Palimpsest; 脡p茅i; Dikhthas; Akanthos

by Iannis Xenakis

Palimpsest; 脡p茅i; Dikhthas; Akanthos cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1990
  • Label: Wergo
  • Country: France
  • Length: 43:56
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiling several intense chamber works, this release highlights the Greek composer's terrifyingly complex stochastic methodologies. The aggressively dissonant, mathematical orchestrations demand extreme technical virtuosity from the performers, yielding a profoundly dense, avant-garde listening experience.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, experimental, atonal, dissonant, complex

Tracklist

  1. Palimpsest (9:49)
  2. 脡p茅i (12:27)
  3. Dikhthas (12:24)
  4. Akanthos (9:16)

Credits

  • Iannis Xenakis - primary artist, composed by, cover
  • Bob Auger - editor [digital editor]
  • Spectrum - ensemble
  • Barry Guy - musician [spectrum], bass
  • Joanna Graham - musician [spectrum], bassoon
  • Rohan de Saram - musician [spectrum], cello
  • David Campbell - musician [spectrum], clarinet
  • Philip Eastop - musician [spectrum], horn

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