The Isabella Scelsi Foundation promotes the production of contemporary music in a wide-ranging and structured manner, with particular attention to the work of it's founder, Giacinto Scelsi. In this vein, the Scelsi Collection series has been created, in close collaboration with the Stradivarius label, which features the Maestro's works performed by great musicians and renowned vocal and instrumental ensembles. The CD we present here is the most extraordinary that one can imagine, in the true sense of the word: in fact, it documents and bears witness to Giacinto Scelsi's unique creative process. The project, conceived under the presidency of Prof. Irmela Heimb�cher and edited by composer and musicologist Friedrich Jaecker, presents the heart of Scelsi's universe, with two recordings of the composer's improvisations, which generated the pieces that would take shape in the subsequent process of 'materialization', alongside the relative 'musical products', with performances of the highest caliber. Giacinto Scelsi's 'mystery' is thus, for once, unveiled, along it's innermost path! The CD is a unique accomplishment, created as an example, in order to allow everyone - musicians, scholars, and enthusiasts - to have an insight into the extraordinary epiphany that was renewed in Scelsi with each of his pieces and gave rise to works considered among the greatest masterpieces of late 20th-century music. Gianni Trovalusci President, Isabella Scelsi Foundation

The Isabella Scelsi Foundation promotes the production of contemporary music in a broad and wide-ranging manner, with particular attention to the work of it's founder, Giacinto Scelsi. This is the direction taken in the Scelsi Collection, a series of recordings produced in close collaboration with the Stradivarius label, which presents the Maestro's works performed by leading musicians and renowned vocal and instrumental ensembles. We are pleased to present this new CD, which further enhances the collection and encompasses many features of extraordinary interest. Fabrizio Ottaviucci, the distinguished pianist who, through his contact with Giacinto Scelsi, had the opportunity to deepen his interpretation of the great composer's piano music. Here he presents large-scale work, previously unpublished, rediscovered thanks to the research carried out on the Foundation's Historical Archive, as described in detail in the CD presentation. A further point of interest is undoubtedly the fact that the CD is the result of a live recording, allowing listeners to immerse themselves and enjoy that unique and unrepeatable moment experienced during the performance, which took place in a concert organized by Area Sismica, a noteworthy association for the promotion of new music. Gianni Trovalusci President Fondazione Isabella Scelsi