The title of the main work, necessità d'interrogare il cielo (the need to interrogate the sky), is taken from Friedrich Hölderlin's work Kolumbus.
Recording & Production
This recording used 21 microphones surrounding the performer, Patrick Stadler, to create an immersive sound design.
Composer Biography
Giorgio Netti's compositional work is characterized by the convergence of initial intuition, instrumental practice, and structure within a single form.
Performer Biography
Patrick Stadler, the saxophonist on this album, is known for his versatility and his close collaborations with both young and established composers to create new works.
Performer Biography
Patrick Stadler has released four CDs and a DVD with the internationally renowned Nikel Ensemble, documenting their activities over ten years.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The four movements of necessità d'interrogare il cielo correspond to fragments from the Chaldaean Oracles.
Compositional Technique
The pieces on this album feature playing techniques that composer Giorgio Netti developed with saxophonist Marcus Weiss, which were previously unformulated.
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