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Catalogue >INDUSTRIAL / AVANTGARDE / POWERELECTRONICS / NOISE >SAARIAHO, KAIJA |
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NEW GATES, CD ( approx. value: US$ 16.00 )
MODE RECORDS MODE91, 2001; VIER STÜCKE DER FINNISCHEN KOMPONISTIN, UNS BEKANNT VON DER FANTASTISCHEN INA GRM-ECONOMIQUE MAXICD "SIX JAPANESE GARDENS" ! SPANNUNGSGELADENE, EINDRINGLICHE, TRANSZENDIEREND-UNHEIMLICHE NEUE MUSIK-KOMPOSITIONEN FÜR STREICHER, GESANG, FLÖTEN, HARFE, MIT AUSFÜHRLICHEN LINER NOTES AUF ENGLISCH, DEUTSCH UND FRANZÖSISCH. , KAIJA SAARIAHO IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF CONTEMPORARY FINNISH COMPOSERS. SHE HAS WON A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZES, AMONG THEM THE PRIX ITALIA IN 1988. HER COMPOSITIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY, AMONG OTHERS, ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, DAWN UPSHAW AND THE KRONOS QUARTET. SHE STUDIED IN FREIBURG, AND FINALLY SETTLED IN PARIS, AT IRCAM, THE CENTRE FOR COMPUTER MUSIC. SAARIAHO CONTINUES TO LIVE IN PARIS.
IN CENDRES, MUSICAL TENSION IS CREATED BY SOMETIMES BRINGING THE INSTRUMENTS AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE IN ALL COMPOSITIONAL ASPECTS (SUCH AS PITCH, RHYTHM, DYNAMICS, ARTICULATION, COLOR), SOMETIMES LETTING EACH OF THEM EXPRESS THE MUSIC IN THEIR OWN MOST IDIOMATIC WAY. IN BETWEEN THESE EXTREMES ONE CAN FIND AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES TO CREATE MORE OR LESS HOMOGENIC MUSICAL SITUATIONS. THE AWARENESS OF THIS VARIETY WAS THE ROPE ON WHICH I WAS BALANCING WHEN WORKING ON THE PIECE." (K.S.), GRAMMAR OF DREAMS WAS BORN FROM MY CURIOSITY OF THE RELATION OF HUMAN VOICE TO INSTRUMENTS, A SUBJECT WHICH I HAD PUT ASIDE FOR MANY YEARS. AS THE TITLE OF THE PIECE PROPOSES, ANOTHER SOURCE OF INTEREST HERE WAS THE STRUCTURAL LIFE OF DREAMS. THE MAJOR PART OF THE TEXT IS A COLLAGE FROM THE TEXTS OF PAUL ELUARD. |
NEW GATES, CD ( approx. value: US$ 16.00 )
MODE RECORDS MODE91, 2001; VIER STÜCKE DER FINNISCHEN KOMPONISTIN, UNS BEKANNT VON DER FANTASTISCHEN INA GRM-ECONOMIQUE MAXICD "SIX JAPANESE GARDENS" ! SPANNUNGSGELADENE, EINDRINGLICHE, TRANSZENDIEREND-UNHEIMLICHE NEUE MUSIK-KOMPOSITIONEN FÜR STREICHER, GESANG, FLÖTEN, HARFE, MIT AUSFÜHRLICHEN LINER NOTES AUF ENGLISCH, DEUTSCH UND FRANZÖSISCH. , KAIJA SAARIAHO IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF CONTEMPORARY FINNISH COMPOSERS. SHE HAS WON A NUMBER OF INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION PRIZES, AMONG THEM THE PRIX ITALIA IN 1988. HER COMPOSITIONS HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY, AMONG OTHERS, ESA-PEKKA SALONEN AND LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC, DAWN UPSHAW AND THE KRONOS QUARTET. SHE STUDIED IN FREIBURG, AND FINALLY SETTLED IN PARIS, AT IRCAM, THE CENTRE FOR COMPUTER MUSIC. SAARIAHO CONTINUES TO LIVE IN PARIS.
