Stephanos Thomopoulos - Xenakis: Piano Works (2015)

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Title: Xenakis: Piano Works
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Timpani
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 63:34
Total Size: 252 MB
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Tracklist:

1. Herma (10:04)
2. Evryali (10:51)
3. Mists (14:24)
4. A r., "Hommage a Ravel" - À r. "Hommage á Ravel" (2:43)
5. 6 Chansons: No. 1, Ça sent le musc... (1:08)
6. 6 Chansons: No. 2, J'avais un amour autrefois... (0:56)
7. 6 Chansons: No. 3, Une perdrix descendait de la montagne... (1:29)
8. 6 Chansons: No. 4, Trois moines crétois... (1:59)
9. 6 Chansons: No. 5, Aujourd'hui le ciel est noir... (2:21)
10. 6 Chansons: No. 6, Sousta, danse (1:24)
11. Zyia (version for soprano, flute and piano) - Zyia (Version for Soprano, Flute & Piano) (13:21)
12. L. 1 (1:24)
13. Air populaire (0:43)
14. Allegro molto (0:47)

Iannis Xenakis has a long story with Timpani. The five important discs of his orchestral work recorded with the Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg remain in the labels catalogue. Stéphanos Thomopoulos whose first commercial disc this is does not just share a common origin with Xenakis. He is also the first pianist to be the holder of a doctorate in performance, and has become with his lectures the exegete of Xenakis music. As he says of the composer: Xenakis personal itinerary is marked by difference and the struggle to advance. The music of Xenakis is inhabited by this tension.