Shira Legmann - Giacinto Scelsi: Suite No.9 / Quattro illustrazioni / Un Adieu (elsewhere 013) Lossless
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This album contains three piano works by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi's: 'Suite No.9 "Ttai"' (1953), 'Quattro illustrazioni' (1953), and 'Un Adieu' (1978/1988), performed by Israeli concert pianist Shira Legmann.
Cover photo by David Sylvian, design by Yuko Zama.
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This album contains three piano works by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi's: 'Suite No.9 "Ttai"' (1953), 'Quattro illustrazioni' (1953), and 'Un Adieu' (1978/1988), performed by Israeli concert pianist Shira Legmann.
Cover photo by David Sylvian, design by Yuko Zama.
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For digital HD FLAC (24/96), go to this page.
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TRACK INFO / CREDITS 1-9. Suite No.9 "Ttai" (1953) "a succession of episodes which alternatively express time - or more precisely, time in motion and man as symbolized by cathedrals or monasteries, with the sound of the sacred 'Om'" (Giacinto Scelsi) I. Calmo, senza espressione II. Lentissimo III. Uguale, senza espressione IV. Non molto legato, ma sempre appoggiando profondamente V. Uguale, scorrevole VI. Lento VII. Uguale, inespressivo VIII. Lento IX. Molto p eguale, non troppo legato 10-13. Quattro illustrazioni (1953) “four illustrations of the metamorphoses of Vishnu” I. SHÉSHA - SHÀYÍ VISHNU II. VARAHA – AVATÀRA III. RAMA - AVATÀRA IV. KRISHNA - AVATÀRA 14. Un Adieu (1978/1988) compositions by Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988) Shira Legmann - piano Suite No.9 "Ttai" - live concert, recorded and mixed by Itzik Mizrahi at Clairmont Concert Hall, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, December 9, 2014 Quattro illustrazioni - live concert, recorded and mixed by Ronald Boersen at HaTeiva, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, February 27, 2014 Un Adieu - recorded by Rafi Eshel at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv - Jaffa, June 19, 2020, mixed by Taku Unami mastered by Taku Unami photography by David Sylvian design by Yuko Zama produced by Yuko Zama special thanks to: Fondazione Isabella Scelsi p+c 2020 elsewhere music www.elsewheremusic.net |
Shira Legmann is an Israeli concert pianist, with a wide repertoire from Baroque to contemporary and experimental music. This album contains three piano works by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi's: 'Suite No.9 "Ttai"' (1953), 'Quattro illustrazioni' (1953), and 'Un Adieu' (1978/1988). 'Suite No.9' and 'Quattro illustrazioni' were recorded live at two different concerts in 2014, while 'Un Adieu' was recently recorded in a studio in June 2020. This is Legmann's second CD on Elsewhere Music, following the 2019 album 'Barricades' in which she was the pianist for Michael Pisaro's composition for piano/electronics.
"Scelsi's music is something that 'grows' on us both as listeners and musicians. When I first discovered his music about ten years ago, I just dove into studying it, and the connection grew slowly while getting into more and more nuances in the playing. For a few years, I've been fascinated by these three pieces, and have performed them in Israel. It was not an immediate 'crush' but something that has gradually matured in me." “Scelsi was said to be a modest artist. He believed that as a composer, he is merely a mediator. For a substantial period, he composed his piano pieces by improvising: he conceptualized them and then improvised while recording. Later, with the help of friends and assistants, he notated from the recordings and that was his written composition. Since these compositions derive directly from improvisations, I felt the best representation of them would be as recordings of live performances, where there is also an element of risk, surprise, and spirit." (Shira Legmann) "A whole chapter of recent musical history must be rewritten: the second half of this century is now unthinkable without Scelsi... He has inaugurated a completely new way of making music, hitherto unknown in the West." (Harry Halbreich) Legmann's clean, supple yet solid piano sounds, which create a perfect balance of coolness and warmth, build a narrative flow with a stunning dynamic range, bringing these rarely performed piano works of Scelsi's back to life into the twenty-first century as timeless masterpieces. The cover photograph was taken by David Sylvian. The desolate image of abandoned old piano keys echoes the mysterious Zen silence and discreet yet profound beauty of Scelsi's piano works. https://www.shiralegmann.com > Shira Legmann Interview about Scelsi's piano works |
