Aion; Pfhat; Konx-Om-Pax

by Giacinto Scelsi

Aion; Pfhat; Konx-Om-Pax cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Accord
  • Country: Italy
  • Length: 47:16
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Exploring profound microtonal fluctuations, the Italian composer's late-career orchestral works focus intensely on the internal acoustic properties of single notes. The compositions reject traditional melody in favor of shifting, dense harmonic clusters that create a deeply unsettling and transcendental atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, dissonant, scary, orchestral, choral, droning, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Aion: I (7:41)
  2. Aion: II (3:46)
  3. Aion: III (3:43)
  4. Aion: IV (5:09)
  5. Pfhat: I (1:58)
  6. Pfhat: II (1:04)
  7. Pfhat: III (3:03)
  8. Pfhat: IV (2:41)
  9. Konx-Om-Pax: I (7:31)
  10. Konx-Om-Pax: II (2:01)
  11. Konx-Om-Pax: III (8:39)

Credits

  • Giacinto Scelsi - primary artist, composed by
  • J眉rg Wyttenbach - conductor [direction]
  • Anna Kazo艅-Regulska - edited by [editing digital]
  • Szymon Kawalla - repetiteur [pr茅paration de l'orchestre]
  • Jerzy Noworol - supervised by [r茅gie musicale]

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