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Music : Gubaidulina - Orchestral Works
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Gubaidulina - Orchestral Works from: Chandos List Price: £15.99 CD-Charts Price: £12.69 You Save: £3.30 (21%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0095115918326 Label: Chandos Manufacturer: Chandos Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Chandos Release Date: October 01, 1999 Running Time: 52 minutes Studio: Chandos Sales Rank: 126175 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Like Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina (born in 1931) has a strong current of mysticism in her work; her compositions seem to hint at "higher" levels of perception or cognition. Stimmen ... Verstummen (1986) is a symphony in 12 movements that race up and down the scales--at times in opposition to one another--in compact, sometimes extroverted sound clusters. In between these flights, the composer repeatedly returns to a stabilising D-major triad, which allows the work to cohere. This composition's elements are discordant, but its eventual symphonic argument emerges intact and clear. This is perhaps Gubaidulina's greatest work. --Paul Cook Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Great orchestral beautyOn this, his only all-Gubaidulina release, old friend Rozhdestvensky conducts the Stimmen... Verstummen symphony dedicated to him and also acts as narrator in the other piece Stufen. The large-scale symphony completed in 1986 uses a full orchestra and, somewhat unusually for this composer, features major parts for all wind-instruments that are occasionally played using extended techniques. Less unusually there are also extensive parts for various percussion instruments including xylophones. Still the music sounds not at all crowded and is scored very transparently, which makes for a fascinating and very colourful atmosphere, especially in the fairytale-like movement that recurs throughout which I suppose makes this a symphonic work rather ... Read More: |
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