Eotvos: Triangel; Psalm 151
On this CD:
1. Psalm 151, for percussion solo (in memoriam Frank Zappa)
Composed by Peter Eotvos
Performed by Zoltan Racz
2. Psy, for flute, cello & cimbalon (or piano, or harp, or marimba) Marimba version
Composed by Peter Eotvos
Performed by Miklos Perenyi, Zoltan Racz, Gergely Ittzes
3. Triangel, for percussion & ensemble
Composed by Peter Eotvos
Performed by Miklos Perenyi, Zoltan Racz
Conducted by Peter Eotvos
Eotvos: Triangel; Psalm 151, Music, Miklos Perenyi, Peter Eotvos, Peter Eotvos, Gergely Ittzés, Zoltan Racz, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto
Average customer rating:
- disappointing and labored without Eotvosian power. . .
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Eotvos: Triangel; Psalm 151
Manufacturer: Bis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00004TXTQ
Release Date: 2000-06-28 |
Customer Reviews:
disappointing and labored without Eotvosian power. . ........2000-07-31
Many years ago I heard The "Chinese Opera" by Eotvos, it was a brilliant powerful display of the electro-acoustic achievements at IRCAM.Where acoustic instruments, their timbre is transformed into smattering mixtures and dense galaxies of sound. The utilization of percussion there was also quite powerful,post-Varese.Eotvos had seemingly a 'mise en abyme' an infinite structural command of his materials. The popular content was also quite unique and underivative well displayed there,with etude-like homages to the theatre of Robert Wilson.
IRCAM is the underground mecca of the new music scene in Paris,founded by Pierre Boulez. Boulez had made Eotvos the first inaugural conductor,director of the Ensemble Intercontemporain,following him naturally a post he held until 1991. The dedication to Frank Zappa, I thought was a well-intentioned and a compassionate gesture to a fello iconoclast creator,one who wasn't afraid of a challenge either in the predictable market-driven world of rock. "Psalm #151" has a rebellious content, and Eotvos chooses the bass drum for his timbral accomplice,with whips and evocative scraps.The music is graphic, meaning, the performer has some entrance freedoms. But the moments, unless they are Zen inspired for their pure timbral quality, seem overly long as the work itself a little over 19 minutes, a very long percussion solo. I think when Eotvos allows his creativity to enter the dialogue with academic forms, his powerful imagination seems on hold,or curtailed, like a runner,in shoes one size too small.
"Triangle" as well seemed overly labored with the African concept of the musician leader as the central working premise, as kicking things off,call and response. Well that certainly happens with wonderful tuba moments, and the repetition is fine, but the melodic materials seemed to grow thin after the first few movements here,like there is only three ideas that simply get tossed around incessantly. The UMZE ensemble are quite precise however from Eotvos's native Hungary.
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