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George Crumb: Makrokosmos I-III

Artist

Yoshiko Shimizu

Composer

€ 12,95

Catalogue No.

0015029KAI

Label

KAIROS

EAN

9120040731151

Genre

Klassik - Neue / Zeitgenössische Musik

About

A new double CD release with Japanese pianist Yoshiko Shimizu, playing George Crumb´s Makrokosmos, Volume I, Volume II and Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) accompanied by Austrian percussionist Rupert Struber. Makrokosmos whose title reflects Crumb´s admiration for Bartok´s piano series Mikrokosmos. Makrokosmos Volume I and Volume II are filled with references to the history of humankind, myths, Christianity, paganism and occultism.In Music for a summer evening (Makrokosmos III) Crumb pays a tribute to poetic quotations of Quasimodo, Pascal and Rilke.The composer himself regards these three works as forming a trilogy.

Release Date

October 2018

Format

CD

CD 1

George Crumb

Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972) - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano

1.

Part One: 1. Primeval Sounds (Genesis I) [Canser]

00:04:31

2.

Part One: 2. Proteus [Pisces]

00:01:13

3.

Part One: 3. Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca. 10,000 B.C.) [Taurus]

00:02:10

4.

Part One: 4. Crucifixus [SYMBOL] [Capricorn]

00:02:56

5.

Part Two: 5. The Phantom Gondolier [Scorpio]

00:02:50

6.

Part Two: 6. Night-Spell I [Sagittarius]

00:03:25

7.

Part Two: 7. Music of Shadows (for Aeolian Harp) [Libra]

00:02:19

8.

Part Two: 8. The Magic Circle of Infinity (Moto perpetuo) [SYMBOL] [Leo]

00:01:56

9.

Part Three: 9. The Abyss of Time [Virgo]

00:02:32

10.

Part Three: 10. Spring-Fire [Aries]

00:01:43

11.

Part Three: 11. Dream Images (Love-Death Music) [Gemini]

00:04:07

12.

Part Three: 12. Spiral Galaxy [SYMBOL] [Aquarius]

00:02:58

Makrokosmos, Volume II (1973) - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano

13.

Part One: 1. Morning Music (Genesis II) [Cancer]

00:02:44

14.

Part One: 2. The Mystic Chord [Sagittarius]

00:02:22

15.

Part One: 3. Rain-Death Variations [Pisces]

00:01:47

16.

Part One: 4. Twin Suns (Doppelgänger aus der Ewigkeit) [SYMBOL] [Gemini]

00:03:13

17.

Part Two: 5. Ghost-Nocturne: for the Druids of Stonehenge (Night-Spell II) [Virgo]

00:02:08

18.

Part Two: 6. Gargoyles [Taurus]

00:01:25

19.

Part Two: 7. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica) [Scorpio]

00:02:08

20.

Part Two: 8. A Prophecy of Nostradamus [SYMBOL] [Aries]

00:03:04

21.

Part Three: 9. Cosmic Wind [Libra]

00:02:35

22.

Part Three: 10. Voices from "Corona Borealis" [Aquarius]

00:03:17

23.

Part Three: 11. Litany of the Galactic Bells [Leo]

00:02:38

24.

Part Three: 12. Agnus Dei [SYMBOL] [Capricorn]

00:03:54

CD 2

George Crumb

Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) (1974) for Two Amplified Pianos and Percussion [Two Player]

1.

I. Nocturnal Sounds (The Awakening)

00:06:08

2.

II. Wanderer-Fantasy

00:04:52

3.

III. The Advent

00:07:04

4.

IV. Myth

00:04:19

5.

V. Music of the Starry Night

00:11:46

This track cannot be purchased individually and is only available with the full album.

Total Time

01:38:11

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Crumb: Makrokosmos I, II & III "Music for a Summer Evening" (0015029KAI)