(Catalogue no. 14689)
ADD TO CART
Click to add to your cart. You can always remove it later.
|
| Title: |
Electronic Works 1 |
| Artist: |
Iannis Xenakis |
|
Label: |
Mode |
| Format: |
CD |
| Price: |
€ 15.50 |
Mp3 samples: 1
|
|
Title Description:
La lˇgende d'Eer is a powerful 7-channel electro-acoustic composition which Xenakis created in 1977-78 to be played in "Le Diatope", a curvaceous architectural construction designed by the composer, together with a visual component including laser lights. This "multi-media" work was composed for the opening of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where it was performed for three months and seen by thousands of people.
The sound materials of a La lˇgende d'Eer stem from three sources: instrumental sounds, noises, and electronically generated sounds. The work suggests an initial departure, a journey, and a final return. Xenakis surrounds the work with a compilation of five texts, reflecting or reacting upon each other across the distances in time, space, and culture which separate them.
This new stereo mix was created by Gerard Pape - director of Xenakis' CCMIX studio in Paris - from the original analog master tape.
The analog master was transferred at high-resolution 96khz/24-bit sound for the optimum quality, revealing details not heard in the previous stereo CD release (now deleted).
Use of the original master tape restored almost 2 minutes and 30 seconds to the piece, released here for the first time.
Vital Review:
|
