Composer: Matthias Pintscher
Performer: Victor Hanna, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Diego Tosi, Nicolas Crosse, Ensemble Ulysses, Dimitri Vassilakis, Sophie Cherrier, Yeree Suh, Clément Saunier, Jean-Christophe Vervoitte
Conductor: Matthias Pintscher
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA769
Release: 2021
Size: 1.4 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Nemeton for solo percussion
02. Mar’eh for Violin and Ensemble
03. Verzeichnete Spur, for Double Bass, Three Cellos, Instruments and Live Electronics
Nur for Solo Piano and Ensemble
04. I. Lightly, Floating
05. II. Sospeso, sospirando
06. III. Erratico, con durezza
CD 02
01. Beyond (A System of Passing) for Flute Solo
Lieder und Schneebilder, for Soprano and Piano
02. I. (…)
03. I. I will wade out
04. II. To stand -Alone
05. III. Erstes Schneebild
06. IV. The Moon is Hiding in Her Hair
07. V. Lady of Silence
08. VI. Zweites Schneebild
Sonic Eclipse
09. I. Celestial Object I, for Solo Trumpet and Ensemble
10. II. Celestial Object II, for Solo horn and Ensemble
11. III. Occultation, for Solo Horn, Solo Trumpet and Ensemble
“Going all the way back to the Celts and the Druids, the term “nemeton” designates a place where forces and energies are crystallised, generally clearings where solemn or ritual actions were performed. The best-known nemeton is certainly Stonehenge. The architectural marvel of Chartres Cathedral is built on a nemeton. In composing this piece for solo percussion, I wanted to depict a “place” of this kind by means of sound. I’m utterly fascinated by the instrumentarium of this work, consisting chiefly of metal, wood and skin instruments that don’t have their own “specific” resonance. The trajectories between the different tones condition and define the energy charge, rather as if two beings, in the mad hope of an encounter, were rushing towards each other”, writes Matthias Pintscher as an introduction to one of the pieces in this monograph of works composed between 2000 and 2018: it also includes his violin concerto Mar’eh, the concerto for piano and ensemble Nur, Beyond for flute, Verzeichnete Spur, Lieder und Schneebilder, Celestial Object I & II and Occultation.