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Giacinto Scelsi

Music For Wind Instruments And Percussion (CD)

FormatCDLabelAttaccaGenreComposition

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1994 CD-only release on Attacca with nine compositions spanning from 1954 to 1966 by the revolutionary Italian composer.

condition (disc/cover): NM / NM 

Giacinto Scelsi for winds and percussion, played by Dutch musicians around the flautist Rien de Reede. The disc gathers the solo and duo pieces from the fifties and sixties where Scelsi focused on a single sound and its inner life: Pwyll for flute, Ixor for clarinet, the Quattro pezzi for trumpet, Ko-Lho for flute and clarinet, Rucke di Guck for piccolo and oboe, and Hyxos for alto flute, gongs and cowbell.

The frame is I Riti: The Funeral of Achilles (1962), a ritual march for percussion heard in fragments at the beginning, middle and end. Issued in 1994 by the Dutch label Attacca in its Babel series, with an 8-page booklet.

Details
Cat. number: BABEL 9479
Year: 1994

Release notes

Includes 8 page booklet. Manufactured by Europe Optical Disc in Holland

Tracklist
1I Riti: Ritual March, "The Funeral Of Achilles" For Percussion (1962) (Fragment)0:57
2Ko-Lho, For Flute And Clarinet (1966): I, II7:13
3Pwyll, For Flute Alone (1954)4:15
4I Riti: Ritual March, "The Funeral Of Achilles" For Percussion (1962)3:05
5Ixor, For Bb Clarinet (Or Other Reed Instrument) (1956)4:00
6Rucke Di Guck, For Piccolo And Oboe (1957): I, II, III8:56
7Hyxos, For Alto Flute, Gongs And Cowbell (1955): I Tranquillo, II Con Moto, III Tranquillo9:49
8Quattro Pezzi, For Trumpet Alone (1956): I, II, III, IV9:16
9I Riti: Ritual March, "The Funeral Of Achilles" For Percussion (1962) (Fragment)1:14
Credits
Jacques Meertens
Clarinet (2, 5)
Giacinto Scelsi
Composed By
Rien De Reede
Flute, Alto Flute (2, 7), Liner Notes
Thies Roorda
Flute, Piccolo Flute (3, 6)
Jan Spronk
Oboe (6)
Cor Links
Percussion (1, 4, 9)
Hans Raaymakers
Percussion (1, 4, 9)
Hans Verweij
Percussion (1, 4, 9)
Peter Van Horik
Percussion (1, 4, 9)
Ruud Diederiks
Percussion (1, 4, 9)
Willy Goudswaard
Percussion (1, 4, 7, 9)
Dick Van Schuppen
Recorded By, Edited By, Mastered By
Eva Blankespoor
Recorded By, Edited By, Mastered By
Sieuwert Verster
Recorded By, Edited By, Mastered By
Peter Masseurs
Trumpet (8)