i knew nothing of this subject, other than that it is a compositional movement originating in France sometime in the 60s, and that it vaguely involves analysis of specific sound characters in terms of a bandwidth or spectrum. (and that one of my favorite contemporary composers, Kaija Saariaho, was influenced by it)
then i heard these albums. head blown clean off. immediate reaction was surprise at how listenable it all is, when I thought it would be incredibly difficult like much of Stockhousen or Xenakis. the work of these composers indeed gives immense pleasure at the same time as it is extremely intellectually stimulating. over the past month or so I have been repeatedly listening and I can not get enough of them. volumes can be said about each artist and each piece of music so I will refrain from writing much... except that to my mind this music seems like some kind of final frontier of western classical music, direct descendent of a lineage including the aforementioned Stockhausen, Xenakis, and Scelsi, Nono, Ligetti, etc.
there are very limited resources on the web but I will add some links and information about the music and composers later. though I think it is just as valid, if not preferable, to approach this amazing material with almost zero knowledge or prejudice. and if anyone out there cares to drop some knowledge please do, I'm all ears.
thanks 300 million to Arcaf, grasprelease, and Knowby.
Tristan Murail - Gondwana; Désintégrations; Time and Again1. Gondwana, for orchestra
2. Desintegrations, for magnetic tape & 17 instruments
3. Time and Again, for orchestra
Conductor: Yves Prin, Karl-Anton Rickenbacher
Orchestra: Orchestra National de France, Beethovenhalle Orchestra, Ensemble de L'Itineraire
Label: Disques Montaigne
http://rapidshare.de/files/33907503/Murail__Tristan.zip.html
Horatio Radulescu - Dizzy Divinity (not original cover)1. Dizzy Divinity I
2. Byzantine Prayer
3. Frenetico il longing di amare
4. Capricorn's Nostalgic Crickets II
Conductor: Horatiu Radulescu (assistant Pierre-Alain Biget)
Performer: Pierre-Yves Artaud
Orchestra: Orchestre Francais de Flutes
Label: Adda
http://rapidshare.de/files/33468286/HR.zip.html
Horatio Radulescu - Live Palis Du Rhin (Disques Montaigne) EU (not original cover)inner time II op42
hommage à calder
pour sept clarinettes en si bémol (1983) 56.02
armand angster clarinet system :
armand angster, jean-pierre peuvion, vincent jacquemin,
laurent berhomier, jean-marc foltz, jean-louis bergerard, denis tempo
live recording
palis du rhin, musica 93, strasbourg 22 septembre 1993
http://rapidshare.de/files/32903867/horatio_radulescu_-_Live_Palis_du_rhin.rar
Gérard Grisey - Les Espaces Acoustiques cd1
1 prologue (1976) pour alto solo 17.27
gérard caussé - alto solo
2 périodes (1974) pour sept musiciens 12.47
3 partiels (1975) pour 18 musiciens 18.25
ensemble cour-circuit
direction pierre-andré valade
cd2
1 modulations (1976/77) pour 33 musiciens 13.20
2 transitoires (1980/81) pour orchestre 17.28
3 épilogue (1985) pour 4 cors solos et orchestre 7.43
frankfurter museumorchestrer
direction sylvain cambreling
http://rapidshare.com/files/7144513/g_rard_grisey_-_les_espaces_acoustiques_1.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/7146365/g_rard_grisey_-_les_espaces_acoustiques_2.zip.html
Gérard Grisey -Vortex Temporum vortex temporum
1 11.17
2 10.46
3 18.23
4 talea 16.38
ensemble recherche
kwane ryan- direction
freiburg november 1996
http://rapidshare.de/files/27349165/vortex.rar.html
Gérard Grisey - le noir de l'étoile (FLAC) - thanks to MaxP1 premier mouvement 22.46
2 pulsar vela 2.46
3 deuxième mouvement 11.00
4 pulsar 0329+54 2.06
5 troisième mouvement 19.18
les percussions de strasbourg
jean-paul bernard, claude ferrier, bernard lesage
keiko nakamura, francois papirer, olaf tzschoppe
paris cité de la musique 30 mars 2003
http://hotfile.com/dl/101076133/5724013/
Hugues Dufourt - Erewhon (1974-76) pour 6 percussionistes et 150 instruments 1 erewhon I 8.29
2 erewhon II 27.06
3 erewhon III 18.09
