“Scelsi was obsessed with a certain sonoral quality and knew exactly what he wished musically... I think he intuited a sensitivity and propensity for losing myself in sound, an advantage for playing his particular music. After all those years of rehearsing and perfecting the Trilogy, he encouraged me to abandon technical considerations and let the works fly in freedom.”
- Frances-Marie Uitti
The first New Series CD entirely devoted to the music of Giacinto Scelsi is a special event. No one understands Scelsi’s music better then Frances-Marie Uitti, who collaborated closely with the reclusive Italian composer for the last 13 years of his life, and played a significant role in bringing his work to international attention. Scelsi subsequently dedicated his piece “Ygghur” to Uitti; it is one three compositions for cello alone that she plays here. Scelsi’s orchestral music also gets a hearing, through the sensitive direction of Christoph Poppen, as the Munich Chamber Orchestra plays “Ohoi”, “Natura Renovatur”, and “Anâgâmin”. Orchestral or solo, these are authoritative, luminous performances that get to the heart of what Scelsi called the ‘sphericity’ of sound. |
TRACKS
Ohoi for 16 strings
“I principi creativi"
Ave Maria for violoncello solo
from: Three Latin Prayers for solo voice
Anâgâmin for 11 strings
"Colui che scelse di ritornare o no:
Ygghur for violoncello solo
I Old Age
II Memories
III Catharsis
from: Trilogy – The three ages of Man for violoncello
Natura renovatur for 11 strings
Alleluja for violoncello solo
from: Three Latin Prayers for solo voice |