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Etkin: Flores blancas / Ensemble Aventure
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Etkin: Flores blancas / Ensemble Aventure

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Composer
Mariano Etkin
Artist
Mariano Etkin
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Mar 24, 2023
Catalog #
WER74062
UPC
4010228740622

About

Once again, Ensemble Aventure presents a jewel of new music that has so far been little known in Europe within its series of works by Latin American composers on WERGO: "Flores blancas", chamber and ensemble music by the Argentine composer Mariano Etkin. Listeners are captivated by the raw power of “La naturaleza de las cosas”, the title of which is an apt characterization of Mariano Etkin’s compositional language, which is a celebration of the sensuous nature of sounds and of the human senses as a source of knowledge without illusions, realized with a small number of “sound objects” that appear and fade away with a sense of both beauty and pain. Each of the eight works (from 1992 to 2016, Etkin’s late compositional period) on this recording focuses in its own way on the physicality of sounds and the foundations of human existence.

In his last years, Etkin’s musical language became more densely lyrical, introspective, and focused on fundamental elements of human existence such as dreams (“Sueños olvidados”) or blood (“Le sangre del cuerpo”) and, above all, tears (“Estudios para lágrimas”). Mariano Etkin creates authentic crystals of intensity – an unflinchingly existential music that looks into the eye of darkness, but nevertheless spreads its wings. It sings, throbs, and shivers with excitement before dissolving in pain and beauty.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 La naturaleza de las cosas 10:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    La naturaleza de las cosas
    Duration
    10:30
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure
  2. 2 Sueños olvidados 06:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    Sueños olvidados
    Duration
    06:44
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure
  3. 3 Primer estudio para lágrimas 10:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    Primer estudio para lágrimas
    Duration
    10:16
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure
  4. 4 La sangre del cuerpo 08:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    La sangre del cuerpo
    Duration
    08:58
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure
  5. 5 Segundo estudio para lágrimas 10:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    Segundo estudio para lágrimas
    Duration
    10:23
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure
  6. 6 Flores blancas 03:38
    Track
    6
    Title
    Flores blancas
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure
  7. 7 Tercer estudio para lágrimas 08:09
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tercer estudio para lágrimas
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure
  8. 8 Abgesang Mambo 10:43
    Track
    8
    Title
    Abgesang Mambo
    Duration
    10:43
    Composer
    Mariano Etkin
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Aventure