was released in 2013 under the Pianissimo Music label and was distributed by Edel Music. Marina and Murat are also touring this program together as a duo.

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