4260063118050

Hommage À Horatiu Radulescu

Horatiu Radulescu

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Format: 3SACD

Cat No: NEOS11805-07

Release Date:  01 February 2019

Label:  Neos

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  4260063118050

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary Classical  

  • Description

    On the tenth anniversary of Horatiu Radulescu's death on 25 September 2018, NEOS presents a comprehensive document of a wonderful artistic friendship: the complete recording of Radulescu's piano music, featuring the pianist Ortwin Sturmer.

    Horatiu Radulescu, born in Bucharest on 7 January, lived in French exile from 1969 and became one of the leading exponents of spectralism; nonetheless, his music also has unmistakable roots in his home country of Romania. He was considered a sonic magician, a 'philosopher of sound'.

    One of his decisive encounters, in 1990, was with Ortwin Sturmer; it was for him that Radulescu composed the second, third and fourth of the Zen-inspired Lao tzu Sonatas, as well as the large-scale piano concerto The Quest. It would have been wrong not to include the latter in this SACD box set – with the same musicians as the premiere, the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra under Lother Zagrosek.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Omaggio A Domenico Scarlatti
      • 2. Sixth Piano Sonata “Return To The Source Of Light”: I. Use Your Own Light. Allegro
      • 3. Sixth Piano Sonata “Return To The Source Of Light”: II. Kalotrope Of The Eternal. Cantabile
      • 4. Piano Sonata “Settle Your Dust, This Is The Primal Identity”: I. The Path Into The Light Seems Dark
      • 5. Piano Sonata “Settle Your Dust, This Is The Primal Identity”: II. Darkness Within Darkness – The Gateway To All Understanding
      • 6. Piano Sonata “Settle Your Dust, This Is The Primal Identity”: III. Use Your Own Light And Return To The Source Of Light – This Is Called ‘practicing Eternity’
      • 7. First Piano Sonata “Cradle To Abysses”: I. Giusto Fluente – Lento
      • 8. First Piano Sonata “Cradle To Abysses”: II. Allegro

      Disc 2

      • 1. Second Piano Sonata “Being And Non-being Create Each Other”: I. Immanence
      • 2. Second Piano Sonata “Being And Non-being Create Each Other”: II. Byzantine Bells
      • 3. Second Piano Sonata “Being And Non-being Create Each Other”: III. Joy
      • 4. Third Piano Sonata “You Will Endure Forever”: I. If You Stay In The Center
      • 5. Third Piano Sonata “You Will Endure Forever”: II. And Embrace Death With Your Whole Heart
      • 6. Third Piano Sonata “You Will Endure Forever”: III. Doïna
      • 7. Third Piano Sonata “You Will Endure Forever”: IV. Dance Of The Eternal
      • 8. Third Piano Sonata “You Will Endure Forever”: V. You Will Endure Forever
      • 9. Fourth Piano Sonata “Like A Well … Older Than God”: I. Trumpets Of The Eternal
      • 10. Fourth Piano Sonata “Like A Well … Older Than God”: II. The Sacred Sound, The Second
      • 11. Fourth Piano Sonata “Like A Well … Older Than God”: III. Music ... Older Than Music
      • 12. Fourth Piano Sonata “Like A Well … Older Than God”: IV. Abyss

      Disc 3

      • 1. “The Quest” Concerto For Piano And Large Orchestra: The Gate
      • 2. “The Quest” Concerto For Piano And Large Orchestra: The Second Sound, The Sacred
      • 3. “The Quest” Concerto For Piano And Large Orchestra: Ancestors' Chants
      • 4. “The Quest” Concerto For Piano And Large Orchestra: The Origin