Quattro pezzi per orchestra; Anahit; Uaxuctum
by Giacinto Scelsi
- Type: Album
- Released: 1989
- Label: Accord
- Country: Italy
- Length: 13:06
- Community rating: 4.15/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This posthumous collection showcases the radical microtonal techniques of Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi. Centered around sustained pitches and continuous micro-oscillations in timbre and dynamics, the compositions鈥攎ost notably the monumental 'Uaxuctum'鈥攁bandon traditional melodic and rhythmic progression to explore the sonic interiority of single notes.
Genres
Descriptors: orchestral, avant-garde, instrumental, microtonal, minimal, experimental, long-form
Tracklist
- Quattro Pezzi Per Orchestra (Ciascuno Su Una Nota Sola): I
- Quattro Pezzi Per Orchestra (Ciascuno Su Una Nota Sola): II
- Quattro Pezzi Per Orchestra (Ciascuno Su Una Nota Sola): III
- Quattro Pezzi Per Orchestra (Ciascuno Su Una Nota Sola): IV
- Anahit (Po猫me Lyrique D茅di茅 脌 Venus) (13:06)
- Uaxuctum: I
- Uaxuctum: II
- Uaxuctum: III
- Uaxuctum: IV
- Uaxuctum: V
Credits
- Giacinto Scelsi - primary artist, composed by
- Orkiestra Polskiego Radia I Telewizji W Krakowie - primary artist, orchestra
- Ch贸r Polskiego Radia I Telewizji W Krakowie - primary artist, chorus
- J眉rg Wyttenbach - primary artist, conductor [direction]
- Elisabeth Buzzard - liner notes [english translation]
- Harry Halbreich - liner notes [french & german]
- Tristan Murail - ondes martenot
- V茅ronique Marmouset - photography by [j眉rg wyttenbach photo]
- Krzysztof Drab - recorded by [enregistrement r茅alis茅 par]
- Lech Dudzik - recorded by [enregistrement r茅alis茅 par]
- Tomasz Walkiewicz - recording supervisor [r茅gie]
- Irena Urba艅ska - solo vocal [soliste], soprano vocals [soprano]
- Jadwiga Jakubiak - solo vocal [soliste], soprano vocals [soprano]
- Josef Dwojak - solo vocal [soliste], tenor vocals [t茅nor]
- Krzysztof Szafran - solo vocal [soliste], tenor vocals [t茅nor]
- Carmen Fournier - violin, soloist [violon solo]