Salvatore Sciarrino: Nocturnes

A disc that honours the composer as surely as it incites the listener. — Gramophone Magazine, February 2008 More…

Release Date: 13th Nov 2006
Catalogue No: METCD1077
Label: Metronome
Length: 62 minutes

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Sciarrino: V Sonata, con 5 finali diversi (finale di Salisburgo)

Work length13:42

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: Due Notturni

Work length4:01

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: Due Notturni: II

Work length8:53

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: Notturno No. 3

Work length6:18

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: Notturno No.4

Work length5:41

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: Duo Notturni Crudeli

Work length5:08

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: Duo Notturni Crudeli: II

Work length2:46

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: Polveri Laterali

Work length1:34

Nicolas Hodges

Sciarrino: V Sonata, con 5 finali diversi (finale definitivo)

Work length14:15

Nicolas Hodges

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After the death of Luciano Berio, Sciarrino is now widely regarded as the leading Italian contemporary composer. Entirely self-taught, he was born in Palermo (Sicily) but now lives in Città di Castello in Italy. Sciarrino uses sound as a living organism – his music begins at the very limits of perception where silence emerges into sound. Nicolas Hodges has been collaborating with Sciarrino since 1996: this disc is the fruit of that decade-long relationship, includes many pieces specially composed for Hodges, and was made with the composer's artistic collaboration.

This recording was made in BBC Maida Vale Studios in 2003 in the presence of the composer. It is a co-production of Metronome Recordings and BBC Radio 3 with the help of WDR the German radio station. We also thank Ricordi London for supporting this release.

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February 2008

A disc that honours the composer as surely as it incites the listener.

5th October 2007

...it is always music of great imaginative sweep and power, informed by an immensely refined sensibility and the acutest ear for sonority; Hodges's performances are wonderfully committed, too.

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