Scelsi, Giacinto

Giacinto Scelsi

Label: Edition Rz Country: Germany

Seven works by composer Giacinto Scelsi performed by groups including the Ensemble 2E2M, collected and remastered from the original recordings.

"For Giacinto Scelsi, music was above all a manifestation of the energy of sound in the making. Since the early 1950's, at the latest, the idea of sound as a cosmic force, rooted in the Indian notion of music, had become fundamental to his thinking -- from then on, tones and sounds were for him phenomena whose 'depth' had yet to be experienced. Rooted in these assumptions as well is Scelsi's belief that he as subject must completely withdraw, surrendering himself to that which endeavors to free itself through him."

Anagamin Celui qui choisit de revenir ou pas, Pranam I En souvenir de la perte tragique de Jani et Sia Christou, String Quartet Nr. 4, Quattro pezzi su una nota sola, Okanagon doit être considéré comme un rite et, si l'on veut, comme le battement de coeur de la Terre, String Quartet Nr. 2

Anagamin Celui qui choisit de revenir ou pas for 12 Strings (1965 (SFB 1990), Ensemble Oriol Berlin, Ltg. Sebastian Gottschick)

Pranam I En souvenir de la perte tragique de Jani et Sia Christou for voice, 12 instrumentalists and tape, 1972 Fondazione Isabella Scelsi, Rom 1972) Michiko Hirayama, Stimme, Ad Hoc Ensemble, Ltg. Vieri Tosatti

String Quartet Nr. 4 1964 (RB 1994) Pellegrini-Quartett: Antonio Pellegrini, 1. Violine; Thomas Hofer, 2. Violine; Charlotte Geselbracht, Viola; Helmut Menzler, Violoncello

Quattro pezzi su una nota sola for chamber orchestra, 1959 (Les Disques Solstice 1982) Ensemble 2e2m, Ltg. Luca Pfaff

Okanagon doit être considéré comme un rite et, si l'on veut, comme le battement de coeur de la Terre for harp, Tam Tam and bass (1968 (Les Disques Solstice 1982) Ensemble 2e2m, Ltg. Luca Pfaff)

String Quartet Nr. 2 1961 (WDR 1979) Berner Streichquartett: Alexander van Wijnkoop, 1. Violine; Eva Zurbrügg, 2. Violine; Henrik Crafoord, Viola; Walter Grimmer, Violoncello