Ensemble InterContemporain & Matthias Pintscher - New York (2017)

Here is the third release in the collaboration between the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Alpha.This time the musicians of the ensemble and their conductor Matthias Pintscher focus on American music: Intégrales by Edgar Varèse (1924), Music for Wind Instruments by John Cage (1938), Instruments I for six instruments by Morton Feldman (1974),Elliott Carter's Concerto for clarinet and ensemble (1996), Steve Reich's WTC 9/11 for string quartet (2009-10), Sean Shepherd's Blur (2011), and David Fulmer's Within his bending sickle's compass come for solo horn and ensemble (2014-15). More than ninety years of creativity and musical profusion at the heart of the global city that the Ensemble Intercontemporain celebrates today. This double album is released to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the EIC: forty years of discoveries and of promotion of contemporary music at the highest level of performance.

TRACKLIST

CD1
01. Intégrales for Eleven Wind Instruments and Percussions - Ensemble InterContemporain, Matthias Pintscher
02. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra - Jérôme Comte, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher
03. Within His Bending Sickle's Compass Come for Horn and Ensemble - Jens Macmanama, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher
04. Blur for Ensemble - Ensemble InterContemporain, Matthias Pintscher

CD2
01. WTC 9/11 for String Quartet and Pre-Recorded Voices and String: I. 9/11/01 - Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Diego Tosi, Grégoire Simon, Eric-Maria Couturier, Matthias Pintscher
02. WTC 9/11 for String Quartet and Pre-Recorded Voices and String: II. 2010 - Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Diego Tosi, Grégoire Simon, Eric-Maria Couturier, Matthias Pintscher
03. WTC 9/11 for String Quartet and Pre-Recorded Voices and String: III. WTC - Jeanne-Marie Conquer, Diego Tosi, Grégoire Simon, Eric-Maria Couturier, Matthias Pintscher
04. Music for Wind Instruments for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon: I. Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon - Sophie Cherrier, Jérôme Comte, Paul Riveaux, Matthias Pintscher
05. Music for Wind Instruments for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon: II. Duo for Oboe and Horn - Didier Pateau, Matthias Pintscher
06. Music for Wind Instruments for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon: III. Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon - Sophie Cherrier, Didier Pateaux, Jérôme Comte, Paul Riveaux, Jens McManama, Matthias Pintscher
07. Instruments I for 6 Instrumentalists - Emmanuelle Ophèle, Didier Pateau, Benny Sluchin, Samuel Favre, Victor Hanna, Sébastien Vichard, Matthias Pintscher