___ _ __ __ ___/ (_)_________(_)___/ /__ ____ / /_ / __ / / ___/ ___/ / __ / _ \/ __ \/ __/ / /_/ / (__ |__ ) / /_/ / __/ / / / /_ \__,_/_/____/____/_/\__,_/\___/_/ /_/\__/ d i s s i d e n t _______________________________________________________________________ a r t i s t : Giacinto Scelsi t i t l e : 5 String Quartets/String Trio/Khoom d a t e : 2002 l a b e l : montaigne g e n r e : Classical r l s. d a t e : Sep-08-2002 t r a c k s : 27 b i t r a t e : 224kbps s i z e : 195,1 MB _______________________________________________________________________ "Situated between the weight of sound and its resonance, Scelsi's gestures attract and subjugate the listener by their physical and spiritual energy. Rugged and profound, the Trio and the five Quartets weave a magic spell thanks to the Arditti Quartet, whilst the soprano Michiko Hirayama raises the veil on the mysterious character of Khoom , followed by the Far Eastern asceticism of Seven Episodes from an unwritten story of love and death in a distant land. Played here by musicians closely associated with Giacinto Scelsi, in particular the conductor Aldo Brizzi, these are definitive recordings." (http://www.forcedexposure.com) Accepted widely as a masterpiece, some even place Scelsi's String Quartet No. 1 among the greatest quartets ever composed. It is, at least, a major work of twentieth century academic modernism. Scelsi spent a few years studying composition, producing various chromatic, contrapuntal works, mostly for the piano. The String Quartet No. 1, composed in 1944, is the summation of that precocious student period. It is the final and greatest piece he wrote before his nervous breakdown, that began in the same year, and the subsequent transformation of his music. [...] (http://allclassical.com) wonderful music wonderfully packaged. i couldn'd find many infos on the net, the label seems to have no website all string quartets: arditti string quartet khoom: michiko hirayama - voice, maurizio ben omar - percussion, frank lloyd - horn, arditti string quartet, aldo brizzi - conducting _______________________________________________________________________ CD1 01-String Quartet no 1 (1944): [09:31] Quasi lento - Agitato - Molto sostenuto ed intenso - Con esaltazione esasperata - Vivace - Andante mosso - Drammatico - Violente, feroce 02-String Quartet no 1 (1944): [10:03] Molto lento, quasi funebre - Pesante 03-String Quartet no 1 (1944): Scherzo [02:55] 04-String Quartet no 1 (1944): [09:38] Moderato - Deciso - Dolcissimo 05-String Trio (1958): 1er mouvement [03:34] 06-String Trio (1958): 2e mouvement [03:08] 07-String Trio (1958): 3e mouvement [02:49] 08-String Trio (1958): 4e mouvement [04:03] 09-String Quartet no 2 (1961): 1er mouvement [03:01] 10-String Quartet no 2 (1961): 2e mouvement [03:40] 11-String Quartet no 2 (1961): 3e mouvement [02:41] 12-String Quartet no 2 (1961): 4e mouvement [02:50] 13-String Quartet no 2 (1961): 5e mouvement [05:26] CD2 01-Khoom (1962): 1er Θpisode [03:33] 02-Khoom (1962): 2e Θpisode [01:44] 03-Khoom (1962): 3e Θpisode [03:23] 04-Khoom (1962): 4e Θpisode [02:34] 05-Khoom (1962): 5e Θpisode [04:59] 06-Khoom (1962): 6e Θpisode [03:20] 07-Khoom (1962): 7e Θpisode [03:10] 08-String Quartet no 3 (1963): [04:10] avec une grande tendresse (dolcissimo) 09-String Quartet no 3 (1963): [03:23] l'appel de l'esprit: dualisme, ambivalence, con 10-String Quartet no 3 (1963): l'Γme se rΘveille... [03:42] (con transparenza) 11-String Quartet no 3 (1963): [04:20] ...et tombe de nouveau dans le pathos mais maintenant avec un pressentiment de la lib ration (con tristezza) 12-String Quartet no 3 (1963): LibΘration, catharsis [03:28] 13-String Quartet no 4 (1964) [10:04] 14-String Quartet no 5 (1974/85) [06:32] ------- 121:4 _______________________________________________________________________ e m a i l: [email protected] inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes