Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava — John Cage: Choral Works

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Cage’s approach to composition was experimental, more concerned with philosophical ideas than with harmony. So, it was curious that, late in life, he took an interest in choirs—though what he wrote for them, during the 1980s and ’90s, was spectacularly off-the-wall. Much of the music on this beautifully produced recording has the stasis of a mindful meditation track or sounds as if composed for a film evoking the void of outer space. The two longest pieces are more active. <i>Hymns & Variations</i> rewrites two American-Colonial hymn-tunes into half an hour of bell-like vocal chiming; while <i>Four6</i> is an extended riff on noises (chirping, howling, laughter and more) chosen by the singers and delivered here with absolutely jaw-dropping virtuosity by the Latvian Radio Choir. Surrender, and potential chaos turns ecstatic.

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Latvian Radio Choir & Sigvards Kļava

Треки

  1. Five 5:07
  2. Hymns & Variations: Hymn A (After W. Billing's "Old North") 2:05
  3. Hymns & Variations: Hymn B (After W. Billing's "Heath") 1:53
  4. Hymns & Variations: Var. 1 1:55
  5. Hymns & Variations: Var. 2 2:06
  6. Hymns & Variations: Var. 3 2:05
  7. Hymns & Variations: Var. 4 1:55
  8. Hymns & Variations: Var. 5 2:05
  9. Hymns & Variations: Var. 6 2:04
  10. Hymns & Variations: Var. 7 1:55
  11. Hymns & Variations: Var. 8 1:55
  12. Hymns & Variations: Var. 9 1:55
  13. Hymns & Variations: Var. 10 2:05
  14. Four² 7:09
  15. Four⁶ 30:06