Release dates:

12 September 2025 (Germany)​​​

3 October 2025 (UK)

21 November 2025 (USA)

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In this album, the Saviet/Houston Duo trace a path through a shifting landscape of melodic contour, with duos by Michael Finnissy, Rebecca Saunders/Enno Poppe, Lawrence Dunn, Iannis Xenakis, and their own collaborative composition. Each work reflects in different ways the intricate contradictions and the powerful complexity of contemporary life.

 

Formed in Berlin in 2019, the Saviet/Houston Duo focuses on collaboration with composers, new and experimental music, our own compositions, and 19th- and 20th-century music. Our first performance was a programme based on the theme of Nature and Conservation as part of Sasha Waltz’s festival ZUHÖREN #4 at Radialsystem, Berlin. In 2022, as part of an ongoing project, we performed several new works for re-tuned piano and violin by Catherine Lamb at km28 in Berlin. Other performances have included George Lewis and Enno Poppe at Wigmore Hall; the premiere of Rebecca Saunders/Enno Poppe's Taste at Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik 2022; performances at AFEKT Festival (Estonia); Ann Cleare and Xenakis at the National Concert Hall, Dublin; and a programme including our own piece Unfoldings at Ultraschall Festival (Berlin) in 2023. In 2025 we performed new works by Arne Gieshoff and Zeynep Toraman at ECLAT Festival. Later in 2025 we will give the premiere of a new 90-minute duo by American composer Sarah Hennies at Donaueschinger Musiktage and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.

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https://www.saviethoustonduo.com/
https://saviethoustonduo.bandcamp.com/​​

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Tracklist​

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1. Mississippi Hornpipes (Michael Finnissy)

 

2. Walking, Waking (Saviet/Houston)

3. Are you there (Lawrence Dunn)

4. Dikhthas (Iannis Xenakis)

5. Taste (Poppe/Saunders)​

 

All press enquiries to ssaviet@gmail.com

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Recorded at Haus des Rundfunks, Saal 3,

Berlin, Germany, June, 18 – 21, 2024

Executive Producer: Rainer Pöllmann

Recording Supervisor: Felix Epp · Balance Engineer: Andreas Stoffels

Editing Studio Felix Epp, Berlin, Germany, September 2024

Editing Engineer: Felix Epp

Mastering at AvR Studio, Steinenbronn, Germany, July 2025

Mastering Engineer: Adrian von Ripka

Executive Producers for Winter & Winter: Mariko Takahashi and Stefan Winter

Photography: Camille Blake