Pl茅茂ades
by Iannis Xenakis & Les Percussions de Strasbourg
- Type: Album
- Released: 1987
- Label: Denon
- Country: France
- Length: 44:05
- Community rating: 4.21/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Commanding a specially constructed metallic instrument known as the sixxen alongside traditional drums and mallets, this realization of Xenakis's masterpiece is a triumph of rhythmic complexity. The Strasbourg percussionists execute the intense, mathematically derived polyrhythms to generate a profound, almost tribal avant-garde density.
Genres
Descriptors: instrumental, avant-garde, rhythmic, desert, experimental, percussive, dissonant, long-form, ensemble, virtuosic
Tracklist
- Pl茅iades: I. M茅langes (8:56)
- Pl茅iades: II. M茅taux (13:28)
- Pl茅iades: III. Claviers (10:28)
- Pl茅iades: IV. Peaux (11:11)
Credits
- Les Percussions de Strasbourg - primary artist, ensemble
- Strasbourg - commissioned by [commande de la]
- Fran莽ois Dahlmann - conductor [r茅gie percussion]
- Christian Hamouy - vibraphone [vibraphones], marimba [marimbas], xylophone [xylophones yamaha], percussion [instruments 脿 percussion "rhythmes et sons"]
- Claude Ricou - vibraphone [vibraphones], marimba [marimbas], xylophone [xylophones yamaha], percussion [instruments 脿 percussion "rhythmes et sons"]
- Gabriel Bouchet - vibraphone [vibraphones], marimba [marimbas], xylophone [xylophones yamaha], percussion [instruments 脿 percussion "rhythmes et sons"]
- Georges Van Gucht - vibraphone [vibraphones], marimba [marimbas], xylophone [xylophones yamaha], percussion [instruments 脿 percussion "rhythmes et sons"]
- Jean-Pierre Bedoyan - vibraphone [vibraphones], marimba [marimbas], xylophone [xylophones yamaha], percussion [instruments 脿 percussion "rhythmes et sons"]
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