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Ego Scriptor Cantilenae: The Music of Ezra Pound (2CD+Booklet)

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Between 1920 and 1933, the American poet Ezra Pound composed two complete operas and several pieces for solo violin, all in a very personal language that drew from sources as diverse as troubadour music and Igor Stravinsky. The resulting body of music is of surpassing beauty and casts new light on the practice of prosody, the elusive craft of setting texts to music. The first and only available CD recording of its kind, Ego Scriptor Cantilenae features outstanding historical performances from England, the U.S., and Holland, as well as new studio recordings by the Other Minds Ensemble. This deluxe package also includes an 80-page booklet by Pound scholar Margaret Fisher, with previously unpublished photographs.

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File under: Experimental
Cat. number: OM 1005-2
Year: 2003

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The first and only available CD recording of its kind, Ego Scriptor Cantilenae features outstanding historical performances from England, the U.S., and Holland, as well as new studio recordings by the Other Minds Ensemble. This deluxe package also includes an 80-page booklet by Pound scholar Margaret Fisher, with previously unpublished photographs.

Tracklist
Selections from Le Testament (1923)
01Brothel Music
02Dictes moy
03Hëaulmiere's Aria - "Ha, vieillesse felonne et fiere"
04Dame du ciel
05Per Noé
06Freres humains
Fiddle Music First Suite (1923- 1924)
07Fiddle Music First Suite
08Fiddle Music First Suite
09Fiddle Music First Suite
10Fiddle Music First Suite
11Fiddle Music First Suite
12Fiddle Music First Suite
13AI poco giorno
Selections from Cavalcanti (1931-1933)
14Poi che di doglia
15Sol per pieta
16Cianni quel Cuido
17Tos temps serai
18Ailas
19Quando di morte
20Perch'io non spero
21Frottola (c. 1931)
22Selection from Collis 0 Heliconii (1932)
Carmen LXI
23aliter - l'lJathan Rubin, violin, March 28, 1983

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