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Shira Legmann is an Israeli concert pianist, with a wide repertoire from Baroque to contemporary and experimental music. This album contains three piano works by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi: Suite No.9 "Ttai" (1953), Quattro Illustrazioni (1953), and Un Adieu (1978/1988). This is Legmann's second CD on Elsewhere Music, following the 2019 album "Barricades" in which she was the pianist for Michael Pisaro's composition for piano/electronics.
Legmann's clean, supple yet solid piano sounds, which create a perfect balance of coolness and warmth, build a narrative flow with a stunning dynamic range, bringing these rarely performed piano works of Scelsi's back to life into the twenty-first century as timeless masterpieces.
Suite No. 9 "Ttai" (1953)
live concert, recorded and mixed ... at Clairmont Concert Hall, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, December 9, 2014
Quattro illustrazioni (1953)
live concert, recorded and mixed ... at HaTeiva, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, February 27, 2014
Un Adieu (1978/1988)
recorded ... at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, June 19, 2020
Suite No. 9 "Ttai" (1953) live concert, recorded and mixed ... at Clairmont Concert Hall, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, December 9, 2014 Quattro illustrazioni (1953) live concert, recorded and mixed ... at HaTeiva, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, February 27, 2014 Un Adieu (1978/1988) recorded ... at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, June 19, 2020
| Suite No. 9 "Ttai" | |||
| 1 | I. Calmo, Senza Espressione | 3:50 | |
| 2 | II. Lentissimo | 4:18 | |
| 3 | III. Uguale, Senza Espressione | 2:39 | |
| 4 | IV. Non Molto Legato, Ma Sempre Appoggiando Profondamente | 5:20 | |
| 5 | V. Uguale, Scorrevole | 3:01 | |
| 6 | VI. Lento | 2:17 | |
| 7 | VII. Uguale, Inespressivo | 3:23 | |
| 8 | VIII. Lento | 5:05 | |
| 9 | IX. Molto P Eguale, Non Troppo Legato | 3:07 | |
| Quattro Illustrazioni | |||
| 10 | I. Shésha - Shàyí Vishnu | 3:57 | |
| 11 | II. Varaha – Avatàra | 3:51 | |
| 12 | III. Rama - Avatàra | 3:09 | |
| 13 | IV. Krishna - Avatàra | 3:08 | |
| 14 | Un Adieu | 6:24 | |
“With a similar disposition to oblivion, to the “lucid passivity” professed by the Italian composer, both the interpreter and the listener should approach these pieces: inviting silence and absorption, clear-mindedly entering the spirit of Scelsi’s visionary and totalizing improvisations.”
