zeitkratzer [old school] James Tenney
performed by zeitkratzer
all music by James Tenney
CD zkr0010
Barcode: 881390643028
Release Date: April 16, 2010
[DOUBLE RELEASE w/ zkr0009 John Cage]
Distributed by:
A – Trost || AU – intertia || BE / NL – News || DE - Broken Silence || FR – La Baleine || IT – audioglobe || JP – Disk Union || PT – Flur || Scandinavia - Border || UK – Shellshock || USA - Forced Exposure ||
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1| James Tenney Critical Band [1988] 17:13
2| James Tenney Harmonium #2 [1976] 19:44
3| James Tenney Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion [1971]
10:22
zeitkratzer
directed by Reinhold Friedl
|| Frank Gratkowski < clarinet || Hayden Chisholm < alto saxophone || Matt Davis < trumpet || Hilary Jeffery < trombone || Reinhold Friedl < piano || Maurice de Martin < percussion || Burkhard Schlothauer < violin || Anton Lukoszevieze < cello || Uli Phillipp < doublebass || Ralf Meinz < sound ||
recorded live at Philharmonie Luxembourg, Luxembourg, October 3, 2009
recorded and mixed by Ralf Meinz and Reinhold Friedl, produced by Burkhard Schlothauer, executive producer: Reinhold Friedl
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“zeitkratzer are creating a New Music, worthy of the name!”
[Rob Young, The Wire Magazine]
The internationally acclaimed “hilarious releases” [vital weekly] of zeitkratzer records will continue with the new series [old school]. The first two CDs, dedicated to the music of John Cage [zkr0009] and James Tenney [zkr0010] are now released together. The collaboration of zeitkratzer with William Bennett /Whitehouse [zkr0007], recorded live in 2009 in Marseille/France and Den Haag/Netherlands, will follow this summer. Later in 2010, the [old school] series will continue with two more releases, dedicated to the music of Alvin Lucier [zkr0011] and Morton Feldman [zkr0012] respectively.
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James Tenney’s music has been part of zeitkratzer’s repertoire for almost a decade. This CD presents a new recording of Critical Band – Tenney’s late classic – with maximum clarity. Also included is the first recording of Harmonium #2. Both works demonstrate the remarkable power and resplendent sharpness which Tenney achieved by composing with pure tunings.
Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion for tam-tam completes this CD with an orgiastic listening experience in the form of a huge crescendo on this wonderfully simple instrument - from whispering to singing, culminating in shrill roaring and blustering – and it’s dark decay.
Tenney’s music as a sensual sound adventure!
James Tenneys Musik ist bereits seit Jahren Fixpunkt im zeitkratzer-Repertoire. Auf dieser CD wird eine neue Einspielung von Critical Band, dem späten Klassiker Tenneys schlechthin, in größtmöglicher Klarheit vorgelegt - und begleitet von der Ersteinspielung von Harmonium #2, einem Werk das ebenfalls die Strahlkraft und Bissigkeit des Komponierens mit reinen obertönigen Stimmungen beeindruckend vorführt.
Koan Never Written A Note For Percussion für Tam-Tam rundet diese CD mit einem orgiastischen Hörerlebnis ab: dem Flüstern, summen, singen, schließlich schreien und toben dieses wunderbar einfachen Instruments in einem großangelegten Crescendo und seinem bassigen Abgesang.
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