Percussions de Strasbourg

1. Modibo Salifou - Adama Drame

2. Autres Contacts - Jean-Pierre Drouet

3. Autres Contacts - Jean-Pierre Drouet

4. Autres Contacts - Jean-Pierre Drouet

5. Percussion Pour Mendela - Adama Drame

6. Final

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Average customer rating: Can stochastic music sound pleasant to the ear? Probably the best 45-minute percussion sextet ever written xenakis a la france

Xénakis: Pléïdes Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music $6.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Instrumental | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Xenakis: Orchestral Works & Chamber Music Luciano Berio: Laborintus 2 Luigi Nono: Como una ola de fuerza y luz, for Soprano, Piano, Orchestra & Magnetic Tape (1971-72) / ...sofferte onde serene... For Piano & Magnetic Tape (1976) / Contrapunto dialettico alla mente, for Magnetic Tape (1968) - Maurizio Pollini / Claudio Abbado Penderecki: Anaklasis; Threnody; etc. György Ligeti Edition 1: String Quartets and Duets - Arditti String Quartet ASIN: B0000007HF Release Date: 1996-02-09

Tracks:

1. Pleiades: Melanges
2. Pleiades: Metaux
3. Pleiades: Claviers
4. Pleiades: Peaux

Customer Reviews:

Can stochastic music sound pleasant to the ear?.......2004-10-31

Iannis Xenakis's music is quite unlike any other 20th century composer. With a background in mathematics, he has written theoretical works which describe how chaos and probability can be applied to music. He writes in the liner notes: "The sole source of this polyrhythmic composition is the idea of periodicity, repetition, duplication, faithful, pseudo-faithful, unfaithful copy...". However daunting his mindset may seem to be, "Pleiades" is a wonderful work and can be enjoyed without conscious perception of the "clouds, nebulas and galaxies of the fragmented dust of beats organized by the rhythm (Xenakis)". Composed in 1978 and dedicated to the famous ensemble "Les Percussions de Strasbourg" (which premiered the piece and play it on this CD), it features a new metal percussion instrument: the "sixxen" (SIX intrumentists + XENakis). Aware of the demands placed on his audience, Xenakis architected the piece in four parts: Metaux (for metal instruments), Claviers (malleted percussion), Peaux (drums) and Melanges (mixture). Each part brings about its own sound world, which is more timbre-oriented than pulse-oriented. By following each rhythmic beat by a slightly different beat (in duration and timbre) on a similar-sounding instrument, Xenakis creates an aural impression closer to a "fugue for six percussions" than to a "european version of african drumming". Although the timbre changes constantly, it does so on a controlled way (due to Xenakis' conception of "sound clusters"). The whole composition is at the same time challenging and pleasing to the ear. Given that this record has a very reasonable price, it is a not to be missed opportunity of broadening one's musical horizons.

Probably the best 45-minute percussion sextet ever written.......2003-12-16

There aren't too many percussion sextets of a 45-minute duration out there, so the ballet score Pléïades, by Iannis Xenakis, scores just for being unusual. That wouldn't matter, though, if the music were weak. Fortunately, it isn't.

The work is in four movements. The first and shortest, Mélanges, takes the whole range of instruments and plays out the germ material for the whole work. In the second movement, Méteaux, the players play on metal percussion, often in polyrhythms, while the third movement, Claviers, features some surprisingly lyrical melodic writing on keyed percussion instruments. The finale, Peaux, is a tour-de-force of vigorous polyrhythmic drumming.

The musical material throughout the work is immediately striking and dramatic. Some of the work involves Xenakis-designed instruments that play in third and quarter tones, creating dramatic and striking harmonies; at the same time, Xenakis' love of clear, lucid rhythmic writing--without any hint of unnecessary complexity--makes the musical argument easy to understand even on a first listening.

