Special offer. Xenakis: Complete Cello Works
Arne Deforce (violoncello), with Benjamin Dieltjens (clarinette), with Daan Vandewalle (piano), with Wibert Aerts (violon), with Lode Leire (contrebasse)
Ensemble musikFabrik, James Wood (direction)
Xenakis composed just two pieces for solo cello, both fiercely remarkable in their own right. Nomos Alpha, from 1966, is an example of what he called symbolic music, in which the order of musical...
Special offer. Xenakis: Complete Cello Works
Arne Deforce (violoncello), with Benjamin Dieltjens (clarinette), with Daan Vandewalle (piano), with Wibert Aerts (violon), with Lode Leire (contrebasse)
Ensemble musikFabrik, James Wood (direction)
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Xenakis composed just two pieces for solo cello, both fiercely remarkable in their own right. Nomos Alpha, from 1966, is an example of what he called symbolic music, in which the order of musical...
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'Music is like a crystal ball that is nothing in itself, but in which one can see things.' Not representing the world in music but creating a world: it is the creative act of Iannis Xenakis, 'bringing into being something out of nothing. Engendering the unengendered'. This CD brings together, for the very first time, the complete works that Xenakis composed for solo cello '+ 1'. They illustrate the evolution of a unique compositional trajectory, underpinned by energeia, the active creative force of Greek thought, which shapes a thing up until it happens: a proof of sound force in which energetic currents and dynamic surfaces are confronted. Æon hereby continues its collaboration with cellist Arne Deforce whose inspiration and weight of artistic evidence reach new peaks with this disc.
Contents and tracklist
- Arne Deforce
- Arne Deforce, Benjamin Dieltjens
- Arne Deforce
- James Wood, Arne Deforce, Ensemble Musikfabrik
- Arne Deforce, Daan Vandewalle
- Arne Deforce, Wibert Aerts
- Arne Deforce, Lode Leire
- Arne Deforce, Wibert Aerts
Awards and reviews
25th January 2012
Xenakis composed just two pieces for solo cello, both fiercely remarkable in their own right. Nomos Alpha, from 1966, is an example of what he called symbolic music, in which the order of musical events is determined according to mathematical rules, while Kottos, composed 11 years later, is a portrait of one of the giants from Greek mythology who fought with Zeus against the Titans.