Cellist Frances-Marie Uitti formed both professional and personal ties with composer and mystic Giacinto Scelsi, and as a student of his in yoga and metaphysics, she became a spiritual disciple as well. It is natural, then, that she would champion his rarefied and esoteric music, especially his work for solo cello, Trilogy -- The Three Ages of Man (1956-1965), which he dedicated to her. On this 2006 ECM New Series CD, Uitti serves up compelling performances of the microtonal "Ygghur" (1961) -- the third section from the ...
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Cellist Frances-Marie Uitti formed both professional and personal ties with composer and mystic Giacinto Scelsi, and as a student of his in yoga and metaphysics, she became a spiritual disciple as well. It is natural, then, that she would champion his rarefied and esoteric music, especially his work for solo cello, Trilogy -- The Three Ages of Man (1956-1965), which he dedicated to her. On this 2006 ECM New Series CD, Uitti serves up compelling performances of the microtonal "Ygghur" (1961) -- the third section from the Trilogy -- and the modal "Ave Maria" and "Alleluja" (both 1970) from Three Latin Prayers, arranged from the version for solo voice. These are interleaved with three works adapted for string orchestra, played with shimmering sonorities by the Münchener Kammerorchester, conducted by Christoph Poppen. Ohoi (1966), Anâgâmin (1965), and Natura renovatur (1967) feature tone clusters, glissandi, harmonics, and unusual bowing techniques; apart from their transcendental meanings, they may be...
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