Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury / Ensemble Musikfabrik
Details
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Artist
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Wergo
- Released
- Jul 22, 2022
- Catalog #
- WER68712
- UPC
- 4010228687125
About
“It was only with Partch that a music began to take shape that could do equal justice to the physical desire for rhythmic pulse and a curiosity for new, unheard sounds; a music that enthralls us despite, or rather, precisely because of its unfamiliarity. A music for which we have no category, and which has no location, and yet in a strange way is grounded.” (Heiner Goebbels) The American composer Harry Partch (1901-1974) is considered a pioneer of the Just Intonation movement and was far ahead of his time when he began to explore microtonality. In the course of his life, he not only created a highly complex tonal system, but also designed and built an extensive set of instruments of sculptural beauty and great stage presence for its realisation, the only and original set of which is preserved in the USA.
On the occasion of the opening of the Ruhrtriennale 2013 with "Delusion of the Fury", staged by Heiner Goebbels, Harry Partch's entire set of microtonal instruments was reconstructed for the Ensemble Musikfabrik and learned by the musicians. It was only through this enormous reconstruction that performances of Partch's music outside his home country became possible at all. The dance and music theatre "Delusion of the Fury", whose recording by the Ensemble Musikfabrik sets new standards, is considered a key work and musical quintessence in Harry Partch's oeuvre. The extensive booklet documents the extraordinary music theatre production with numerous pictures as well as texts by Heiner Goebbels and Edu Haubensak.
Tracklist 14 tracks
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1 Exordium: The Beginning of a Web 10:42
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Exordium: The Beginning of a Web
- Duration
- 10:42
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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2 Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Chorus of Shadows 05:39
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Chorus of Shadows
- Duration
- 05:39
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Alban Wesly, Bruce Collings, Carl Rosman
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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3 Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: The Pilgrimage 04:20
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: The Pilgrimage
- Duration
- 04:20
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Alban Wesly, Bruce Collings, Carl Rosman
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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4 Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Emergence of the Spirit 03:19
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Emergence of the Spirit
- Duration
- 03:19
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Alban Wesly, Bruce Collings, Carl Rosman
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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5 Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: A Son in Search of his Father's Face 06:02
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: A Son in Search of his Father's Face
- Duration
- 06:02
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Alban Wesly, Bruce Collings, Carl Rosman
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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6 Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Cry from Another Darkness 04:40
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Cry from Another Darkness
- Duration
- 04:40
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Alban Wesly, Bruce Collings, Carl Rosman
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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7 Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Pray for Me 03:06
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Act I: Treats with Death and with Life Despite Death: Pray for Me
- Duration
- 03:06
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Alban Wesly, Bruce Collings, Carl Rosman
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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8 Act I: Sanctus: An Entra'cte 05:51
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Act I: Sanctus: An Entra'cte
- Duration
- 05:51
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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9 Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: The Quiet Hobo Meal 03:02
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: The Quiet Hobo Meal
- Duration
- 03:02
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Axel Porath
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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10 Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: The Lost Kid 02:56
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: The Lost Kid
- Duration
- 02:56
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Axel Porath
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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11 Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: Time of Fun Together 07:30
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: Time of Fun Together
- Duration
- 07:30
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Axel Porath
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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12 Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: The Misunderstanding 06:18
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: The Misunderstanding
- Duration
- 06:18
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Axel Porath
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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13 Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: Arrest, Trial and Judgement (Joy in the Marketplace!) 05:32
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Act II: Treats with Life and with Life Despite Life: Arrest, Trial and Judgement (Joy in the Marketplace!)
- Duration
- 05:32
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Axel Porath
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik
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14 Act II: Pray for Me Again - A Strange Fear! 03:35
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Act II: Pray for Me Again - A Strange Fear!
- Duration
- 03:35
- Composer
- Harry Partch
- Performer
- Marco Blaauw, Christine Chapman, Axel Porath
- Ensemble
- Ensemble Musikfabrik