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Kaija Saariaho - Trios (2012)

Posted By: Piterets

Date: 13 Nov 2012 02:28:25

Known for her colourful orchestration, Saariaho’s impressive variety of sound is apparent in all of the works included here. The trios are composed for different combinations of instruments, each of them demonstrating their individual colours.

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Presented here are five trios dating from between 1998 and 2009, in which Anssi Karttunen's cello is the only constantly featured instrument. In fact, to enjoy this music one has to value or at least be able to withstand the richly expressive but not necessarily always very beautiful cello sounds as Kaija Saariaho employs them: often dizzy, wailing, scratchy as well as melodic. First up is Mirage, a very dramatic scene for a type of madwoman soprano character, with the cello performing a similar part and the sparkling piano providing the backbone to proceedings. There also exists a version where the piano is replaced by an orchestra, but I have a feeling this piece might work just as well as simply a piano plus voice composition. Next is a traditional string trio (violin, viola, cello) in 4 movements which as a consequence has the most I suppose 'spectral' effects of all the works on this disc. After a slow questioning opening, the second movement's quick theme is passed around all the time between the instruments, whereas in the third they're all playing together and often reduced to a quiet whisper. The muted atmosphere nagging away in the final movement continues in Cendres, where the piano joins the cello and flute to slowly grope forwards as if lost in thought, although after a midway pause the pace picks up somewhat for a more suspenseful final five minutes. The fourth trio in 5 movements is at some 20 minutes the longest and in my opinion strongest piece in this collection. For the most part it sounds like a straight-forward piano piece with added flourishes from the other two instruments, viola and cello. The piano figures are quite simple but strong and the emphasis is more on pure music rather than atmosphere. All movement titles plus the music derive from Saariaho's opera Adriana Mater at which she was also working during 2003. A welcome new colour is introduced in the final 5-movement trio called Serenatas, namely percussion (well, mainly xylophone). Here the piano and percussion mostly provide backup to the cello part, its beautiful and often delicate music is of the mood painting type.

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Track Listing:

Mirage, for soprano, cello & piano (15:27)
Cloud Trio, for violin, viola & cello~1. Calmo, meditato (3:10)
Cloud Trio, for violin, viola & cello~2. Sempre dolce, ma energico, sempre a tempo (4:46)
Cloud Trio, for violin, viola & cello~3. Sempre energico (3:34)
Cloud Trio, for violin, viola & cello~4. Tranquillo ma sempre molto espressivo (7:00)
Cendres, for alto flute, cello & piano (10:70)
Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & piano~1. Je dévoile ma peau (4:21)
Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & piano~2. Ouvre-moi, vite! (2:16)
Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & piano~3. Dans le rêve, elle l'attendait (4:10)
Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & piano~4. Il faut que j'entre (3:34)
Je sens un deuxième coeur, for viola, cello & piano~5. Je sens un deuxième coeur qui bat tout près du mien (6:55)
Serenatas, for percussion, cello & piano~Delicato (3:49)
Serenatas, for percussion, cello & piano~Agitato (3:13)
Serenatas, for percussion, cello & piano~Dolce (1:22)
Serenatas, for percussion, cello & piano~Languido (6:41)
Serenatas, for percussion, cello & piano~Misterioso (3:57)

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