High Hopes, the debut album by Arvid Fagerfjall and Hikaru Kanki, is dedicated to the search for a balance between reality and our inner self – and the attempt to maintain hope in life. For their program, the two drew from two centuries of song repertoire, with each of the selected works also being lively and complex in it’s own unique way.

Tracklist:

1. Auf Einer Wanderung
2. Im Frhling
3. Memnon D 541
4. Trois Fables de Jean de la Fontaine-La Cigale Et la Fourmi
5. Trois Fables de Jean de la Fontaine-Le Loup Et L’agneau
6. Cabaret Songs Vol. 4-Poet Pal of Mine
7. Am Fenster D 878
8. Mein Wagen Rollet Langsam Op. 142 NR. 3
9. Schne Wiege Meine Leiden Op. 24 NR. 5
10. Neue Alexanderlieder: Ich Mag Euch Alle Nicht
11. Auflsung D 807
12. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake-A Poison Tree
13. Sieben Unsympathen-Der Makler
14. Sieben Unsympathen-Fussballfans Im Zug
15. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake-The Tyger
16. Songs and Proverbs of William Blake-The Fly
17. Songs and Ballads, Op. 3-NR.
18. Es Wandelt, Was Wir Schauen
19. Doppelgnger D 957 NR. 13 (Aus Schwanengesang)
20. Nannas Lied
21. Buddy on the Nightshift
22. Yesterday’s Spot

UPC: 4260052386859
Label: Ars Produktion
Release Date: 10.31.25
Format: CD