Post by ajski2fly on Nov 1, 2020 18:13:51 GMT
Luigi Nono & Mahler - Luigi Nono: Il Canto Sospeso, Mahler: Kindertotenlieder
I came across this CD in a specialist classical music shop some years ago, the music was completely new to me but I was interested in what it was about.
Il Canto Sospeso is music born of deep dismay painful and accusing. It is inspired by letters from prisoners sent to their loved ones persecuted for opposing regimes of various types, and sent to their executions. Some of the letters are read out on the CD. Nono wrote the piece to try and express the feeling of despair, grief and love. Musically he uses a style of composition called serialism an attempt to replace traditional structural principles such as, harmony and rhythm with an abstract, rational organisation of pitches, note values and tone colours.
The Berlin Philharmonic recorded this piece as a reminder to never forget the terrible atrocities that occurred across Europe in the 20th century and as a warning to some after the fall of the Berlin wall as 3 years later Germany was once again starting to see an increasing hatred of "Foreigners" from all cultures.
When I first listened to the piece I found it rather difficult to appreciate, but aspects of it were compelling. Over the years I have returned to it several times and I now think I appreciate the complexity of what he is trying to achieve and represent in as honest a way as possible.
I hope you find it interesting if nothing else.
Mahler's Kindertotenlieder is another piece very much to do with grief, it means "Songs on the Death of Children" and is based on the poems of Friedrich Rüchert lamenting the said death of two of his children. I think Mahler in this instance excels himself. I rarely listen to any form of opera or choral work, as it just is not my thing, however with this piece I actually find it quite moving and passionate.
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I came across this CD in a specialist classical music shop some years ago, the music was completely new to me but I was interested in what it was about.
Il Canto Sospeso is music born of deep dismay painful and accusing. It is inspired by letters from prisoners sent to their loved ones persecuted for opposing regimes of various types, and sent to their executions. Some of the letters are read out on the CD. Nono wrote the piece to try and express the feeling of despair, grief and love. Musically he uses a style of composition called serialism an attempt to replace traditional structural principles such as, harmony and rhythm with an abstract, rational organisation of pitches, note values and tone colours.
The Berlin Philharmonic recorded this piece as a reminder to never forget the terrible atrocities that occurred across Europe in the 20th century and as a warning to some after the fall of the Berlin wall as 3 years later Germany was once again starting to see an increasing hatred of "Foreigners" from all cultures.
When I first listened to the piece I found it rather difficult to appreciate, but aspects of it were compelling. Over the years I have returned to it several times and I now think I appreciate the complexity of what he is trying to achieve and represent in as honest a way as possible.
I hope you find it interesting if nothing else.
Mahler's Kindertotenlieder is another piece very much to do with grief, it means "Songs on the Death of Children" and is based on the poems of Friedrich Rüchert lamenting the said death of two of his children. I think Mahler in this instance excels himself. I rarely listen to any form of opera or choral work, as it just is not my thing, however with this piece I actually find it quite moving and passionate.
QOBUZ
TIDAL tidal.com/browse/album/28617958
