X?nakis: Pl??des
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Composer: Iannis XenakisPerformer: Les Percussions de Strasbourg
Performer: Christian Hamouy
Performer: Claude Ricou
Performer: Francois Dhalmann
Performer: Gabriel Bouchet
Performer: Georges van Gucht
Performer: Jean-Pierre Bedoyan
Performer: Keiko Nakamura
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1996-02-09
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
- Pleiades: Melanges
- Pleiades: Metaux
- Pleiades: Claviers
- Pleiades: Peaux
Free Music Notes for X?nakis: Pl??des
Free Music Review: Can stochastic music sound pleasant to the ear?
Hit: 5 Stars
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.
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