Scelsi : Intégrale des quatuors à cordes et Trio à cordes
6/7/2024, 20 Tracks, 1:41:55
Featuring
Olga Ranzenhofer
Antoine Bareil
Frédéric Lambert
Pierre-Alain Bouvrette
Quatuor Molinari
Giacinto Scelsi
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Compositional Technique
For his String Quartet No. 4, Scelsi used an unusual scordatura (non-standard tuning) and a unique notation system with sixteen staves, four for each instrument, to achieve specific timbral subtleties.
Compositional Technique
After a period of crisis, Scelsi's musical focus shifted from melodies to timbres, leading him to explore original tone colours and textures, including microtonality.
Composer Biography
Scelsi's musical output is divided into two periods, with a significant break during which he suffered a severe mental breakdown and ceased composing for four years.
Compositional Technique
Scelsi's String Trio, the only one he composed, is an experimental work where each of its four movements is centered on a single note, exploring various playing styles and inflections.
Critical Reception
Scelsi's Fourth Quartet is widely regarded as his masterpiece.
Composer Biography
Giacinto Scelsi, the composer, claimed to have been born in 2637 B.C. in Mesopotamia, though he was actually born in La Spezia, Italy, in 1905.
Performer Biography
The Molinari Quartet, the performers on this album, has been internationally acclaimed since its founding in 1997 and is dedicated to 20th and 21st-century string quartet repertoire.
