He searches for exeptional situations that throw the listeners back upon themselves. These can be deliberately designed to lead right to the edge of madness, but also to relaxed meditation. Just as silence counteracts the noise of everyday life, slowness is also a counterdesign to an accelerated present, and a reduction to minimal material in response to the masses of data in the digital age.

Release Date

July 2008

Format

CD 1

Salvatore Sciarrino

Variazioni (1974) for violoncello and orchestra

00:22:51

Allegoria della notte (1985) for violin and orchestra

00:17:08

Frammento e Adagio (1991) for flute and orchestra

Frammento

00:10:06

Adagio

00:07:07

CD 2

Salvatore Sciarrino

morte di Borromini (1988) for orchestra and speaker

00:27:09

I fuocchi oltre la ragione (1997) for orchestra

00:31:41

CD 3

Salvatore Sciarrino

Recitativo oscuro (1999) for piano and orchestra

00:16:44

Il suono e il tacere (2004) for orchestra

00:17:35

Shadow of sound (2005) for orchestra

00:17:57

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

Total Time

02:48:18