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Sonic Alchemy - Mozart, Part, & Vasks
Sono Luminus

Sonic Alchemy - Mozart, Part, & Vasks

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Details

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arvo Part, Peteris Vasks
Artist
Yueun Kim, Mina Gajic, Coleman Itzkoff
Format
CD
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Oct 13, 2023
Catalog #
DSL-92261
UPC
053479226105

About

How do we even measure time? It is sometimes said that time is as old as humankind, but of course it isn’t. It’s just something we created out of a need for... what exactly? Earliest known evidence suggests we were measuring time already 5000 years ago. That way we could create predictability, for example concerning planting and harvesting. From there on we could more easily schedule and organize, which then helped us building a more sustainable life. When we had found a mutual understanding of what we would call time then other systems could be developed, kind of like a third-party software.

Music notation works as a fine example. Today our life is synchronized “to the beat.” Not only is every single footstep kept track of by our telephones or every breath by our smart wrist watches – even our thoughts are as good as monitored as we scroll casually through advertisements on social media. Without us even realizing, the idea of time and synchronicity is apparently encrypted so deep in our consciousness that the thought of viewing the world without it is beyond our comprehension. That doesn’t change the fact that time as we understand it has not always been the same. Our ideas on time have changed throughout the centuries and will most probably continue to do so. The works on Sonic Alchemy are of composers who offer a new perspective on how we can perceive time, each in their own way. - Páll Ragnar Pálsson

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 Gadalaiki (The Seasons): No. 1. Baltā ainava (White Scenery) 08:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    Gadalaiki (The Seasons): No. 1. Baltā ainava (White Scenery)
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Pēteris Vasks
    Performer
    Mina Gajic
  2. 2 Fratres (version for cello and piano) 11:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    Fratres (version for cello and piano)
    Duration
    11:38
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    Coleman Itzkoff, Mina Gajic
  3. 3 Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 (completed by A.E. Müller) 06:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 (completed by A.E. Müller)
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Mina Gajic
  4. 4 Mozart-Adagio 06:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Mozart-Adagio
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    YuEun Kim, Coleman Itzkoff, Mina Gajic
  5. 5 Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475 12:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475
    Duration
    12:13
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Mina Gajic
  6. 6 Castillo Interior 13:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    Castillo Interior
    Duration
    13:07
    Composer
    Pēteris Vasks
    Performer
    YuEun Kim, Coleman Itzkoff
  7. 7 Spiegel im Spiegel (version for violin and piano) 10:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    Spiegel im Spiegel (version for violin and piano)
    Duration
    10:24
    Composer
    Arvo Pärt
    Performer
    YuEun Kim, Mina Gajic