Antonio Pappano - II Trittico - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Probably best described as musique concrete topologique- or a kind of topological study of found musical sound- these etudes are re-writings of the music of Schumann, Couperin, Paganini, Sgambati, Brahms, and others. By placing these old pieces into a hall of mirrors- revealing them upside-down and back to front- we hear them all again, but as if for the first time. Listening here feels like going back to child-listening, when our ears did not quite understand the grammar of the music (or the words of the songs we listened for), when we were not y et quite sure what to make of the many notes that just seemed to fly or flow. The etudes' creation lies between composition and performance; improvisation makes the next event sound as if the previous event were different. Some of the pieces neutralize harmonic functionality and flatten contrapuntal syntax into pattern alone, as if to be hearing the past in a radical present-tense. Others loosen, and then even lose, their motivic values, in an oddly resonant chordal confusion- an uncanny recursion. Like the flight of Walter Benjamin's angelus novus, history is propelled into the future to which it's back is turned. (Martin Scherzinger) Album Tracks 1. The Horse Is Not Mine, a Hobby Horse 2. Verso Il Capo 3. Fast Zu Sorglos 4. Errata Erratica 5. Kinderreim 6. Chopi-Chopin 7. Likembe-Liszt 8. Rondo À la Rondo 9. Paganini, Piano Hero 10. Occidentalism 11. Mbele Ni Nyuma 12. Gigue 13. Mbiras de St. Gervais 14. Perso, Ma Felice 15. Verso Il Capo II (W/ Tom Rosenkranz)

Album Tracks 1. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 1 InchHerr, Unser HerrscherInch (Chorus) 2. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No 2 InchJesus Ging Mit Seinen Jungern Jesus AntworteteInch (Evangelist, Jesus, Chorus) 3. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 3 InchO Grosse LiebInch (Chorus) 4. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No 4 InchAuf Dass Das Wort Erfullet WurdeInch (Evangelist, Jesus) 5. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 5 InchDein Will Gescheh, Herr Gott, ZugleichInch (Chorus) 6. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 6 InchDie Schar Aber Und Der OberhauptmannInch (Evangelist) 7. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No 7 InchVon Den Stricken Meiner SundenInch (Alto) 8. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 8 InchSimon Petrus Aber Folgete Jesu NachInch (Evangelist) 9. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 9 InchIch Folge Dir GleichfallsInch (Soprano) 10. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No 10 InchDerselbige Junger War Dem Hohenpriester BekanntInch (Evangelist, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus, Servus) 11. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 11 InchWer Hat Dich So GeschlagenInch (Chorus) 12. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 12 InchUnd Hannas Sandte Ihn Gebunden... Er Leugnete Aber Und SprachInch (Evangelist, Petrus, Servus, Chorus) 13. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 13 InchAch, Mein SinnInch (Tenor) 14. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No 14 InchPetrus, Der Nicht Denkt ZuruckInch (Chorus) 15. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No. 11 Bis InchHimmel Reisse, Welt ErbebeInch (Bass, Chorus) 16. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 1 No 13 Bis InchZerschmettert Mich, Ihr Felsen Und Ihr HugelInch (Tenor) 1. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2 No. 15 InchChristus, Der Uns Selig MachtInch (Chorus) 2. St John Passion, BWV 245, Part 2 No 16 InchDa Fuhreten Sie Jesum Auf Dass Erfullet Wurde Das WortInch (Evangelist, Pilatus, Jesus

Album Tracks 1. I Compagnacci, Opera I Magnifici E Potenti Signori 2. I Compagnacci, Opera Cento! Duecento! 3. I Compagnacci, Opera Ah! Finalmente 4. I Compagnacci, Opera Baldo! Baldo Mi Lasci Sola Sola 5. I Compagnacci, Opera Ghiandaia! Via! 6. I Compagnacci, Opera Baldo! Baldo! 7. I Compagnacci, Opera Anima Mia! 8. I Compagnacci, Opera Tornano 9. I Compagnacci, Opera Baldo! 10. I Compagnacci, Opera E' Nata Una Temenda Discussione