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Kronung (Coronation)

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Details

Composer
BALTAKAS SAUNDERS LINDBERG
Artist
Blaauw, Haeberlin, Ashburty, Masson, Rundel, Siebens
Format
CD
Label
Wergo
Released
Aug 02, 2010
Catalog #
WER68552
UPC
4010228685527

About

Our focus with the CD 'Coronation' is not on blue blood or kingly power. In processes that are positively vegetal, the music on this CD sends up its shoots and produces blossoms like crowns. '(co)ro(na)', by Vykintas Baltakas, springs from a cascade of motivic branchings, its roots in a cycle of works named after the alchemical Ouroboros, a snake that swallows its own tail. Its 'dragon's blood', so the legends say, is cinnabar red - like the hue that shines in 'cinnabar' by Rebecca Saunders. Magnus Lindberg's 'Joy' expresses itself through its profligacy with spectral harmonies and the resonant snapping of the strings of a demolished piano. Iannis Xenakis creates sieves that proliferate until they transform into archaic dances, refulgent with the brass tones characteristic of so many musical moments: This is the sound that crowns the affair.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 (co)ro(na) 08:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    (co)ro(na)
    Duration
    08:46
    Composer
    Vykintas Baltakas
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Etienne Siebens
  2. 2 cinnabar 14:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    cinnabar
    Duration
    14:34
    Composer
    Rebecca Saunders
    Performer
    Juditha Haeberlin, Marco Blaauw
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Peter Rundel
  3. 3 Joy 28:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    Joy
    Duration
    28:54
    Composer
    Magnus Lindberg
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Stefan Asbury
  4. 4 Thalleïn 17:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Thalleïn
    Duration
    17:32
    Composer
    Iannis Xenakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Musikfabrik
    Conductor
    Diego Masson