The work "Tracer" is part of a series of collaborative art pieces by composer Richard Cornell and visual artist Deborah Cornell, exploring themes of art, time, and natural forms.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Richard Cornell, the composer, values the tensions created by phase against meter in rhythm, using stable meters with highly syncopated surface rhythms.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Richard Cornell finds creative inspiration not from other music, but from observing natural sounds and processes like flocks of birds, moving water, crickets, rain, and thunder.
Performer Biography
A Far Cry, the chamber orchestra on this album, performs without a conductor, with musicians leading cooperatively, which lends itself to intricate polyphony and internal conversations.
Recording & Production
The recordings on this album are based entirely on live performances, not studio recordings, to capture the lively and unpredictable conversations among musicians.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Richard Cornell prefers complex, multivalent harmonies, such as 'polychords,' which can create a physical impact and allow the ear to access regions where tone color and harmony transition.
You might also enjoy...
Castiglioni, N.: Oboe Music (Complete)
Babbitt: Soli E Duettini
Progressions
Nickos Harizanos: The Storyteller
Gabriela Ortiz: Denibée
Eastern Gems
Rawsthorne & Other Rarities
Songs Cathy Sang, Music Composed for the Voice of Cathy Berberian. Berio: Folksongs & Sequenza III - Cage: Aria - Pousseur: Phonèmes pour Cathy - Berberian: Stripsody
