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artist: Morton Feldman
title: Late Works with Clarinet
date: 2003
label: mode 119
genre: Avantgarde
rls. date: Feb/2004
tracks: 03
bitrate: 192kbps
size: 95,4 MB
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Morton Feldman - Edition 7 - Late Works with Clarinet
Carol Robinson, solo clarinet & bass clarinet
Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano (1971) (9:33)
Pierre Dutrieu, clarinet, Olivier Voize, clarinet, Elena
Andreyev, cello, Vincent Leterme, piano
Bass Clarinet and Percussion (1981) (17:30)
Franτoise Rivalland, percussion, Peppie Wiersma, percussion
Clarinet and String Quartet (1983) (42:20)
Quatuor Diotima: Eiichi Chijiiwa, violin, Nicolas Miribel,
violin, Franck Chevalier, viola, Pierre Morlet, cello
Renowned Parisian based clarinetist Carol Robinson is
accompanied by leading European musicians in a magical disc of
Feldman's music.
These works are combined on one disc for the first time.
Clarinet and String Quartet. A meandering clarinet line blends
into and colors the string quartet sound, generating a hybrid
timbre, almost as if the clarinet were taking on the identity
of a string harmonic. Without melody, the listener somehow
reaches a momentary solemnity, and even, elation.
Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano. Feldman thought of this piece
as a still life, and indeed its calm is immediately striking to
the listener. Shimmering clusters resonate, solo lines of utter
simplicity emerge expressively. Noteworthy are the extreme
dynamics, particularly the loud moments, highly unusual for
Feldman.
Bass-Clarinet and Percussion. Music of a floating quality with
rhythms that expand and contract against a steady but unheard
pulse. A piece of extremes: brutally high for both timpani and
bass clarinet, with large interval leaps and discretely
modulating timbres, all within an exaggeratedly reduced
dynamic. This is perhaps among Feldman's most mysterious and
otherworldly pieces.
The two-part liner notes consist of an essay by Ernstalbrecht
Steibler, former director of Neue Musik at the Hessischer
Rundfunk in Germany; and detailed notes on the works by Carol
Robinson.
(http://www.mode.com/catalog/119feldman.html)
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01-Three Clarinets, Cello and Piano [09:40]
02-Bass Clarinet and Percussion [17:27]
03-Clarinet and String Quartet [42:21]
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69:28 min
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