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Iannis Xenakis - Music for Keyboard instruments (2008) UPDATED
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ooliver
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14 Mar 2009 21:44:15
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Iannis Xenakis - Music for Keyboard instruments (2008)
Daniel Grossmann, MIDI programming
Avant-Garde | EAC Rip (ape, cue, log) | 7-zip | 270 MB | RS.com
Label: NEOS | Cat. Num.: 10707 | CD 55:30 | Complete Scans
Daniel Grossmann, MIDI programming
Avant-Garde | EAC Rip (ape, cue, log) | 7-zip | 270 MB | RS.com
Label: NEOS | Cat. Num.: 10707 | CD 55:30 | Complete Scans
| “ | This is the first recording of Xenakis' music for keyboard instruments realised by computer - unplayable by human hands! (from the attached booklet) | ” |
Music for Keyboard Instruments - (5 tracks) 56:08
01 Herma, for piano [1961] 06:49
02 Mists, for piano [1981] 11:22
03 Khoai, for harpsichord [1976] 14:32
04 Evryali, for piano [1973] 07:53
05 Naama, for harpsichord [1984] 15:32
NEOS Music NEOS 10707 (2008)
Toy Piano? Piano Rolls? Player Piano? Orgue de Barbarie? Hal 9000? etc.?
No! Enjoy the shining Xenakis genius
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oh, but not for Xenakis, ooph!)
Anyway, thank you, ooliver. I'm pretty sure I don't have a keyboards-only album of our dangerous Greek. Was this meant to be played by a computer - and hadn't been realised till 2008 - or is it an arrangement done by others?
d'Avignon : All pieces are meant for human players and have been previously recorded on various albums. The scores however are of course extremely difficult and also contain passages which physically are impossible for humans to play without trickery such as arpeggios when they are not indicated in the score or using multitrack recording techniques or just leaving notes out. These computer realized performances should likely contain all the notes at their correct rhytmic positions in the scores. I didn't yet listen to the whole album but I did not particularly like the synthetic/sampled sounds used, there's a kinda cheap feel to them, considering this appears to be a commercial recording.
The keyboard works of Xenakis reminded me that he also has a piece for the organ, called "Gmeeoorh". It appears to be very difficult to get as a recording (I have the score though.) Using Google I was able to come around a rapidshare link for a horrible sounding live recording in 128kbps mp3 of it, though. It would be wonderful if anyone reading this would be able to provide a more pristine recorded version of that piece... ;-)
But I don't agree with you:
If you ear the cd it's very difficult to think that the sound is "synthetic/sampled": it's seems absolutely a real piano sound! As written on the booklet: "Achieving a balanced sound within exactly structured textures and articulating optimum relationship of loudness between superimposed but discretely structured layers remain at the centre of Grossmann's approach."
Moreover Mr. Grossmann has dedicated to this project 3 years of work (2005-2008): it's very difficult to think that all that work it's only for an impolite commercial undertaking...
BTW I was very deeply touched listening this cd.
Ooliver, I hope you don't mind too much me disagreeing with you about the piano/harpsichord sounds. :) And I might change my opinion after listening to the whole album...
Regarding our friendship, no problem at all (btw I hope you will change your comprehensible negative prejudice)
Well, I think Xenakis would hardly have minded the arrangement for computer, on the contrary. As for arrangements in general, no problem. Some of Bach's more important harpsichord works have been arranged for a considerable variety of solo instruments
Also, I agree, a much better recording of 'Gmmeeoorh' if it exists would be great, as well.
uh...we must have stumbled upon the same piece.