Stream the full release at www.zeit.de

Hilary Hahn and Hauschka "Draw a Map" from Najork on Vimeo.

Hilary Hahn recorded her new album Silfra in Iceland with the Düsseldorf-based composer and pianist Volker Bertelmann, who goes by the name Hauschka. The album's producer, Valgeir Sigurðsson, normally works with the likes of Björk and Feist.

For a limited time, the album is availalbe as a free stream via www.npr.org

Hauschka - The Key from Jeff Desom on Vimeo.

wikipedia.org. "Hauschka's work is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of the prepared piano - a playfully disruptive intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument. Hauschka explores and influences the outcome of his music by modifying parts of the instrument, attaching various objects to the strings to create a sound described as "a delicate, sometimes haunting form of experimental piano music".[1] Hauschka's sound borrows as much from John Cage's same-titled prepared piano works and the historic predecessors of Les Six – namely Erik Satie." Read on