Ades: In Seven Days; Nancarrow: Studies 6 & 7 / Hodges, London Sinfonietta [CD+DVD]
Details
- Composer
- ADES NANCARROW
- Artist
- Hodges, Ades, Hind
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Signum Classics
- Released
- Jan 01, 2012
- Catalog #
- SIGCD277
- UPC
- 635212027721
About
The London Sinfonietta combine two works from Thomas Adès, one of the most distinctive and popular voices in modern composition. Both works feature accompanying films (by Tal Rosner and Sophie Clements) that are included in this CD/DVD set. This is the second CD for the London Sinfonietta with Signum. It follows their October release of music by Louis Andriessen, featuring the UK premiere of Anaïs Nin, alongside his famed work De Staat. In Seven Days is a musical interpretation for piano and orchestra of the biblical 'creation' by Thomas Adès, composed in collaboration with a film-piece by the artist and filmmaker Tal Rosner. Both music and film evoke the processes of the creation rather than the objects described in the movement titles, using simple elements in repeated and evolving contexts in a perpetual state of flux, change and growth. The Piano Studies Nos 6 & 7 are arrangements of player-piano works by the American composer Conlon Nancarrow. An influential figure to generations of composers, Nancarrow's studies for the player-piano (or pianola) allowed him to generate music of extreme rhythmic complexity in a multitude of inventive ways. These arrangements for two pianos by Thomas Adès capture the strange magic of the originals, where fragmented musical ideas are played off against each other in a wild, almost jazz-like way. The works are accompanied by film-visualisations by Tal Rosner and Sophie Clements.
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 I. Chaos - Light - Dark 08:25
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Chaos - Light - Dark
- Duration
- 08:25
- Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Performer
- Nicolas Hodges
- Ensemble
- London Sinfonietta
- Conductor
- Thomas Adès
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2 II. Separation of the waters into Sea and Sky 04:14
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Separation of the waters into Sea and Sky
- Duration
- 04:14
- Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Performer
- Nicolas Hodges
- Ensemble
- London Sinfonietta
- Conductor
- Thomas Adès
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3 III. Land - Grass - Trees 05:35
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Land - Grass - Trees
- Duration
- 05:35
- Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Performer
- Nicolas Hodges
- Ensemble
- London Sinfonietta
- Conductor
- Thomas Adès
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4 IV. Stars - Sun - Moon 03:16
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Stars - Sun - Moon
- Duration
- 03:16
- Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Performer
- Nicolas Hodges
- Ensemble
- London Sinfonietta
- Conductor
- Thomas Adès
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5 V. Fugue: Creatures of the Sea and Sky - 03:05
- Track
- 5
- Title
- V. Fugue: Creatures of the Sea and Sky -
- Duration
- 03:05
- Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Performer
- Nicolas Hodges
- Ensemble
- London Sinfonietta
- Conductor
- Thomas Adès
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6 VI. Fugue: Creatures of the Land 02:29
- Track
- 6
- Title
- VI. Fugue: Creatures of the Land
- Duration
- 02:29
- Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Performer
- Nicolas Hodges
- Ensemble
- London Sinfonietta
- Conductor
- Thomas Adès
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7 VII. Contemplation 01:53
- Track
- 7
- Title
- VII. Contemplation
- Duration
- 01:53
- Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Performer
- Nicolas Hodges
- Ensemble
- London Sinfonietta
- Conductor
- Thomas Adès
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8 Study for Player Piano No. 6 (arr. T. Ades for piano duet) 03:39
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Study for Player Piano No. 6 (arr. T. Ades for piano duet)
- Duration
- 03:39
- Composer
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Performer
- Thomas Adès, Rolf Hind
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9 Study for Player Piano No. 7 (arr. T. Ades for piano duet) 10:00
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Study for Player Piano No. 7 (arr. T. Ades for piano duet)
- Duration
- 10:00
- Composer
- Conlon Nancarrow
- Performer
- Thomas Adès, Rolf Hind