1
by Galina Ustvolskaya
- Type: Album
- Released: 1992
- Label: hat ART
- Country: Russia
- Length: 58:38
- Community rating: 4.19/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Known as 'the lady with the hammer' for her brutally heavy, percussive approach to composition, the uncompromising Russian composer's intense chamber pieces are masterfully interpreted here. '1' features harrowing, dissonant arrangements that violently contrast extreme dynamic shifts, often utilizing a custom wooden box struck with a mallet to achieve a terrifying rhythmic anchor. The recording offers a stark, terrifying glimpse into her intensely spiritual and isolating sonic universe.
Genres
Descriptors: Modern, avant-garde, instrumental, experimental, atonal, dissonant, piano, chamber, strings, virtuosic
Tracklist
Credits
- Galina Ustvolskaya - primary artist, composed by
- Reinbert de Leeuw - primary artist, piano
- Vera Beths - primary artist, violin
- Harmen de Boer - primary artist, clarinet
- Kazimir Malevi膷 - painting [inside cover painting]
- Ann Holyoke Lehmann - typography [cover typography]