Works for voice with ensemble after poems by e.e. cummings and Arthur Rimbaud as well as chamber music works show the numerous facets of Matthias Pintscher's compositional technique. Presented by well-known interpreters, who are specialists in New Music, and under the direction of the composer himself, the CD offers a comprehensive insight into Pintscher's "penetrating the instant of time".

Tabea Zimmermann: viola / Alban Gerhardt: violoncello / Julie Moffat: soprano / Klangforum Wien / Matthias Pintscher: conductor / Claudia Barainsky: soprano / Axel Bauni: piano / Ariane Andereggen: speaker / ElbtonalSchlagwerk: percussion / Thorsten Encke, Tobias Engeli, Gottfried Roßner: violoncelli / Christian Cluxen: live-electronics / NDR Chor / Hans-Christoph Rademann: chorus master