Gérard Grisey: Solo Pour Deux [KAIROS]

Chamber pieces by the innovative and remarkable French Spectralist, Gérard Grisey, including his masterpiece for percussion ensemble 'Tempus Ex Machina'. Featuring the clarinetist Ernesto Molinari, trombonist Uwe Dierksen, and the critically acclaimed ensemble S. Brought to you by the masterful Austrian sound engineers at KAIROS.

In my opinion, Gérard Grisey is a seminal figure for young composers and sound artists of today; he certainly is for me. If it were not for his tragic and premature death, Grisey's music would be of world re-known. His music is often considered to belong to the genre of spectral music, which he is credited with founding along with fellow composer Tristan Murail, although he later disowned the label in interviews and writings. Nonetheless, he spent much of his career exploring the spectrum of tone colour between harmonic overtones and noise. In addition, he was fascinated by musical processes which unfold slowly, and he made musical time a major element of many of his pieces. The Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino (whose music I posted earlier and will continue to post) once told me that Tempus Ex Machina (included on this disc) is his favorite piece by Grisey, and is in fact his favorite piece for percussion ensemble.

Grisey expressed the opinion that: 'We are musicians and our model is sound not literature, sound not mathematics, sound not theatre, visual arts, quantum physics, geology, astrology or acupuncture' (Fineberg 2006, p.105)."

Gérard Grisey
Solo Pour Deux
1) Solo Pour Deux (1981) Pour Clarinette Et Trombone
2) Anubis-Nout (1983) Pour Clarinette Contrebasse: I. Anubis
3) Anubis-Nout (1983) Pour Clarinette Contrebasse: II. Nout
4) Stèle (1995) Pour Deux Percussionistes
5) Charme (1969) Pour Clarinette
6) Tempus Ex Machina (1979) Pour Six Percussionistes

Ernesto Molinari, Clarinet; Uwe Dierksen, Trombone; ensemble S

All track information is encrypted in ID3 and files are Lossless (ALAC).
Tiny parts at 3j32ne, 44ehfa, and 3ze7vn

Enjoy…