9120010288319

Marcio Steuernagel: A Mis*encyclopaedia Of Musical Imperfections

Eric Lamb, Stefanie Alexandra Prenn, Angela Calvo Rios, Kaoko Amano, Veronica Klavzar

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Format: CD

Cat No: AG0031

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Release Date:  24 January 2025

Label:  Austrian Gramophone

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  9120010288319

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary Classical  

  • Description

    This album presents a mis*encyclopaedia, a fascinating exploration of imperfection by composer Marcio Steuernagel. Inspired by literary figures such as Borges and Pessoa, the works embody a profound poetic fragility. The music challenges the relentless pursuit of perfection in Western traditions by embracing imperfection as a dynamic, expressive force. With sounds that emerge from experimental techniques - unpredictable by-products, fragmentary structures, and explorations of physical and sonic boundaries - Steuernagel reveals new artistic dimensions. Each piece, meticulously crafted yet open to interpretation, creates an evocative, fluid soundscape that acknowledges the fleeting, imperfect nature of existence.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Marcio Steuernagel: The Great in-Betweenness (2020) six etudes and three melodies for solo flute etude: trills (it shimmers, shivers: lives)
      • 2. etude: whistle tones (a fugue of failures)
      • 3. uma melodia
      • 4. etude: different articulations (molto parlante)
      • 5. etude: transitions (inbetweennesses)
      • 6. une melodie
      • 7. eine Melodie
      • 8. etude: over/under-blowing (bodily: a pifano dance)
      • 9. etude: diaphonic/multiphonic (...but how many voices unsung?)
      • 10. Coda: instability (2022) etude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
      • 11. Becoming (2019) four etudes and an aria for solo oboe etude: dynamics (summoning)
      • 12. etude: registers (a bird)
      • 13. etude: multiphonics (quasi un corale, quasi Monteverdi)
      • 14. etude: repeated notes (take a digeridoo)
      • 15. aria: becoming
      • 16. Coda: un*intendedness (2020/2021) pilgrimage: once in our hearts
      • 17. une melodie
      • 18. pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
      • 19. etude: diaphonic/multiphonic (...but how many voices unsung?)
      • 20. always only once again (2022) three etudes, a pilgrimage and a prayer for solo cello etude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
      • 21. pilgrimage: once in our hearts
      • 22. etude: residual pitches (tempi & corali emergenti)
      • 23. etude: residual sounds (molto cantabile - ma segreto!)
      • 24. pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
      • 25. tuning prayer
      • 26. pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
      • 27. etude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
      • 28. Senses of Musical Imperfection: transitionality, un*control, un*intendedness (2019-2022) meditation: impossible vowels (a self-sung lullaby)
      • 29. etude: diaphonic/multiphonic (...but how many voices unsung?)
      • 30. etude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
      • 31. meditation: impossibly slow (present tense)
      • 32. etude: transitions (inbetweennesses)
      • 33. aria: becoming
      • 34. Etudes para Quijote (2019) seven etudes for solo harp etude: one-finger tremolo (fanfare)
      • 35. etude: harmonic interference (a game of bells)
      • 36. etude: basso (battuto, feroce)
      • 37. etude: glissandi (pasacalle)
      • 38. etude: ostinato (ad lib, ma veloce)
      • 39. etude: classical harmonics technique (a broken lullaby)
      • 40. etude: arco (Aria on the G strings)
      • 41. Senses of Musical Imperfection: risk, residual, fragmentary, fragility (2019-2022) etude: whistle tones (a fugue of failures)
      • 42. pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
      • 43. eine Melodie
      • 44. etude: residual sounds (molto cantabile - ma segreto!)
      • 45. etude: classical harmonics technique (a broken lullaby)
      • 46. etude: basso (battuto, feroce)
      • 47. etude: residual pitches (tempi & corali emergenti)
      • 48. etude: different articulations (molto parlante)
      • 49. etude: over/under-blowing (bodily: a pifano dance)
      • 50. etude: registers (a bird)
      • 51. meditation: vibrato, trillo, coloratura (terribilis iubilatio)
      • 52. etude: trills (it shimmers, shivers: lives)
      • 53. etude: ostinato (ad lib, ma veloce)
      • 54. meditation: ex-/ins-piration
      • 55. etude: multiphonics (quasi un corale, quasi Monteverdi)
      • 56. five meditations for solo soprano on the unspeakable NAME of (2022) meditation: ex-/ins-piration
      • 57. meditation: vibrato, trillo, coloratura (terribilis iubilatio)
      • 58. meditation: impossibly slow (present tense)
      • 59. meditation: lower, lowest, then lower still (sequentia)
      • 60. meditation: impossible vowels (a self-sung lullaby)