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Carlo Alessandro Landini: Music of Twilight

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Details

Composer
Carlo Alessandro Landini
Artist
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali, Ensemble Giacinto Scelsi, Gruppo Bruno Maderna, Galina Evgenyeva Ros
Format
CD
Label
Stradivarius
Released
Jun 05, 2026
Catalog #
STR37335
UPC
8011570373359

About

Time brings with it many changes in the course of a lifetime. "The only constant in life is change," stated the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. The Italian composer Carlo Alessandro Landini, whose string quartet was premiered by the renowned Arditti Quartet at the Darmstadt Summer Courses in 1994 and has made him famous in Germany since, has always been concerned with change and transformation, both embodying the deepest essence of music. In the meantime, his works have become calmer, more balanced, exuding aesthetic beauty and harmony through their tonal inventiveness. The listener is surprised by the extremely subtle sound visions that the pieces presented here suggest. They could be understood today as counter-designs-probably due to the composer's spiritually oriented creativity-to our restless times. This leads us right into the heart of these four works. In the background of his creativity, Landini believes in the special proximity of all art to the realm of metaphysics. He is virtually inspired by this aspect and sets out in his compositions in search of what holds the world together. His more recent works convey his message of a "world soul" of some kind. His music requires a listener who opens up in order to broaden the shared horizon and feel more strongly what is happening between heaven and earth. Landini continuously unfolds his music from a nucleus. The composer demands intensive, sensitive listening to space and time from himself, his performers, and his listeners. Olivier Messiaen, whose student Landini had been, must have encouraged and inspired him in this.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 View of the Cathedral of Wroclaw from the Odra River 18:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    View of the Cathedral of Wroclaw from the Odra River
    Duration
    18:06
    Composer
    Carlo Alessandro Landini
    Ensemble
    I Pomeriggi Musicali
    Conductor
    Yusuke Kumehara
  2. 2 Epiphanè 14:36
    Track
    2
    Title
    Epiphanè
    Duration
    14:36
    Composer
    Carlo Alessandro Landini
    Ensemble
    Giacinto Scelsi Ensemble
  3. 3 So führ' mich, Herr, in Himmel ein 14:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    So führ' mich, Herr, in Himmel ein
    Duration
    14:32
    Composer
    Carlo Alessandro Landini
    Ensemble
    Gruppo Bruno Maderna
  4. 4 This Heart Thy Center is, This Flesh Thy Sphere 19:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    This Heart Thy Center is, This Flesh Thy Sphere
    Duration
    19:40
    Composer
    Carlo Alessandro Landini
    Performer
    Igor Lukyan Salavëv, Rephael Negri, Galina Evgenyeva Rossimova