Ostensibly made to commemorate the 1990 Xenakis@UCSD Festival, this CD was released in 1994 and offers only four works, where the festival presented 19 in its week-long run. Of these, only Aïs and Thalleïn were performed there, making the inclusion of Gendy3 and Taurhiphanie somewhat mysterious. However, whether taken in connection with the San Diego program or as a separate entity, this disc presents late works that show a dynamic composer still active in the last decades of his life. Aïs is a disturbing setting of texts ...
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Ostensibly made to commemorate the 1990 Xenakis@UCSD Festival, this CD was released in 1994 and offers only four works, where the festival presented 19 in its week-long run. Of these, only Aïs and Thalleïn were performed there, making the inclusion of Gendy3 and Taurhiphanie somewhat mysterious. However, whether taken in connection with the San Diego program or as a separate entity, this disc presents late works that show a dynamic composer still active in the last decades of his life. Aïs is a disturbing setting of texts taken from Homer and Sappho, and Xenakis described it as dealing with "the domain of the dead, Hades of the shadows." Because of its scathing sounds and harsh vocal techniques, this is the least-ingratiating selection. Gendy3, a computer-generated piece from 1991, continues the electro-acoustic work Xenakis pioneered in the mid twentieth century. Taurhiphanie, another taped piece, exploits the bellowing of bulls. The clusters and glissandi Xenakis produced from these raw sounds are...
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