Symphonia (Schiller album)

Symphonia
Live album by
Released17 October 2014 (2014-10-17)
Recorded2014
GenreElectronica, Ambient, Synthpop
LabelWe Love Music (Universal Music)
ProducerChristopher von Deylen
Schiller chronology
Opus
(2013)
Symphonia
(2014)
Future
(2016)

Symphonia is a live album of the music project Schiller, created by the German electronic musician Christopher von Deylen. The album was released on October 17, 2014 (2014-10-17). The album is a live recording of the ″SCHILLER meets CLASSIC″ open air concert with the Berlin Symphonic Pop Orchestra at the Classic Open Air 2014 event on the Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin. The orchestra consisted of 60 musicians. On this album Schiller has collaborated with the singers Midge Ure, Jaël Malli, Eva Mali and Der Graf from Unheilig. It was released in different editions. The cover artwork shows a bursting soap bubble in front of a black background.[1][2] The album reached in its first week number 4 of the German albums chart.

It features the premiere of the song ″Berlin, Berlin″, which was only played and recorded live. It was also the first time, the song Sonne was played live with the singer Der Graf from Unheilig.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tune in" 
2."Ein schöner Tag (with Eva Mali)" 
3."Hochland" 
4."Lichtermeer" 
5."Desert Empire" 
6."Schiller" 
7."Ruhe" 
8."Sehnsucht (Instrumental)" 
9."Sehnsucht Reprise" 
10."Sommernacht" 
11."Berlin Moskau" 
12."Tired (with Jaël)" 
13."Let it Rise (with Midge Ure)" 
14."Leben... I Feel You (Instrumental)" 
15."Das Glockenspiel" 
16."Solveig's Song (with Eva Mali)" 
17."Sonne (with Unheilig)" 
18."Berlin, Berlin" 

Charts

Chart performance for Symphonia
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[4] 46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 4
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 23

References

  1. ^ Klassikakzente: Schiller live mit Symphonieorchester: Das neue Album “Symphonia”
  2. ^ Discogs
  3. ^ Klassikakzente: Symphonia
  4. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Schiller – Symphonia" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Schiller – Symphonia" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Schiller – Symphonia". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 April 2021.