Elliott Sharp - Die Größte Fugue (2023) [Hi-Res]

Die Größte Fuge, an opera by Elliott Sharp, features bass baritone Nicholas Isherwood and the Asasello Quartet. After 1815, Beethoven was beset with problems: physical, emotional, financial. Retreating into "fugue" states, he has visions, celestial and horrific, not hallucinations but visitations from a parallel reality of marvelous inventions, gleaming ships in the air, unheard musics, carnage beyond belief. Emerging, he translates these scenes into a music that stretches the rules to the verge of destruction. The resultant work, Die Größe Fuge, is considered the first 20th century string quartet. Sharp created a libretto from letters and writings of Beethoven as well as taking elements from Die Größe Fuge as seed materials for extrapolation, randomization, and recombinance. Beethoven is presented as a disturbed and effecting figure, the tortured genius. The performers play Sharp’s score, both apocalyptic and ecstatic, with incredible intensity."

Tracklist:
1-1. Elliott Sharp - Die Größte Fuge - Overture (03:48)
1-2. Elliott Sharp - Dieser Ton (16:47)
1-3. Elliott Sharp - Ein unerhörter Traum (10:18)
1-4. Elliott Sharp - Brüllen und Sturm (08:15)
1-5. Elliott Sharp - Wunder (03:09)
1-6. Elliott Sharp - Eine Rückgabe (12:41)
1-7. Elliott Sharp - Natur (10:59)
1-8. Elliott Sharp - Tod Erscheint (03:22)
1-9. Elliott Sharp - Die Sendung (06:42)
1-10. Elliott Sharp - Die Komedie ist Vorbei (09:07)
1-11. Elliott Sharp - Der Durchgang (08:59)