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Clara Iannotta: Earthing

9/4/2020, 4 Tracks, 57:47

German Record Critic's Award - Quarterly Choice 4/2020.

Featuring

  • Christopher Otto
  • Austin Wulliman
  • John Pickford Richards
  • Jay Campbell
  • JACK Quartet
  • Clara Iannotta

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Interpretation

Clara Iannotta recommends listening to the pieces on this album individually, with lengthy pauses in between, rather than consecutively, to fully appreciate their unique 'chambers of wonders'.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Clara Iannotta expands her instrumental forces by incorporating objects like music boxes, bird whistles, and Tupperware containers, and preparing instruments with various items and electronics.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album is part of the 'EDITION ZEITGENÖSSISCHE MUSIK' series by the German Music Council, which documents the work of young German or Germany-based composers.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Clara Iannotta's vision for the string quartet rejects the traditional idea of a 'conversation among four reasonable people,' instead requiring feeling and intuition for the musicians to act as a single organism.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Clara Iannotta, the composer, believes sound always has a function in her music, never existing as an end in itself or a mere effect.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Clara Iannotta's father encouraged her to build her own toys from broken household items, teaching her to see the potential in objects, a philosophy she applies to her music.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The JACK Quartet, the performers on this album, has been recognized as 'Ensemble of the Year' by Musical America and awarded an Avery Fisher Career Grant.

Source: Booklet

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