Salut f眉r Caudwell, Les Consolations & Concertini

by Helmut Lachenmann

Salut f眉r Caudwell, Les Consolations & Concertini cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 January 2008
  • Label: Kairos
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:34:45
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Wilhelm Bruck and Theodor Ross, the guitarists who premiered 'Salut f眉r Caudwell', return to its spoken texts and detuned strings for this recording. The set pairs it with 'Les Consolations' for chorus and orchestra, never commercially recorded before, and the ensemble work 'Concertini' played by Klangforum Wien under Johannes Kalitzke.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, experimental, political, German language, choral

Tracklist

  1. Salut F眉r Caudwell (1977) for Two Guitars (25:20)
  2. Les Consolations (1967-68/1977-78) for 16 Voices and Orchestra: I. Pr盲ludium (5:55)
  3. Les Consolations (1967-68/1977-78) for 16 Voices and Orchestra: II. Consolation I (8:47)
  4. Les Consolations (1967-68/1977-78) for 16 Voices and Orchestra: III. Interludium (4:51)
  5. Les Consolations (1967-68/1977-78) for 16 Voices and Orchestra: IV. Consolation II (6:10)
  6. Les Consolations (1967-68/1977-78) for 16 Voices and Orchestra: V. Postludium (6:33)
  7. Concertini (2005) for Ensemble (37:06)

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