4 erewhon IV 12.40
les percussions de strasbourg
direction lorraine vaillancourt
paris 27-29 mars 1999
accord
http://rapidshare.de/files/27463224/nowhere.rar.html
hugues dufourt - saturne, surgir1 Saturne (1979) 43.16
pour ensemble instrumental, instruments électroniques et 6 percussions
ensemble l'itinéraire
direction peter eotvos
2 Surgir (1984) 30.25
pour grand orchestre
orchestre de paris
direction claude bardon
http://rapidshare.de/files/32836974/hugues_dufourt_-_Saturne___Surgir.zip.html
Hugues Durfourt - the watery star1 the watery star (1993) 25.10
pour 8 instruments
2 an schwager kronos (1994) 13.35
pour piano
3 quatuor de saxophones (1993)14.25
4 l'espace aux ombres (1995)22.33
ensemble fa
direction dominique my
paris mars et mai 1995, juin 1996
http://rapidshare.com/files/7146461/hugues_dufourt_-_the_watery_star_1.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/7192988/hugues_dufourt_-_the_watery_star_2.zip.html
André Boucourechliev - les archipels (1967-1971) 1 archipel I 10.54
pour deux pianos et deux percussions
claude helffer, hakon austbö - piano
roland auzet, jean-pierre drouet - percussions
2 archipel II 19.03
pour quatuor à cordes
quatuor isaye
3 archipel III 11.05
pour piano et 6 percussions
claude helffer - piano
ensemble les pléiades
4 archipel IV 13.45
pour piano
george pludemracher -piano
5 anarchipel 11.52
pour ensemble de 6 instruments
brigitte sylvestre - harpe
elisabeth chojnacka - clavecin
françoise rieunier - orgue
françois-frédéric guy - piano
roland auzet, jean-pierre drouet - percussions
live in maiosn de radio france paris december 11, 1993
MFA 216001
http://rapidshare.de/files/28045632/archipels.rar.html
Globokar by Globokar 1 prestop II (1991)pour trombone et électronique 16.34
2 échanges (1973) pour cuivre seul 5.44
3 kolo (1988) pour choeur mixte, trombone et électronique 23.06
4 discours II (1968) pour cinq trombones 15.04
5 cri des alpes (1986) pour cor des alpes 5.27
vinko globokar -trombone, cor des lapes
quatuor de trombones "four bones"
choeur apz tone tomsic de ljubljana
enregistré février 1992 à ljubljana
http://rapidshare.com/files/7146785/globokar_by_globokar_1.zip.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/7194152/globokar_by_globokar_2.zip.html
Michel Redolfi - desert tracks 1 too much sky 9.15
desert tracks
2 ouverture 5.40
3 mojave desert 7.13
4 death valley 11.26
5 palm canyon 11.13
pacific tubular waves
6 inner tube 3.56
7 crystal lips 3.32
8 a smooth ride 3.49
9 pacific motion 9.30
10 the underwater park at sunset 4.05
electro-acoustic music by michel redolfi
ina / grm 1988
http://rapidshare.de/files/25887068/detracks.rar.html
Philippe Leroux 1 (d')Aller 17.37
concerto pour violon et seize instruments (1994/95)
annick roussin -violin
orchestre poitou-charentes
dir : pascal verrot
2 AAA pour sept instruments (1995/96) 12.54
ensemble court-circuit
dir : pierre-andré valade
3 souffles pour quintette à vent (1996) 16.49
le concert impromptu
4 lal pour harpe celtique et guitare (1989) 11.36
christophe saunière - harp
caroline delume - guitar
recorded january 17/18, 1998 and november 25 1996(1)
grave records GRCD13
recorded january 17/18, 1998 and november 25 1996(1)
grave records GRCD13
http://rapidshare.de/files/25977194/leroux.rar.html
31 comments:
Thanks so much! I've been meaning to check out the spectralists for a long time but was only able to track down Scelsi.
Where's the Murail link?
The following links have been deleted due to inactivity:
http://rapidshare.de/files/24717097/radu.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/24641094/sasu.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.de/files/24664657/sasu.part2.rar.html
Ah, thanks for the Murail link.
all links working now.
Oh man...
Wow, if you continue to post so much great music at this rate, I'll have to buy a new hard drive soon.
I grabbed some Grisley (from Classical Connection methinks) that I enjoyed very much. So I'm pretty keen on listening to the stuff you put up and also on his fellow spectralists.
