Luiz Henrique Yudo’s Chamber Works marks an insightful journey into the translation of visual art into sound, presenting music that bridges architecture, painting, and sculpture with contemporary chamber idioms. Brazilian-born and Amsterdam-based, Yudo composes using an original approach that is self-taught, drawing inspiration from structures, patterns, and artworks he admires. The album’s five works are performed by Apartment House, a leading ensemble in contemporary experimental music. Their performances balance strict score-based playing with interpretative freedom, ensuring that each rendition is unique yet faithful to the structural intent of the compositions. The pieces include A Quartet for Palladio, A Quartet for François Morellet, and The Donald Judd Harmonies, among others, focusing on patterns, symmetry, and motion derived from visual sources.

Recorded between 2017 and 2019, the album’s sound is spacious, clear, and dynamic without ever becoming dense or cluttered, supporting the intricate interplay of voices while highlighting each musician’s contribution. Yudo’s music thrives on the tension between order and variation, with harmonic and rhythmic elements carefully designed yet open to in-the-moment decisions by performers. Chamber Works reflects Yudo’s ongoing exploration of how visual elements -color, shape, symmetry - can be transposed into musical form, creating works that are both architecturally rigorous and emotionally resonant. The album offers rewarding listening across multiple hearings, revealing new details while maintaining a cohesive aesthetic throughout. It stands as a testament to the innovative spirit of contemporary chamber music and the artistic possibilities unlocked by interdisciplinary inspiration.