Inspired by 100-year-old recordings.
German producer Christian Löffler has released a new album titled ‘Parallels’, which is backed by Deutsche Grammophon’s The Shellac Project initiative.
Deutsche Grammophon and Google Arts & Culture started The Shellac Project together, digitalizing shellac discs, which were the main format for recorded material until the 1930s. The German brand founded back in 1898 has one of the oldest collections of recorded material in the world.
As a part of the collaboration, Christian Löffler interpreted material from classical composers like Wagner, Beethoven, Chopin, and Bach among others. ‘I hope my interpretations reach out to people who wouldn’t usually listen to the old masters’, said Löffler.
Along with the release of ‘Parallels’, Christian Löffler has unveiled a video for ‘Dir Jehova’, his own interpretation of a choir piece by Bach, recorded by Thomanerchor in 1927.
Listen to the album below and grab your copy of ‘Parallels’ here.
