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XENAKIS, IANNIS - Kraanerg

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Mode Records mode 196 Release Year: 2008 Note: "Kraanerg" is a piece for 23 instruments and 4-channel tape from 1968 Price (incl. 19% VAT): €16.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info Eine neue Aufnahme vom März 2006 von XENAKIS längstem Werk (ununterbrochen dauert es 75 Minuten), welches 1969 vollendet wurde, aufgeführt durch das "Callithumpian Consort" in Boston, wobei das restauriertes "elektroakustische" Original 4-Kanal-Tape von der Uraufführung wieder zum Einsatz kam. KRAANERG ist als komplexes experimentelles Orchester-Stück für eine Ballett-Choreographie in jeder Hinsicht fordernd, basierend auf den 6 grundlegenden Kompositionsparametern "Timbres", "Register", "Klangqualität / Artikulation", "Dynamik", "Dichte", und "Texturen", die nach festen Regeln passagenweise kombiniert werden. Ein Hybrid-Werk zwischen Elektro-Akustik & Orchestermusik. Ausführliche Liner-Notes auf deutsch, englisch & französisch im Booklet. "Kraanerg (1968) for 23 instruments and 4-channel tape. Callithumpian Consort, Stephen Drury, conductor. First recording with restored analog tape. Kraanerg is one of Xenakis' most popular - and infamous - works. A visceral and highly charged score for woodwinds, brass, and strings along with quadrophonic tape. The title, Kraanerg, is a composite of two Greek words: "kraan", meaning to perfect, to accomplish; and "erg", signifying energy. Commissioned for the gala opening of the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa, Canada in 1968, Kraanerg originally was the score to a ballet choreographed by Roland Petit with "op-art" sets by Victor Vasarely. According to Xenakis' program notes, the title also referred to the "current youth movements" - 1968 was a significant year in modern social history - and to his utopian vision of the upcoming "biological struggle between generations unfurling all over the planet, destroying existing political, social, urban, scientific, artistic and ideological frameworks on a scale never before attempted by humanity." This powerful statement can be felt in the music. The dramatic 4-channel tape is derived from a recording of the orchestra, transformed and distorted. Its sonic textures kaleidoscopically expand the range of expression while at the same time remaining connected to the instrumental material. The 4-channel tape has been restored for this release from high-resolution transfers of the analog masters by German electronic composer Daniel Teige - revealing greater details in the texture and a wider dynamic range than previously heard on any Kraanerg recording. 96khz/24-bit high resolution recording. Liner notes by composer James Harley." [label notes] www.moderecords.com