Luciano Berio
Circles · Sequenza I · Sequenza III · Sequenza V
LabelWergoGenreContemporary Composition
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Circles is one of Luciano Berio's most captivating works: a setting of three poems by e.e. cummings for female voice, harp and two percussionists, in which the words are gradually taken apart into their sounds and the singer moves physically among the instruments, so that voice and percussion end up trading roles. It was written for Cathy Berberian, the "Callas" of new music, and her performance here remains the reference.
Around it are three of the Sequenzas, Berio's lifelong series of virtuoso solo pieces, each one an exploration of what a single performer and a single instrument can do. Sequenza I for flute is played by Aurèle Nicolet; Sequenza III, a short theatre of laughter, whispers, coughs and fragments of speech, is again Berberian's; Sequenza V for trombone, with its slides, growls and voice sung into the instrument, is played by Vinko Globokar.
The harp is played by Francis Pierre, the percussion by Jean-Pierre Drouet and Jean-Claude Casadesus. These are classic recordings from the early Wergo catalogue, first issued on LP and here on CD, total time 39'40".
Format
"Circles" Text aus "Poems 1923-1945"
Aufnahmen: Südwest-Tonstudio Jansen, Stuttgart (1 und 2) / Studio Angelicum, Milano (3 und 4)
℗ 1967 / 1991 WERGO Schallplatten Gmbh, Mainz, Germany
© 1991 WERGO Schallplatten Gmbh, Mainz, Germany
Manufactured in Germany. Printed in Germany.
Packaging: standard jewel case with 24 page booklet
This issue has a different CD design, compared with the previous CD issue, all other printed information is identical
Release notes
"Circles" Text aus "Poems 1923-1945" Aufnahmen: Südwest-Tonstudio Jansen, Stuttgart (1 und 2) / Studio Angelicum, Milano (3 und 4) ℗ 1967 / 1991 WERGO Schallplatten Gmbh, Mainz, Germany © 1991 WERGO Schallplatten Gmbh, Mainz, Germany Manufactured in Germany. Printed in Germany. Packaging: standard jewel case with 24 page booklet This issue has a different CD design, compared with the previous CD issue, all other printed information is identical
| 1 | Circles Für Eine Frauenstimme, Harfe Und Zwei Schlagzeuger | 18:06 | |
| 2 | Sequenza I Für Flöte Solo | 4:56 | |
| 3 | Sequenza III Für Stimme Solo | 8:49 | |
| 4 | Sequenza V Für Posaune Solo | 7:28 |
- Luciano Berio
- Composed By
- Josef Häusler
- Liner Notes
- Baird Hall
- Liner Notes [Henri Pousseur: Berio Und Das Wort, Im Januar 1967]
