Orchestral Works & Chamber Music

by Iannis Xenakis

Orchestral Works & Chamber Music cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 2000
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: Greece
  • Length: 1:06:10
  • Community rating: 3.85/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collection of orchestral and chamber works by Iannis Xenakis, the Greek composer who formalised stochastic composition, deriving musical structure from probability theory and the architectural training he received in Le Corbusier's studio. The programme spans the dense orchestral masses and chamber pieces of his mature method.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, dissonant, complex, atonal, architectural

Tracklist

  1. Ata (1987), Pour 89 Musiciens (14:47)
  2. N'Shima (1975), Pour Deux Mezzo-Sopranos Et Cinq Musiciens (16:33)
  3. Metastaseis (1953 - 54), Pour 60 Musiciens (8:23)
  4. Ioolkos (1996), For Large Orchestra (6:51)
  5. Charisma (1971), Pour Clarinette Et Violoncelle (4:31)
  6. Jonchaies (1977), Pour 109 Musiciens (15:05)

Credits

  • Iannis Xenakis - primary artist, composed by
  • Eric Pratter - design [cover]
  • Steven Lindberg - liner notes [english translation]
  • Martine Passelaigue - liner notes [french translation]
  • Wolfgang L枚scher - liner notes [text editor]
  • Jiri Pospichal - mastered by
  • Wulf Weinmann - producer

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