IDAGIO | Musique? – Modern and Electro-Acoustic Works for Harpsichord 00602448800060

Featuring

Mahan Esfahani
Tōru Takemitsu
Henry Dixon Cowell
Kaija Saariaho
Gavin Bryars
Anahita Abbasi

Luc Ferrari

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Composition History

Luc Ferrari's Programme commun was subtitled « Musique socialiste ? » and reflects on a set of policy proposals agreed upon by France's main Left parties in 1972.

Recording & Production

The harpsichord used for this album was built in 2018 by Jukka Ollikka in Prague, based on Michael Mietke's theories with a hypothetical addition for the 16' register.

Performer Biography

Mahan Esfahani has made it his life's work to bring the harpsichord to the concert mainstream, commissioning new music and performing in major halls worldwide.

Performer Biography

Mahan Esfahani, the harpsichordist on this album, was the first and only harpsichordist to be a BBC New Generation Artist (2008-2010).

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Anahita Abbasi's work, Intertwined distances, explores how sound moves within a concert hall and the relationships between performer, audience, and quadraphonic speakers.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Torū Takemitsu, a Japanese composer, learned from John Cage that music is not separate from life and that all sounds, as well as silence, should be valued.