Much fog, little foghorn

Talked was lumped there are two extreme cases, a complicate the qualitative assessment of an album. In one case, the entire album is moving consistently in the middle, can boast neither remarkable heights nor depths, instead moves from the first to the last note consistently in uniform gray. Finally, remains a most still consider whether it is located rather in slate or light gray. And then there are the albums that have virtually no gray proportion but jump constantly between light and shadow back and forth. The latter includes the "colorful evening".

One would like the two Ensemble of world criticism somehow already like. Bettina Prokert (voice) and Maxim-Alexander Hofmann (keys and vocal cords) act in their roles as unemployed graduates in the context of retraining as a comedian on stage (their clerk sitting in the audience). There they show with skits and songs, what they have learned everything and along the way they complain to the spectators their suffering. A remarkably nice idea with a lot of potential. They seem to work on the stage quite well because of the "Colorful Evening" is the first, however over the years nurtured and maintained program of existing since 2006 duo, and has already been seasoned in the past with numerous laurels in the form of benevolent reviews and prices (East German cabaret prize "Cabinet", in 2007, Bielefeld cabaret Price, 2008). On the CD, however, is naturally the optical facet lost, and so you stumble while listening often places that run or simply do not work, because according to the program description "funny disguises" and the "dancing" pin end than pleasure element as to the wayside as the desperate and over-emphasized movements, the uncertainty of the figures or the ostentatious frustration. Moreover, the concept phonograms looks extremely full of holes, probably due to clumsy cuts. You get the feeling that some of what started as a running gag, suddenly fizzles. The frame on the fate of unemployed university graduates makes a weird unfinished and carelessly designed impression since the beginning of the recording, although investing in the explanation of the initial situation for some time, however, the sacrificed a numbers Cabaret increasingly from about a quarter of the almost 80 minutes of runtime is that virtually has no connection to the basic idea more. Also likely to be largely due to the medium. It has over the complete distance feel satisfied or your money its an insufficient fraction of what has actually happened in this colorful evening - and that this impression is not yet established in the program itself on the two actors.

That the Press and judges with their assessment can not be completely wrong, the ensemble (the first highlight of the album: "I am afraid") proves quite some places, especially when improvisation is called for, ballyhoo around the German language (terrific "football") or swipes on society ("name song", thoughtful and smart: "Peoples, empties the shelves"). However, these highlights are sparsely sown in order to speak of an average album least can. The "colorful evening" is not reasonable in drive and meanders in the course often inconsequential Gefielde. However, the few good points of the live recording are correct (!) Well, refreshing and original. While it is understandable that the duo such a level - can not hold over the entire term, but a little more balanced would be allowed to fail the residual material quiet - at least for the audience. "A colorful evening" is not available in CD form not a good reference for the ensemble world criticism. You can take the album serve as a good reminder of a successful evening, as a motivation for a concert it is, however, less suitable. Still so good points are seen that one should not completely write off the duo. And other prices that have also accumulated with subsequent programs, suggest that they will continue mastered their craft. Maybe you should reconsider the choice of medium only for the future.