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Xenakis - Nekuia (1981) - out of print recording
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- čas přidán 17. 12. 2014
- Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001)
Nekuia (1981)
for mixed chorus and orchestra
Kölner Rundfunkchor
Kölner Rundfunk-Symphonieorchester
Michel Tabachnik, conductor
Sleeve note:
With Nekuia (funeral ceremony, necromancy) in 1981, commissioned by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Radio Cologne), Xenakis brings us a score for choir and orchestra of rare expressive power. An authentic festival of sound, it conveys breathtaking visions of the end of the world. One of Xenakis' most moving works, Nekuia attains almost metaphysical dimensions, through a subject marked by its humanity. By its very theme, "a funeral ceremony and a magic rite in which the spirits of the dead are called forth and questioned on life in the future. The general idea of this music is the profound cry of the ideologies crossing the surface of our planet, often to the noises of street demonstrations, explosions and shouts, under a sky that is sometimes dark, but sometimes of a splendid azure." In a climate of controlled violence, this work blends the poignant savagery of the ancient rites with visions of our everyday universe. Admirably interpreted by the Radio Cologne choir, one of Europe's leading groups, and the Symphony Orchestra of Radio Cologne, Nekuia is, again, conducted by Michel Tabachnik in this 1982 recording.
Xenakis's note from the score:
Nekuia: Funerary ceremony. Also necromancy, magical rite by which ghosts were called up and questioned about future.
Commissioned by the department Neue Musik of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. Dedicated to Wolfgang Becker.
On the technical level there is, for example, a discussion and a treatment of the non-octaviating scales in relation to my "sieve" theory with, in addition, multiplicities of shifted melodic patterns, like in a kind of artificial reverberation.
The general idea of this music, the background, is the remarkable crisis of crisscrossing ideologies in the ether, on the planet's surface, often accompanied by street demonstration sounds, the battlefield explosions and cries, beneath the now gloomy light of the sky, the now bright blue light.
But the chant of the chorus is essentially phonemic without a semantic weight. I have, however, taken strips of phrases in Siebenkäs of Jean-Paul Richter: "Orkanen; Sternen-Schneegestöber; funkelende Tau der Gestrine ausblinkt" (Rede des toten Christus...*), in Ecoute of Françoise Xenakis: "Le vent qui décoiffe les morts, casques roulés au loin; ventre ouvert... corolle étalée". ** These texts are remarkable by the force of their bare words, which express implicitly the same everlasting disarray that man has in front of death and life, sung by them in so different manners, also echoing the preoccupations of their own times.
* "gales; snow-whirlpools of stars; scintillating dew of stars cease shining" (Speech of the dead Christ...).
** "the wind that disarranges the hair of the dead, while helmets have rolled far away; the belly cut open... like a spread out corolla."
my cerebral content identifies itself with xenakis music... for years i though i walked alone, but no, human brains are the total universe and its infinite possibilities... tank you so much xenakis for your generosity, giving to mankind such sublimes sounds...
Nekuia is the name of the chapter in Homer's Odyssey when Odysseus descends to the land of the dead on his way back to Ithaka.
I remember attending the UK premiere of this work at the Royal Festival Hall in 1987. Xenakis was in attendance and took a bow at the end to a standing ovation. It was the first time I had heard any of his work and I still remember how thrilling I found this piece.
Chef d'œuvre ! Chef d'œuvre ! Chef d'œuvre ! Chef d'œuvre !
One of his absolute best works.
This is a very uncharacteristically different Xenakis piece, you can feel the Bartok influence but it also has a similar mood to Ligeti's choral works. Very Fugue-like in areas!
I agree.
And Niculescu too. Bartok, Ligeti and Xenakis were from Romania. I think that the romanian influence is here important.
@@didierschein8515 Xenakis was born in Romania like Ligeti, but he was Greek, naturalized French. Ligeti was born in Romania, but he was Hungarian, (like Bartok) and naturalized Austrian
@@katembi Ligeti was jewish from Transylvania. All this composers were not romanian but they had romanian influences and even admitted it,
@@didierschein8515 xenakis was greek
Like Ligheti he expands beyond the boredom of typical modern existentialistic misery.
Grand symphonic/choral turn to the grandeur of Outer Space heavily tinged with the Etherial similar to Ligeti's 1966 Lux Aeterna which probably helped spin off some New Age music. This piece, to me, definitely suggests that the Heavens and the Cosmos were mixed together and expressed by great orchestral forces. It is in the tradition of Beethoven or Wagner where large scale music is used to suggest something greater than human.
this touched my soul
This is amazing,so much work, I think Mr Zappa would approve.
Wonderful. Thank you.
crackles like a nice fire
yeah love the hints of Ligeti in this, 2001 on way more acid
It is intriguing how, in his works that include human voices, his style / idiom is slightly (and sometimes radically) different to that adopted in his instrumental and orchestral works. I enjoy Polla Ta Dhina, Ais, Cendrees and the shamefully obscure Anamoessis but this remains my favourite Xenakis choral work.
crackles and pops.
it's a joy to listen even w/ surface noises.
Google say jt productions
"she dances in the wind" or " Zappa Beefheart"
Great! Can anyone shed any light on the "realized under the aegis of HEWLETT-PACKARD"?
momma, I am burning?
i came.
It reminds me in a certain way to Gorecki
some of this reminds me of the weird little chant the naked women do in midsommar
AND WHO DARES TOO NAMED XENAKIS WHEN IM AN XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS
Great upload ! The record sounds a little like it needs a proper clean-up.. maybe, but could be just the way it is. Many thanks anyway !
+theo9952 Thanks. Yeah, the record is in decent shape, but only decent. It's hard to find. I also don't have access to the very best equipment for the transfer, but I've opted to share this rather than wait for perfection. :)
i prefer it unprocessed.i prefer to do my own cleanup. anyway it is not bad at all really. Thanks for this!
I just noticed this upload is a vinyl rip - I've got this recording on CD, I will upload it.
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