IN CENDRES, MUSICAL TENSION IS CREATED BY SOMETIMES BRINGING THE INSTRUMENTS AS CLOSE TOGETHER AS POSSIBLE IN ALL COMPOSITIONAL ASPECTS (SUCH AS PITCH, RHYTHM, DYNAMICS, ARTICULATION, COLOR), SOMETIMES LETTING EACH OF THEM EXPRESS THE MUSIC IN THEIR OWN MOST IDIOMATIC WAY. IN BETWEEN THESE EXTREMES ONE CAN FIND AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES TO CREATE MORE OR LESS HOMOGENIC MUSICAL SITUATIONS. THE AWARENESS OF THIS VARIETY WAS THE ROPE ON WHICH I WAS BALANCING WHEN WORKING ON THE PIECE." (K.S.), GRAMMAR OF DREAMS WAS BORN FROM MY CURIOSITY OF THE RELATION OF HUMAN VOICE TO INSTRUMENTS, A SUBJECT WHICH I HAD PUT ASIDE FOR MANY YEARS. AS THE TITLE OF THE PIECE PROPOSES, ANOTHER SOURCE OF INTEREST HERE WAS THE STRUCTURAL LIFE OF DREAMS. THE MAJOR PART OF THE TEXT IS A COLLAGE FROM THE TEXTS OF PAUL ELUARD. |
SIX JAPANESE GARDENS, MAXI-CD ( approx. value: US$ 9.00 )
INA GRM INA E 5013, 2003; DIE NR. 13 IN DER SERIES ECONOMIQUE VOM FINNLÄNDISCHEN NEWCOMER SAARHIAHO. ENTHALTEN SIND HIER 2 LANGE STÜCKE, DIE DURCH GROßE RÄUMLICHKEIT & UNGLAUBLICH KLARE, KRAFTVOLLE KLÄNGE BESTECHEN: HELL KLINGENDE METALLSCHLÄGE, BECKEN, TRIANGELN, TIEFE PERKUSSION & GONGS, FIELD RECORDINGS VON RITUALMUSIK, ETC. BEIM ZWEITEN STÜCK "TROIS RIVIERES DELTA" IN ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT DEM PERKUSSIONISTEN THIERRY MIROGLIU WIRD DAS GEDICHT "MONDNACHT AUF DEM FLUß" VOM CHINESISCHEN DICHTER LI PO (700 N. CHR.) VERTONT. DIES IST EXPERIMENTELLE TONKUNST IN VOLLENDUNG, SOWOHL VOM EMOTIONAL-EXPRESSIVEN ALS AUCH KLANGLICH-TECHNISCHEN GEHALT !! , OUR HIGHEST PRAISE! , TWO FANTASTIC WORKS BY THIS FINNISH COMPOSER, WHO USES LOTS OF PERCUSSIVE ELEMENTS FOR HIS HIGHLY DYNAMIC AND EXPRESSIVE MUSIC! |
SIX JAPANESE GARDENS, CD-M ( approx. value: US$ 9.00 )
INA GRM INA E 5013, 2003; DIE NR. 13 IN DER SERIES ECONOMIQUE VOM FINNLÄNDISCHEN NEWCOMER SAARHIAHO. ENTHALTEN SIND HIER 2 LANGE STÜCKE, DIE DURCH GROßE RÄUMLICHKEIT & UNGLAUBLICH KLARE, KRAFTVOLLE KLÄNGE BESTECHEN: HELL KLINGENDE METALLSCHLÄGE, BECKEN, TRIANGELN, TIEFE PERKUSSION & GONGS, FIELD RECORDINGS VON RITUALMUSIK, ETC. BEIM ZWEITEN STÜCK "TROIS RIVIERES DELTA" IN ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT DEM PERKUSSIONISTEN THIERRY MIROGLIU WIRD DAS GEDICHT "MONDNACHT AUF DEM FLUß" VOM CHINESISCHEN DICHTER LI PO (700 N. CHR.) VERTONT. DIES IST EXPERIMENTELLE TONKUNST IN VOLLENDUNG, SOWOHL VOM EMOTIONAL-EXPRESSIVEN ALS AUCH KLANGLICH-TECHNISCHEN GEHALT !! , OUR HIGHEST PRAISE! , TWO FANTASTIC WORKS BY THIS FINNISH COMPOSER, WHO USES LOTS OF PERCUSSIVE ELEMENTS FOR HIS HIGHLY DYNAMIC AND EXPRESSIVE MUSIC! |
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