Salvatore Sciarrino - Infinito Nero / Le Voci Sottovetro
Classical - Contemporary | EAC = APE + CUE (NO LOG) | Cover LQ| 166 MB
Classical - Contemporary | EAC = APE + CUE (NO LOG) | Cover LQ| 166 MB
Attracted by the borderline experiences and solitary forms of a gradually darkening Renaissance, these compositions by Salvatore Sciarrino revolve around three figures from the 16th century, all of whom lost control in the field of tension between feverish living and spiritual demise, between brightness and damnation, inspired, driven and obsessed. The famous poet Torquato Tasso describes in three authentic letters (Lettere poetici) his tormenting visions of goblins and phantoms. This is all reflected in Sciarrino's intense, whispering, whirring music, in which silence is as significant as the birth of sound, "Almost naked, sober," remarks the composer, "and that is an important element when one is listening to music. Only in this way can it bore its way into the flesh." (Carlo Sini)
1 Salvatore Sciarrino (*1947) / Carlo Gesualdo (1561-1613)
Le voci sottovetro (1999) Gagliarda del Principe di Venosa 1:41
2 Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)
Lettere poetiche (1583) A Girolamo Mercuriale, Padova 3:50
3 Salvatore Sciarrino / Carlo Gesualdo
Le voci sottovetro, Tu m'uccidi, o crudele 3:27
4 Torquato Tasso
Lettere poetiche (1585) A Maurizio Cataneo, Roma 5:01
5 Salvatore Sciarrino / Carlo Gesualdo
Le voci sottovetro - Canzon francese del Principe 4:47
6 Torquato Tasso
Lettere poetiche (1586) A Giovan Battista Cavallara 2:28
7 Salvatore Sciarrino / Carlo Gesualdo
Le voci sottovetro - Moro, Lasso 4:41
8 Salvatore Sciarrino
Infinito nero Estasi di un atto / Text von Salvatore Sciarrino nach Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (1997-98) 26:39
Total time: 52:45
Mezzo-soprano Vocals - Sonia Turchetta (tracks: 3, 7, 8)
Voice [Reciter] - Carlo Sini (tracks: 2, 4, 6)
Ensemble Recherche
Flute - Martin Fahlenbock
Oboe - Jacqualine Burk
Clarinet - Shizuyo Oka
Violin - Melise Mellinger
Viola - Barbara Maurer
Cello - Lucas Fels
Percussion - Christian Dierstein
Piano - Klaus Steffes-Holländer (tracks: 8) , Martin Klingler (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 7)
Lyrics By [Text] - Maria Maddalena de'Pazzi (tracks: 8) , Salvatore Sciarrino (tracks: 8) , Torquato Tasso (tracks: 2, 4, 6)
Notes
"Le Voci Sottovetro" composed 1999, based on following original compositions:
"Gagliarda" composed 1586,
Tu M'Uccidi, Oh Crudele" composed 1611,
"Canzon Francese" composed 1586,
"Moro, Lasso, Al Mio Duolo" composed 1611.
First performed 22nd June 1999 at IRCAM, Paris.
Torquato Tasso's letters written 1583, 1585 and 1586.
"Infinito Nero" composed 1997-98. First performed 25th April 1998 in Witten.
Track 1 to 7 recorded February 1999 in Baden-Baden and June 1999 in Freiburg. Track 8 recorded December 1998 in Karlsruhe. Produced with Westdeutscher Rundfunk, WDR Köln.
Released: 1999