It is intriguing how, in his works that include human voices, his style / idiom is slightly (and sometimes radically) different to that adopted in his instrumental and orchestral works. I enjoy Polla Ta Dhina, Ais, Cendrees and the shamefully obscure Anamoessis but this remains my favourite Xenakis choral work
I remember attending the UK premiere of this work at the Royal Festival Hall in 1987. Xenakis was in attendance and took a bow at the end to a standing ovation. It was the first time I had heard any of his work and I still remember how thrilling I found this piece.
wow, this is deep, crazy sounds but very organic, there is a story behind and between the notes, it's just moving me.....! there is another musical grammar, syntax and semantic! what else....? that's mister Xenakis, an original and great inovator of the late XX-th century!
I have managed to find a version of 1981 but it doesn't sound as clear and well mixed as this one, this particular version is astonishing and moving. Are there any ways to find this specific version online ? Even buying a CD of it would be amazing, I don't have what it takes to transfer it properly from a Vinyl...
Hi! It's a CD which was published as an attachment to this book: Frank Hilberg & Harry Vogt (eds.), Musik der Zeit. 50 Jahre Neue Musik im WDR. Essays - Erinnerungen - Dokumentation, Hofheim 2002.
It is intriguing how, in his works that include human voices, his style / idiom is slightly (and sometimes radically) different to that adopted in his instrumental and orchestral works. I enjoy Polla Ta Dhina, Ais, Cendrees and the shamefully obscure Anamoessis but this remains my favourite Xenakis choral work
I remember attending the UK premiere of this work at the Royal Festival Hall in 1987. Xenakis was in attendance and took a bow at the end to a standing ovation. It was the first time I had heard any of his work and I still remember how thrilling I found this piece.
wow, this is deep, crazy sounds but very organic, there is a story behind and between the notes, it's just moving me.....! there is another musical grammar, syntax and semantic! what else....? that's mister Xenakis, an original and great inovator of the late XX-th century!
Not only was he born in Romania, but he has kindred spirits there: Aurel Stroe, Nicolae Brânduş ...
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I have managed to find a version of 1981 but it doesn't sound as clear and well mixed as this one, this particular version is astonishing and moving.
Are there any ways to find this specific version online ? Even buying a CD of it would be amazing, I don't have what it takes to transfer it properly from a Vinyl...
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So is this the actual creator of ‘math rock’ ?
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Hi can u give the reference of the cd?
Hi! It's a CD which was published as an attachment to this book: Frank Hilberg & Harry Vogt (eds.), Musik der Zeit. 50 Jahre Neue Musik im WDR. Essays - Erinnerungen - Dokumentation, Hofheim 2002.
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