Giacinto Scelsi

by Giacinto Scelsi / Groupe vocal de France / Michel Tranchant

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: FY
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 1:17:23
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A compelling overview of the esoteric Italian composer's remarkable choral and chamber works, released the same year as his passing. Conducted by Michel Tranchant, the Groupe vocal de France expertly navigates Scelsi's signature microtonal clusters and profound explorations of single-note vibrations. The avant-garde arrangements present a highly mystical, transcendent approach to modern classical singing.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, choral, minimal, atonal, dissonant, long-form, complex

Tracklist

  1. Pranam 1, pour voix, 12 instruments & bande (6:50)
  2. I. (6:16)
  3. II. (3:14)
  4. III. (5:42)
  5. I. (3:18)
  6. II. (3:18)
  7. III. (4:09)
  8. Riti : i funerali di Alessandro Magno (323 A.C) (9:57)
  9. Trio, pour 3 percussionnistes (4:51)
  10. Manto per quattro, pour voix, fl没te, trombone & violoncelle (3:54)
  11. I. (6:00)
  12. II. (8:17)
  13. III. (3:30)
  14. "Le son sph茅rique" (1:08)
  15. "Le voyage en Inde" (2:12)
  16. "Souvenirs parisiens" (3:03)
  17. "Je suis un interm茅diaire" (1:35)

Credits

  • Giacinto Scelsi - primary artist, composed by, interviewee
  • Aldo Brizzi - conductor
  • Jean-Fran莽ois Pontefract - edited by
  • Gruppo Musica Insieme - ensemble
  • Nuovo Ensemble Italiano - ensemble
  • Marc Texier - interviewer
  • Marie-C茅cile Mazzoni - interviewer
  • Maurizio Ben Omar - percussion

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