Furrer: 3 Klavierstücke, Voicelessness (The Snow Has No Voice) & Phasma
1/1/2005, 5 Tracks, 51:03
Featuring
Nicolas Hodges
Beat Furrer
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Composer's Artistic Vision
A guiding principle in Beat Furrer's piano works is "distillation by diminution," suggesting a process of essentialization through reduction.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Beat Furrer, the composer, views his solo piano works as a collection of musical gems, characterized by crystalline clarity and lucidity in form and appearance.
Compositional Technique
Beat Furrer's Drei Klavierstücke are conceived as complementary studies, each exploring a different "aural phenomenon" or sound concept.
Performer Biography
Nicolas Hodges, the pianist on this album, has a substantial repertoire spanning from the 18th century to contemporary music, and has premiered works written specifically for him by many composers, including Beat Furrer.
Composer Biography
Beat Furrer, born in Switzerland in 1954, moved to Vienna in 1975 to study conducting and composition, and later founded the Klangforum Wien ensemble in 1985.
Compositional Technique
In his piano works, Beat Furrer uses the pedal as a crucial element, describing it as "the hinge, the filter that reveals spectral worlds of sound."