What a great job you've done by posting these cds! Just the other day I thought why bother and keep my rapidshare account, but you make it all worthwhile. Thanks again. And keep up the good work. And if you got time take a second listen to Stockhausen. Especially the music "From the Seven Days" is great stuff, which he wrote in the late sixties after he tried starving himself to death (luckily without any success).
Track one of 'Gérard Grisey - Le Noir De L'Étoile' had a nasty glitch in the very first seconds for me. I can do lossless repair/edits of mp3's so if anyone else has this glitch (I believe it is a digitally distorted version of the percussive figure that figures prominently in the piece), let me know and I will upload it.
zhao, outstanding set. I have had a couple of these but from pre-internet days and with no real background to a specific movement. Thanks for the aural education and starting point to what looks to be a valuable compositional/conceptual resource.
funny. I always thought that glitch in the beginning of Le Noir De L'Étoile' was a part of the recording. it kind of jolts the listener awake. in stark contrast to the passages of silence after. the texture of this disruptive mark also fits with the percussion orchestra's scrapes and thumps. are you certain that it is not a part of the piece?
either way it doesn't bother me at all, and there are no other glitches in the piece.
thanks for the spectralist stuff, have wanted to check them out since the wire feature, but lack of funds and availability has prevented me from doing so. I must say this is by far my favourite music blog, you echo my tastes to a tee with pleasures for the mind and body.
Keep up the good work!
Great posts, but what is the password for Saturne/Surgir? The Grime comp link has expired, are you going to renew it? Thanks for some great music.
Bellissima musica. Grazie!
This music is *so* beautiful. Thank you!
Has somebody a recommendation for a completely ignorant fellow? Which one should I try first?
And thank you Zhao for helping me to discover so much new music!
naos, the first disc up there, Tristan Murail's Gondwana, is a good place to start because it is the oldest of the bunch (1960s), and some say a good document of Spectralism "proper" compared to the later works, which may be more accurately classified as Post-Spectral.
should we switch?
how long do megaupload links stay up for with no activity? seems might be a better alternative?
a friend of mine didn't like Murail's Gondwana at all, saying it is too "fire and brimstone" and "Stravinskiesque", but LOVES horatiu radulescu's Dizzy Divinity.
so there you go. I think good entry points for this material varies for each individual.
Thank you so much! I really like the Murail. To echo another commenter, what is the password to the Saturne/Surgir zip file?
this Saturne/Surgir is my upload, and it does not require a pass. I bet those who are encountering this problem are on PC's? I suggest getting a friend with a mac to unpack it for you...
Aha! The secret to opening the Saturne/Surgir file is _not_ to use the dumb Windows archive program or WinRar. What worked for me? WinZip!
Thanks again!
Barry
Good to see spectral... but my imac/stuffit don't cope with .rar files. Any suggestions? apart from unzipping on a windows machine?
best
CT
use unrar-x
Hi, I love your blog. So much good music!!! Any chance of reupping some of these albums for a little bit?
COngratulations for your blog from Spain !
One request: could you re-upload this recording
1. Dizzy Divinity I
2. Byzantine Prayer
3. Frenetico il longing di amare
4. Capricorn's Nostalgic Crickets II
Conductor: Horatiu Radulescu (assistant Pierre-Alain Biget)
Performer: Pierre-Yves Artaud
Orchestra: Orchestre Francais de Flutes
Label: Adda ???
THANKS IN ADVANCE !!!
Any chance of a 'Saturne - Surgir' repost? I've always wanted to hear this piece but it's now out of print.
Thanks in advance
Hi!
Great blog. Any chance to re-post Grisey's Vortex Temporum? Heard it live just week ago, and I would love to hear some recording as well.
Thanks in advance!
Is there any chance to repost Hugues Dufourt - Saturne and Surgir - It would be agreat act of human kindness :)
Thanks for the Globokar! But what is the 6th track, listed as "piste 7"? Doesn't seem to be listed on the tracklist.
I would love if someone could repost Michel Redolfi's Desert Tracks...
Please...
Hi there.
Is there any chance you could repost Desert Tracks? I've been driving myself crazy trying to find a copy, and it's absolutely impossible.
Thanks much for maintaining such a lovely blog. There are so many treasures here!
Can you reupload the links?
Nice blog : )
'Gérard Grisey - Le Noir De L'Étoile' (FLAC)
http://hotfile.com/dl/101076133/5724013/
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