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GLEN HANSARD

GLEN HANSARD

DON + T SETTLE TRANSMISSIONS EAST

Features · Recorded over two evenings in April 2025 at Berlin’s Funkhaus Nalepastr – a historic former broadcasting facility.

This musical and sonic gem is also available as a high-resolution download in 96 kHz/24-bit, in the original recording quality, on platforms such as Qobuz.

Another boutique recording using our RemoteTaxi Flightpack. On the technical side: alongside high-quality digital technology, we used ribbon microphones from Royer, Cole  and  Beyer, Neumann TLM 50s, preamps from Neve and Telefunken, as well as active microphone splits from Neumann to achieve that good old analogue touch.

Stephan Ullrich

Stephan Ullrich

Der Zauberberg - Thomas Mann 1924

Features · March 2026. 

English version below

KUNST;STÜCKE. „Grosse Werke. Grosse Stimme“

KUNST;STÜCKE ist unser neues Label mit einer einfachen Überzeugung: Klassische Weltliteratur verdient eine Stimme, die ihr gerecht wird. Meisterhaft gesprochen. High-End produziert.

Unser erstes Werk: Der Zauberberg von Thomas Mann (1924) – gelesen von Stephan Ullrich.

Keine Lesung im klassischen Sinn; es ist gelebte Sprache. Ullrich, seit Jahrzehnten erfolgreicher Theater- und TV-Schauspieler, verleiht Hans Castorps siebenjährigem Aufenthalt im Schweizer Hochgebirge eine Präsenz, die man nicht vergisst– sonorer Klang, präzise Betonung, makellose Artikulation. Sieben sorgfältig ausgewählte Kapitel des Jahrhundertromans, zusammengestellt in Zusammenarbeit mit Professor Dr. Ralph Köhnen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. 8 Stunden und 36 Minuten herausragender Hörgenuss.

„Der Zauberberg“ von KUNST;STÜCKE richtet sich an anspruchsvolle Hörerinnen und Hörer – und ebenso an alle, die sich bislang noch nicht an Thomas Manns Opus magnum herangewagt haben. Sprache die so klingt, eröffnet Welten.

Download · € 60,– inkl. MwSt.

■  kunst-stücke.com

KUNST;STÜCKE is our new label built around one conviction: classical literature deserves a voice that does it justice. Read with mastery. Produced without compromise.

Our first release: Der Zauberberg by Thomas Mann (1924) — read by Stephan Ullrich.

This is not a reading in the conventional sense. It is language lived. Ullrich, a successful theatre and TV actor for decades, brings a presence to Hans Castorp’s seven-year stay at a Swiss mountain sanatorium that is impossible to forget — resonant tone, precise emphasis, immaculate diction. Seven chapters of the century’s great novel, selected in collaboration with Professor Dr. Ralph Köhnen of Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Eight hours and thirty-six minutes of extraordinary listening.

"Der Zauberberg" by KUNST;STÜCKE is aimed at discerning listeners — and equally at those who have not yet dared to approach Thomas Mann's opus magnum. Language that sounds like this opens up worlds.

Download · € 60,– incl. VAT.

■  kunst-stücke.com

W:O:A HOLY NIGHT

W:O:A HOLY NIGHT

LIVE FROM WACKEN

Features · Metal and candlelight. Turns out they go together just fine.

W:O:A Holy Night brought the spirit of the world’s most legendary metal festival into the coldest month of the year – across two iconic venues in the village of Wacken: the Landgasthof and the Heiligen-Geist-Kirche. An inn and a medieval church.

The lineup delivered across the full spectrum: Hämatom, Saltatio Mortis, Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Beyond the Black, Visions of Atlantis, Lord of the Lost and Heavysaurus. This time we produced the sound on site with our Flightpack System.

The stream, presented by Telekom / MagentaMusik, is available on demand.

■ Watch the full show:  magentamusik.de/wacken-holy-night-2025

Picture Credit: Screenshot https://www.magentamusik.de/