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Radulescu: Works for Organ & for Cello / Moosman, Clark, Tunnell
Mode Records

Radulescu: Works for Organ & for Cello / Moosman, Clark, Tunnell

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Details

Composer
RADULESCU, HORATIU
Artist
Moosmann, Tunnell, Clark
Format
CD
Label
Mode Records
Released
May 03, 2019
Catalog #
MOD-CD-313
UPC
764593031321

About

Mode’s Radulescu Edition, curated with Radulescu’s widow Catherine Marie Tunnell and his publisher Lucero Press, continues with a collection of his works for organ and works with cello. Radulescu’s complete organ works are performed here by German organist Christoph Maria Moosmann, a long-time Radulescu collaborator with a great understanding of his music and sonic goals. Some of the works were written for or dedicated to him. Further definitive recordings are guaranteed by performances from cellist Catherine Marie Tunnell, Radulescu’s widow and the director of Lucero Press. The organ and its interaction with its acoustic environment compliments Radulescu’s “spectral music” palette and what he referred to as “sound plasma”— a special state of sound beyond equal temperament. "Intimate Rituals III" is presented in its version for cello and “sound icons.” During 1965-69, Radulescu had transformed his Bösendorfer grand piano into a kind of harp, putting it vertically on its side and without cover, naming it sound icon. The strings are tuned spectrally, played with a V-form bow of horse hair or with other objects like coins, spheres etc. (The keyboard is not used at all). Due to the special tuning and the bowing technique, if one just touches a string all other strings begin to resonate, creating a rich harmonic halo around each sound. In 1985 Radulescu, together with Petra Junken, recorded two improvisations, each of them on two sound icons. The superimposition of those tapes is used here to accompany Tunnell’s cello.

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Christe eleison, Op. 69 15:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    Christe eleison, Op. 69
    Duration
    15:03
    Composer
    Horațiu Rădulescu
    Performer
    Christoph Maria Moosmann
  2. 2 Immersed in the Wonder, Op. 96 (version for cello and trombone) 08:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    Immersed in the Wonder, Op. 96 (version for cello and trombone)
    Duration
    08:39
    Composer
    Horațiu Rădulescu
    Performer
    Catherine Marie Tunnell, Stanley Clark
  3. 3 Cinerum, Op. 108: You-tree kalotrope III (version for organ) 06:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    Cinerum, Op. 108: You-tree kalotrope III (version for organ)
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Horațiu Rădulescu
    Performer
    Christoph Maria Moosmann
  4. 4 Intimate Rituals, Op. 63: III. Cello solo and sound icons 17:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    Intimate Rituals, Op. 63: III. Cello solo and sound icons
    Duration
    17:38
    Composer
    Horațiu Rădulescu
    Performer
    Catherine Marie Tunnell, Horațiu Rădulescu
  5. 5 Amen, Op. 88 12:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    Amen, Op. 88
    Duration
    12:13
    Composer
    Horațiu Rădulescu
    Performer
    Christoph Maria Moosmann