Giacinto Scelsi - Early Versions of his String Quartets [Fore, Double LP, 1983, France]
Beyond rare early 80s recordings of Scelsi's string quartets. When these performances were realized (July 1982) Scelsi was alive, even.
As gracious commenter DP noted:
Something notable about these, and I didn't see this in the description or link, is that Scelsi was alive for these performances, and this was shortly after people started attending to him in Europe. He was in contact with Arditti during these recordings, which suggests an authenticity that the new (year 2000+) recordings don't have (his notation is so difficult).
Another notable aspect is that Quartet number 5 is not finished at the time of these recordings, although he was working on it. This is why these are THE four quartets, rather than four of five.
The record label is Fore (France) and not many of these were pressed or released.
And I know I always say "Don't miss this one!" but this holds especially true here.
Vinyl LP #1
Vinyl LP #2
If you download both parts, you will get:
- Quartet No. 1
- Quartet No. 2
- Quartet No. 3
- Quartet No. 4
- Arc-en-ciel
- Duo per violino e violoncello
For additional info please check here.
posted by Over The Moon at
12:55 PM
13 Comments:
Rare? Didn't I see stacks of these at the local Wal-Mart? ;)
Tremendous. I thank you, again, for your generosity and enlightenment.
yes. yes to this and yes and yes.
Thanks for your comments. I appreciate it very much, as always.
I do indeed have some Feldman. I'm glad you asked since I otherwise might not have ever posted any.
Please keep checking the blog several times a week, and some Feldman will get posted - probably within the next week to 10 days, even.
Have a nice weekend everyone and thanks again for the comments.
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Very nice---this is the old Fiore recording from Italy. The cover art is available at http://www.soundohm.com/scelsi.htm (just scroll down a bit and you'll see it)
Something notable about these, and I didn't see this in the description or link, is that Scelsi was alive for these performances, and this was shortly after people started attending to him in Europe. He was in contact with Arditti during these recordings, which suggests an authenticity that the new (year 2000+) recordings don't have (his notation is so difficult).
Another notable aspect is that Quartet number 5 is not finished at the time of these recordings, although he was working on it. This is why these are THE four quartets, rather than four of five.
Two and Four are clearly the most notable, IMHO.
Thanks for the post!
I'm not David, but I'm glad to have contributed anyway.
I have cut these into there respective movements with a non-destructive splitter, and bumped up the dB a bit. Would you like me to up them to you?
Dear DP,
Wonderful post. Thank you very much. Yes, Scelsi passed away in 1988, so noting he was alive during these recordings is essential to mention. My sincere apologies to readers for not including this info in the post.
In addition, I very much appreciate the link to the album art. I will update the post now, to include these pictures.
Thanks again and have a nice weekend.
-OTM
I have cut these into there respective movements with a non-destructive splitter, and bumped up the dB a bit. Would you like me to up them to you?
Dear DP,
I am sorry about my mistake -- I thought a poster "David" made two comments in a row. I made the correction on my main page. Been a long day -- I apologize.
I would love to hear your alterations to the files. I was actually considering using Adobe Audition to boost the DB.
I would be most grateful to receive your revised copies.
If you'd be okay with me posting the new uploads, please grant permission first. And I would credit you, of course.
You can contact me via the comments section again, if you wish.
Many thanks!
-OTM
thanks for this!
here are cue sheets for these tracks:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=94IIXNHN
Due to router/port forwarding issues, I can't use torrents. We'll just maintain the current version for now.
Also, in blogger, when you guys post a comment, I can only see a portion of it (usually just the first sentence or so), so if you don't want the comment posted, please say first, before anything else: DON'T PUBLISH MY COMMENT."
Otherwise, I might publish it, not realizing that buried underneath is a request to NOT publish it.
It's too bad the moderation screen isn't better than it is.
Thank you very much for this! Different Waters has posted "The 5 string Quartets, String Trio, Khoom" on 2 CD in november. Hope the links work, try:
disc 1:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vito1m
disc 2:
http://rapidshare.com/files/3387536/scelsci_CD_2.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/3390578/scelsci_CD_2.part2.rar
Thank you very much for these, can't wait to hear them. Keep up the good work!
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