Dieter Roth

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Actor and producer Martin Engler came across Dieter Roth's texts in the latter's Basel studio and has been transforming them into an audio series ever since. This audio CD includes two exclusive recordings: Engler's rendering of Roth's small ads in the Anzeiger Stadt Luzern and Tears & Stones, recorded in Iceland in June 2010 with the choir of the Dieter Roth Akademie.

The actor and director Martin Engler has appeared on many stages in Germany and abroad, most recently in the Theater Basel. In addition to acting, he lectures at the Hochschule für Schauspielkunst Ernst Busch Berlin (The Ernst Busch Acting Academy) and narrates and directs radio plays in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France. He has made a number of short and experimental films as well as working on freelance projects that straddle drama, art and science. He came across Dieter Roth’s texts in the latter’s studio in Basel and has been transforming these into the "Engler sieht Roth" audio series since then. This CD includes two exclusive recordings: Engler’s rende ring of Roth’s small ads in the Anzeiger Stadt Luzern as well as Tears & Stones, recorded in Iceland in June 2010 with the choir of the Dieter Roth Akademie.

Playing time: 42:21; CD in digifile.

#1: Das Tränenmeer (32:05), Martin Engler vertont den Stadtanzeiger der Stadt Luzern mit den Inseraten von D. R.

#2: Tears & Stones (10:11), recorded in Island with the choir of the Dieter Roth Academy in Juni 2010.

Release notes

Actor and producer Martin Engler came across Dieter Roth's texts in the latter's Basel studio and has been transforming them into an audio series ever since. This audio CD includes two exclusive recordings: Engler's rendering of Roth's small ads in the Anzeiger Stadt Luzern and Tears & Stones, recorded in Iceland in June 2010 with the choir of the Dieter Roth Akademie. The actor and director Martin Engler has appeared on many stages in Germany and abroad, most recently in the Theater Basel. In…