Elliott Sharp - The Boreal (2015)
Elliott Sharp - The Boreal (2015)
Contemporary Classical | Starkland ST-222 | 2015 | 01:17:11 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 381 MB
JACK Quartet; Jenny Lin, piano; Orchestra Carbon, David Bloom, conductor; Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Rundel, conductor
Contemporary Classical | Starkland ST-222 | 2015 | 01:17:11 | EAC (FLAC, cue, log) | Booklet | Various File Hosts | 381 MB
JACK Quartet; Jenny Lin, piano; Orchestra Carbon, David Bloom, conductor; Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Rundel, conductor
These pieces demonstrate an overwhelming potency, emerging from their respectively huge contrasts, where minute pitches become assimilated into grinding, juddering walls of near-chaotic overload, where clean cycles of rhythm become overlaid and superimposed into dense strata of complex polyphony. ...Sharp’s (b. 1951) music can be radiant, ethereal, alluring and overwhelming. A magnificent disc.
5against4.com
This disc received a lot of favorable reviews:
...the otherworldly soundscape of The Boreal reflects the ancient stirrings of life brewing in Earth’s primordial soup. For this alien sound, Sharp devised alternative bows using ballchain and metal springs—materials which, when strung across the stringed instruments, create a tortured drone of creaks and groans. In the second and third movements, the voices slither in tangled glissandos phased out-of-sync. At unexpected intervals, the instruments shift into unison, sustaining harmonies in the upper register. There is no levity in Sharp’s primal world. It is a primitivism reminiscent of Stravinsky—though The Boreal reaches further than harsh Russian pagan rites, devolving to the volatile struggle for order at the dawn of life. At the piece’s conclusion, Sharp’s exotic, metallic bows fade into the shadows, their chittering static dying in desolate cold. --- www.icareifyoulisten.com
"Incandescent, burning and etching new paths through the neural strata of the listener." --- Frances-Marie Uitti
“Exceptionally fascinating… Strongly recommended." --- Classical-Modern Music Review
Every new shift of texture and color is a veritable terabyte of information compressed into a drop of ink on staff paper. It is the nervous system as metropolis, and sensations as traffic running through its streets. Harp, strings, and brass work together toward a unity that feeds on self-fragmentation. Epic, to be sure, but only the beginning of life. --- www.sequenza21.com
...Sharp deliberately crafted modern classical music filled with abrasiveness and whetted, auditory conflict. There are no pleasing noises here. The compelling but often hostile music is dissonant to a degree that some may find it difficult to listen to. --- www.instantencore.com
Track List:
1. The Boreal: I. — (Live) (04:05)
2. The Boreal: II. — (Live) (04:29)
3. The Boreal: III. — (Live) (02:59)
4. The Boreal: IV. — (Live) (03:52)
5. Oligosono: I. — (06:09)
6. Oligosono: II. — (08:52)
7. Oligosono: III. — (04:36)
8. Proof of Erdős: I. — (04:01)
9. Proof of Erdős: II. — (04:56)
10. Proof of Erdős: III. — (06:30)
11. Proof of Erdős: IV. — (06:53)
12. On Corlear's Hook: I. — (Live) (05:14)
13. On Corlear's Hook: II. — (Live) (05:52)
14. On Corlear's Hook: III. — (Live) (03:01)
15. On Corlear's Hook: IV. — (Live) (05:34)
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Elliott Sharp / The Boreal
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