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Ritual Incantations

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Composer
THOMAS, AUGUSTA READ
Artist
Finckel, Chiu-Sen Chen, Third Coast Percussion, Harring
Format
CD
Label
Nimbus
Released
Nov 03, 2017
Catalog #
NI6355
UPC
710357635526

About

The present collection of Augusta Read Thomas's works spans 18 years, from 1999 to 2017. It juxtaposes the two sides of Thomas that we've already encountered in previous volumes, the large-scale thinker in the cello concerto Ritual Incantations, the piano trio Klee Musings and the recent string quartet Chi, and the miniaturist in the six other works which on this disc act as satellites to the above-mentioned three larger works. Two sides that, paradoxically, seem to share more similarities than differences. Common to all the works collected here are the sunny, free-wheeling lyricism, luminosity, sense of colour, spontaneity, caprice, playfulness and spirituality which have long been ineradicable characteristics of her nuanced music, all tied up with an irrepressible energy and a sense of irreducible concision no matter how expansive the time frame, of taking all the time in the world to say everything that needs to be said in any given piece, but not a second more than that!

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Majestic: driving and persistent; cantabile 05:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Majestic: driving and persistent; cantabile
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    David Finckel
    Ensemble
    Taipei Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Felix Chiu-Sen Chen
  2. 2 II. Mysterious and expansive: longing; yearning 04:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Mysterious and expansive: longing; yearning
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    David Finckel
    Ensemble
    Taipei Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Felix Chiu-Sen Chen
  3. 3 III. Spirited: passionate, bold and lyrical 03:39
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Spirited: passionate, bold and lyrical
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    David Finckel
    Ensemble
    Taipei Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Felix Chiu-Sen Chen
  4. 4 I. CHI - vital life force 03:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. CHI - vital life force
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    Spektral Quartet
  5. 5 II. AURA - atmospheres, colors, vibrations 04:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. AURA - atmospheres, colors, vibrations
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    Spektral Quartet
  6. 6 III. MERIDIANS - zeniths 03:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. MERIDIANS - zeniths
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    Spektral Quartet
  7. 7 IV. CHAKRAS - center of spiritual power in the body 02:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. CHAKRAS - center of spiritual power in the body
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    Spektral Quartet
  8. 8 qì 06:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    qì
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    The Coast Percussion
  9. 9 I. Angel Tears 03:02
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Angel Tears
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    Allen Harrington, Lottie Enns-Braun
  10. 10 II. Earth Prayers 02:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Earth Prayers
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    Allen Harrington, Lottie Enns-Braun
  11. 11 I. Triple Marionette 05:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Triple Marionette
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    Civitas Ensemble
  12. 12 II. Cathedrals (prayer for peace) 06:22
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Cathedrals (prayer for peace)
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    Civitas Ensemble
  13. 13 III. Highways and Byways 04:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Highways and Byways
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    Civitas Ensemble
  14. 14 Rhea Enchanted (version for cello) 05:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    Rhea Enchanted (version for cello)
    Duration
    05:56
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    Scott Kluksdahl
  15. 15 Venus Enchanted (version for cello) 06:07
    Track
    15
    Title
    Venus Enchanted (version for cello)
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    Scott Kluksdahl
  16. 16 Dappled Things (version for male chorus) 04:37
    Track
    16
    Title
    Dappled Things (version for male chorus)
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Ensemble
    The Notre Dame Glee Club
    Conductor
    Daniel Stowe
  17. 17 I. Motion Detector 02:34
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. Motion Detector
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    Lynn Raley
  18. 18 II. Still Life 03:31
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Still Life
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    Lynn Raley