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20th Century: Xenakis - Atrees / Nomos Alpha
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. Atrées Pour 10 Instruments - En 5 Parties : 1ère Partie (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Jean Claude Bernede - Paul Boufil - Jacques Cazauran - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris - Georges Pludermacher
2. Atrées Pour 10 Instruments - En 5 Parties : 3ème Partie (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Jean Claude Bernede - Paul Boufil - Jacques Cazauran - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris - Georges Pludermacher
3. Atrées Pour 10 Instruments - En 5 Parties : 5ème Partie (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Jean Claude Bernede - Paul Boufil - Jacques Cazauran - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris - Georges Pludermacher
4. Atrées Pour 10 Instruments - En 5 Parties : 2ème Partie (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Jean Claude Bernede - Paul Boufil - Jacques Cazauran - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris - Georges Pludermacher
5. Atrées Pour 10 Instruments - En 5 Parties : 4ème Partie (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Jean Claude Bernede - Paul Boufil - Jacques Cazauran - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris - Georges Pludermacher
6. Morsima-Amorsima For Piano, Violin, Cello & Double-Bass (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Jean Claude Bernede - Paul Boufil - Jacques Cazauran - Georges Pludermacher
7. Nomos Alpha For Solo Cello (Remasterisé En 2009) Pierre Penassou
8. Herma, Musique Symbolique Pour Piano (Remasterisé En 2009) Georges Pludermacher
Track Listings (5) - Disc #2
1. ST 4 For String Quartet (Remasterisé En 2009) Quatuor Bernède
2. Polla Ta Dhina For Children's Choir & Orchestra (1962) (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris - Maîtrise De Notre-Dame De Paris
3. ST 10 - 1,080262 For 10 Instruments (1956-1962) (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris
4. Akrata For 16 Wind Instruments (1964-1965) (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris
5. Achorripsis For 21 Instruments (1956-1957) (Remasterisé En 2009) Konstantin Simonovitch - Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris

This exciting series of 2 CD sets from EMI Classics features music written exclusivly in the 20th centry, a period of enormous upheaval in both the political and artistic spheres. During these 100 years, music went through... more »

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Title: 20th Century: Xenakis - Atrees / Nomos Alpha
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Label: EMI Classics
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 2/23/2010
Genre: Classical
Style: Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 5099968767426

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Very glad this is back in print

Michael Schell | www.schellsburg.com | 06/06/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I'm delighted that EMI has released these classic recordings of some of Xenakis's best-regarded instrumental works from the 1950s and 1960s. Akrata and Achorripsis are two of my favorite Xenakis pieces, and bizarre as it may seem, I have fond memories of having sex to Akrata on one occasion with another college student many years ago. Even if your associations are less visceral, I think it's clear that it's one of the most important 20th Century works for wind ensemble, along with Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Varèse's Intégrales and Déserts, Messiaen's Et Exspecto... and several others. Speaking of Varèse, his influence can be heard in Akrata's repeated notes (not to mention the emphasis on dissonant intervals. Conversely, Akrata's influence can be heard in Ligeti's Ten Pieces for Wind Quintet.

The budget price is a plus. Drop a few bucks on this twofer and transport yourself back to a more exciting time in music history."