This is a fine work that may well bring new friends to Xenakis' music. The performance here, by Les Percussions de Strasbourg, for whom the work was written, is outstandingly clear and vital, and at the price this recording should be snapped up by anyone interested in contemporary music.

xenakis a la france.......1999-12-23

this is one of very few recordings available of this true masterpiece by the greecian/french composer Iannis Xenakis. Les Percussions de Strasbourg have long held a strong collaborative relationship with Xenakis and they have often been first to record and perform many of his works. This particular work runs for approximately 45 minutes and takes the listener through a very complex array of formal structures and grouping of the percussion instruments. Each movement deals with a different group ie. 'Peux' is for the 'skin' instruments such as bogos, congas, drums, bass drums and timpani. The movement titled 'Metaux' is written for the 'metal' instruments such as tam-tams, gongs, metal bars and sixens. Xenakis is responsible for most of the great percussion music written this century. His background in mathematics and architecture has found its way in to the way he structures his compositions. There are many ways to interpret and perform his works, but it is important to remember that many of the deeper issues of inspiration and realisation for Xenakis in his use of percussion stem from his expereicnes in the Second World War. This is an awesome piece of music. Its brutal rhythms and rigid structure will satisfy from the first time listener through to the most ardent specialist.

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Strauss, Nono, Wagner Manufacturer: Hanssler Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Nono | Nono, Luigi | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000F1HLU6 Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

1. Der Abend Op.34,1
2. Sara Dolce Tacere
3. Traume
4. La Sera Si Prolunga
5. Ora Il Vento S'e Fatto Silenzioso
6. Nella Tenebra, Muta
7. A Bufera S'e Aperto, Al Buio, Un Porto
8. Il Mio Declinio Abbelliro, Stasera
9. Finale. Piu Non Muggisce, non Sussurra Il mare
10. Im Treibhaus
11. Liebslied
12. Hymme Op.34,2
13. Ich Bin Welt Abhanden Gekommen

Album Description

This recording presents three different, utterly contrasting responses to the quest for expression and the solution to the old problem of how to merge text and music into a unity. The common theme linking these compositions - "The Passion and Pains of Love" - has been wrested from the texts of these choral works: they are poetic declarations of love, descriptions of nature with erotic and intimate imagery, and poems that speak of unfulfilled yearning and breaking hearts. Their poetic quality opens a range of expression every bit as varied as the three musical settings they stimulated. A spectacular program of choral and ensemble virtuosity featuring music from the late nineteenth to mid-twentieth century. Rare recordings feature the amazing arrangements of Clytus Gottwald. The selections contrast Wagner's Romantic but forward-looking compositional style with the Late Romantic development of Mahler and Richard Strauss, and the serial technique of avant-garde! composer Luigi Nono. The SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart and Director Marcus Creed are among the most highly respected virtuoso ensembles specializing in the performance of new music for choir.

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East Meets West: Extensions 2 [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Pentatone ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0002TX9GG Release Date: 2004-12-14

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Les Percussions de Strasbourg Manufacturer: L'empreinte Digitale ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD South Africa | Africa | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000005WBU Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

1. Modibo Salifou - Adama Drame
2. Autres Contacts - Jean-Pierre Drouet
3. Autres Contacts - Jean-Pierre Drouet
4. Autres Contacts - Jean-Pierre Drouet
5. Percussion Pour Mendela - Adama Drame
6. Final

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Czech Music of the 20th Century Manufacturer: Praga ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Kabelác, Miloslav | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005W26 Release Date: 1995-04-02

Customer Reviews:

czech music.......2002-09-23

excellent product.can you send me a free copy just for revieving it .thanks

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Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maitre; Sonatine: Messiaen: 7 Haikai Manufacturer: Addas ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000MSBU90

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Xenakis: Pleiades/Ishii: Concertante Op.79 Manufacturer: Denon Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Percussion | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000034RS Release Date: 1993-08-30

Tracks:

1. PLEIADES: I. Melanges
2. PLEIADES: II. Metaux
3. PLEIADES: III. Claviers
4. PLEIADES: IV. Peaux
5. CON Op.79 - LES PERC DE STRASBOURG/KEIKO ABE/Jean-Pierre Bedoyan/Jean-Paul Bernard/Guillaume Blaise...

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Pleiades / Les Percussions de Strasbourg Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi (Germany) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007WJ53E

Product Description

German import. Songs are: 1 Pléïades (Iannis Xénakis) 1 Mélanges 8'48 2 Métaux 13'21 3 Claviers 10'20 4 Peaux 11'11

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Luigi Dallapiccola: Due Cori de Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane / Canti di Prigionia / Music per tre pianoforti (Inni) / Estate (Frammento di Alceo) Choeur Contemporain d'Aix-en-Provence , Percussions de Strasbourg , and Roland Hayrabedian (Conductor) Manufacturer: Accord ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008EMI9 Release Date: 1993-09-01

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Pleiades Xenakis , and Les Percussions De Strasbourg Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00003TKZU Release Date: 1992-12-14

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