Horatiu Radulescu
Piano Sonatas & String Quartets 1 (LP)
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LP version. The first volume in a projected series combining Radulescu’s complete Piano Sonatas and String Quartets, there are six of each, on Mode performed by the superb JACK Quartet and Stephen Clarke (piano). In the 1970s, Horatiu Radulescu (1942-2008) began exploring and composing what he called “plasmatic music,” in which sound was conceived as an “endless ocean of vibrations,” as opposed to the traditional way in which music treats sound as a fabric of discrete scale steps. His music is linked to the “spectral music” school.
Radulescu’s Fifth String Quartet is one of the key works in his output. It is in some ways the richest manifestation of the body of string techniques he had developed for his music. It consists of 29 sections/pages with richly evocative titles, each lasting about 1 minute.
The Second Piano Sonata is inspired by the Tao of Chinese philosopher Lao tzu (6-5 BC). The first movement, “Immanence,” opens with a powerful sonority built from spectral functions which gives a sense of immensity and strength.
The Fifth Piano Sonata makes abundant use, more so than any of the other sonatas, of Romanian folk material, which is absorbed and integrated into Radulescu’s spectral language.
Liner notes by Bob Gilmore.
Piano Sonata No. 2, op. 82, "being and non-being create each other" (1991)
String Quartet No. 5, op. 89, "before the universe was born" (1990-95)
Piano Sonata No. 5, op. 106, "settle your dust, this is the primal identity" (2003)
First recordings of String Quartet No. 5 and Piano Sonata No. 5
JACK Quartet
Stephen Clarke, piano
Format
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies
Includes a 4 page glossy booklet containing notes and a coupon with download code
On download only:
Piano Sonata No. 2, op.82 "being and non-being create each other" (1991)
1. Immanence 7:40
2. Byzantine Bells 3:33
3. Joy 4:31
Release notes
Limited edition of 500 numbered copies Includes a 4 page glossy booklet containing notes and a coupon with download code On download only: Piano Sonata No. 2, op.82 "being and non-being create each other" (1991) 1. Immanence 7:40 2. Byzantine Bells 3:33 3. Joy 4:31
| A | String Quartet No. 5, Op.89 "Before The Universe Was Born" (Pages 1-23) | 23:03 | |
| B1 | String Quartet No. 5, Op.89 "Before The Universe Was Born" (Pages 24-29) | 6:05 | |
| Piano Sonata No. 5, Op.106 "Settle Your Dust, This Is The Primal Identity" | |||
| B2 | The Path Into The Light Seems Dark | 10:57 | |
| B3 | Darkness Within Darkness. / The Gateway To All Understanding | 3:04 | |
| B4 | Use Your Own Light / And Return To The Source Of Light. / This Is Called Practicing Eternity | 4:31 | |
- Kevin McFarland
- Cello [The JACK Quartet] (A, B1)
- Horatiu Radulescu
- Composed By
- Adam Tune
- Engineer (B2 to B4)
- Ryan Streber
- Engineer, Edited By (A, B1), Producer (A, B1)
- The JACK Quartet
- Ensemble (A, B1)
- Bob Gilmore
- Liner Notes
- Scott Hull
- Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By
- Dorothea Kares
- Painting [Cover Painting]
- Stephen Clarke
- Piano (B2 to B4)
- Michael Hynes
- Producer (B2 to B4)
- Brian Brandt
- Producer, Art Direction
- John Pickford Richards
- Viola [The JACK Quartet] (A, B1)
- Ari Streisfeld
- Violin [The JACK Quartet] (A, B1)
- Christopher Otto
- Violin [The JACK Quartet] (A, B1)
