Discography
Vagabond -
Memory Lane -
Saitensprung -
Grand Cru -
draußen
Breton Blues -
La Clé de Champs
Strandgut -
Zweisamkeiten -
Bunt -die Zweite
Vagabond (2009)
The ocean, long beaches, rugged cliffs, lonely walking through the dunes - this is where guitarist Christian Straube finds his inspiriation. His new CD "Vagabond", Brittany, its landscape, the feasts where people dance through the night, that's what his compisitions tell about. His music is building bridges between past and present, classic and folk, counterpoint and popular songs. These are no contradictions for Christian Straube. and so he wrote a suite in six parts about Lanniliz, a small village at the end of the world. Coming from Breton melodies he transforms this suite to a classical piece of art. Typically Straube whose guitar playing speaks to your mind as well as to your emotions. The mood of a late summer evening, the touching fragility of a butterfly are subject to his compositions. Straube takes his inspiration from his own musicla developement that took him from Blues, Rock and Folk to a classical education.
Trance Music, 47:26 min
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"Memory Lane" (with Friedemann)
Released at In-akustik in a "Limited Luxory Edition". An overview about the work of Friedemann. "Pia" and "Alois" are duos with Christian Straube. Especially "Alois" sounds fresh and clean like crystal clear water.
"Saitensprung" (with Friedemann)
Friedemanns latest solo album is rather a duo album seen the fact that six of eleven songs have been recodered as duos. The primo of "Till", "Hitzig", "Pia", "Für Moni" and "County Road" has been written by Christian Straubes. "An elegand and thrilling ensemble. A musical document of most precious collaboration is second to none..." ("Stereoplay", May 2007, CD of the month)
Grand cru (2005/2006)
With this album Christian Straube realises an old dream to play his music with an ensemble. This was more than a success: The cd was named audiophile CD of the month in May 2006 by Stereoplay/Phonoforum.
Typically for Straube his fantastic melodies, wonderful little compositions, have been recorded in the legendary Biber-Studios.
First class musicians form the ensemble Grand Cru:
- Christian Straube: guitar
- Friedemann: guitar
- Adrian Mears: trombone
- Roman Caprez: trombone
- David Kummer: oboe, harmonica
- Markus Faller: percussion
- Thomas Heidepriem: bass
- Reinhold Hirth: drums
Listen to some extracts of this CD HERE!
Biber Records, 54:33 min
draußen (double-cd, 2001)
Straube's 7th release atmospherically and musically follows up on his compositions of the years 90, but captivates through its balladesque form. Music to lift you up, like it was produced for Café del Mar - just traditionally on the guitar. Straube invites his audience to travel through his musical universe, ending in a mood that might be called harmony. A surprise waits on the second CD: Straube interprets his pieces together with saxophonist Lömsch Lehmann, bass player Sebastian Gramss, percussionist Hakim Ludin and guitarist Ian Melrose.
Self published, studio Hanno Giulini, Heidelberg, CD1 47:36 min, CD2 38:33 min
Breton Blues (2000)
New compositions for guitar in the rare and unique company of a piano. The compositions reflect the earthy sound of Brittany and the airiness of the mediterranean Southern France.
Self published, studio Hanno Giulini, Heidelberg, 45:56 min
La Clé des Champs - Chants d'hier et d'aujourd'hui (1999)
In early summer 1999 Christian Straube accompanied the recordings of a French choir and a following concert in Dijon/France.
Strandgut (1998)
The celtic tradition is rich of tales, myths and strange stories. Christian Straube has absorbed this tradition for his first solo-album and used it as a source of inspiration for 16 compositions that take the audience to a sensual journey to Ireland, Scotland and Brittany. Every part of this journey tells its own little story and has been wrapped in its own atmospherical music dress. There are calm and pensive pieces - reflecting the poetic side of Christian Straube. There are happy, propelling and almost finger breaking songs and song parts that are played with accuracy and not only show tempo but also groove and melody. In his playing and recording Straube demonstrates maturity as a composer, joy of perfection and the pure sound of his concert folk guitar.
Self published, studio Hanno Giulini, Heidelberg, 48:05 min
Zweisamkeiten (1997)
Christian Straube and Michael Busch, guitar teacher and pupil, started a close musical dialogue for this album. All songs have been composed together, the soli are from Christian Straube alone. These twelve pieces have been mainly inspired by the European, especially the German folklore. The classical guitar, blues, jazz and the romantic art song have left their traces. There's one thing that all songs have in common: they are catchy, simple but still frisky melodies that give an inner tension to this music.
Self published, studio Hanno Giulini, Heidelberg, 43:32 min
Bunt "Die Zweite" (1995)
As a guest musician Christian Straube contributed a few pieces to the cd of the reknown dialect band of the Palatinate.
