Xenakis Edition Volume 13 - Ensemble Music 3 - Mode: MOD-CD-261 - CD or download

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The momentous masterpiece Thallein (1984) reinvents the concerto grosso with manic soloistic episodes. The playing is brilliant throughout. — Sunday Times, 19th January 2014 More…

Release Date: 27th Jan 2014
Catalogue No: MOD-CD-261
Label: Mode
Series: Xenakis Edition
Length: 67 minutes

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Xenakis: Palimpsest

Work length12:11

$3.00

$3.85

Cory Smythe
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick

Xenakis: Échange

Work length14:42

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$3.85

Joshua Rubin
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick

Xenakis: Akanthos

Work length10:39

$3.00

$3.85

Tony Arnold
International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick

Xenakis: Zythos

Work length7:43

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$2.60

Benny Sluchin
Red Fish Blue
Steven Schick

Xenakis: Thalleïn

Work length18:30

$4.00

$5.15

International Contemporary Ensemble
Steven Schick

Xenakis: Omega

Work length3:52

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$1.30

Steven Schick
International Contemporary Ensemble

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An exhilarating Xenakis programe, built around works for soloist and ensemble. Most of the soloists are from the acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble led by their resident guest conductor, Steven Schick. 'Zythos' and 'O-Mega' are among Xenakis’s final compositions. In the Xenakis oeuvre these constitute a new and plaintive percussion music. Yet there is a strange power in these stark landscapes. In 'Zythos,' long trombone lines are wound round the threading of six marimba parts. It receives its first recording here, featuring trombonist Benny Sluchin of Ensemble Intercontemporain. 'O-Mega', a fitting name for Xenakis’s final work, is a short offering for percussion soloist and chamber group.

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19th January 2014

The momentous masterpiece Thallein (1984) reinvents the concerto grosso with manic soloistic episodes. The playing is brilliant throughout.

20th February 2014

Best of all, there's Thallein from 1984; it's one of the finest of Xenakis's later works...in which sound seems to be moulded like molten metal and and propelled with sometimes frightening rhythmic intensity. The performances under Steven Schick don't squander any of that power.

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