Laurentius Schlieker and Thilo Plaesser have had a cheerful, appreciative friendship (AMICI=Freunde) since 1985, and in recent years there have been numerous joint projects and concerts. One of the highlights was the improvisation concert "Tango & Gregorianik" at Gerleve Abbey in 2013, from which the music for the present CD recording developed. The joy of playing and spontaneity of Thilo Plaesser's improvisations merge into a unity with the singing of Abbot Laurentius Schlieker, who interprets these songs quasi "first hand".

Short Vita
Laurentius Schlieker OSB, born in 1951, Benedictine monk of Gerleve Abbey, studied philosophy, theology and Gregorian chant in Rome and church music studies at the "St. Gregoriushaus" Conservatory, Aachen, entrusted with pastoral and educational duties of the monastery and active as a church musician in his monastery. He taught Gregorian chant at the music academies in Herford and Dortmund and was involved in editing texts of the early Middle Ages. Various CD recordings and collaborations with other artists. Laurentius Schlieker has been director of the Benedictine Abbey Gerleve since December 2006, since 2009 as Abbot.