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Pintscher: Nemeton / Ensemble InterContemporain
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Pintscher: Nemeton / Ensemble InterContemporain

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Composer
PINTSCHER, MATTHIAS
Artist
ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Oct 22, 2021
Catalog #
ALPHA769
UPC
3760014197697

About

‘Going all the way back to the Celts and the Druids, the term nemeton designates a place where forces and energies are crystallized, generally clearings where solemn or ritual actions were performed. The best-known nemeton is certainly Stonehenge. The architectural marvel of Chartres Cathedral is built on a nemeton. In composing this piece for solo percussion, I wanted to depict a “place” of this kind by means of sound. I’m utterly fascinated by the instrumentarium of this work, consisting chiefly of metal, wood and skin instruments that don’t have their own “specific” resonance. The trajectories between the different tones condition and define the energy charge, rather as if two beings, in the mad hope of an encounter, were rushing towards each other’, writes Matthias Pintscher as an introduction to one of the pieces in this monograph of works composed between 2000 and 2018: it also includes his violin concerto Mar’eh, the concerto for piano and ensemble Nur, Beyond for flute, Verzeichnete Spur, Lieder und Schneebilder, Celestial Object I & II and Occultation.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Nemeton 13:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    Nemeton
    Duration
    13:17
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Victor Hanna
  3. 2 Mar'eh 24:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Mar'eh
    Duration
    24:17
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Diego Tosi
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
  4. 3 Verzeichnete spur 18:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Verzeichnete spur
    Duration
    18:44
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Nicolas Crosse, Benoit Meudic
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Ulysses, IRCAM Live Electronics Ensemble
  5. 4 I. Lightly, Floating 14:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Lightly, Floating
    Duration
    14:46
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
  6. 5 II. Sospeso, sospirando 05:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Sospeso, sospirando
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
  7. 6 III. Erratico, con durezza 08:35
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Erratico, con durezza
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Dimitri Vassilakis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 Beyond (A System of Passing) 11:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    Beyond (A System of Passing)
    Duration
    11:20
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Sophie Cherrier
  10. 2 No. 1. Birds 02:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 1. Birds
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Yeree Suh, Dimitri Vassilakis
  11. 3 No. 2. I Will Wade Out 03:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 2. I Will Wade Out
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Yeree Suh, Dimitri Vassilakis
  12. 4 No. 3. To Stand Alone 02:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 3. To Stand Alone
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Yeree Suh, Dimitri Vassilakis
  13. 5 No. 4. Erstes Schneebild 01:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 4. Erstes Schneebild
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Yeree Suh, Dimitri Vassilakis
  14. 6 No. 5. The Moon is Hiding in Her Hair 02:22
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 5. The Moon is Hiding in Her Hair
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Yeree Suh, Dimitri Vassilakis
  15. 7 No. 6. Lady of Silence 03:02
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 6. Lady of Silence
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Yeree Suh, Dimitri Vassilakis
  16. 8 No. 7. Zweiltes Schneebild 01:40
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 7. Zweiltes Schneebild
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Yeree Suh, Dimitri Vassilakis
  17. 9 Sonic Eclipse, Part I: Celestial Object I 13:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sonic Eclipse, Part I: Celestial Object I
    Duration
    13:50
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Clément Saunier
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
  18. 10 Sonic Eclipse, Part II: Celestial Object II 11:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sonic Eclipse, Part II: Celestial Object II
    Duration
    11:55
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Jean-Christophe Vervoitte
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain
  19. 11 Sonic Eclipse, Part III: Occultation 10:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sonic Eclipse, Part III: Occultation
    Duration
    10:46
    Composer
    Matthias Pintscher
    Performer
    Jean-Christophe Vervoitte
    Ensemble
    Ensemble InterContemporain