Horatiu Radulescu: Piano Sonatas & String Quartets 1

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It’s all fascinating music, superbly played by both pianist Stephen Clarke and the Jack Quartet; Rădulescu’s work undoubtedly attracts devoted advocates. — The Guardian

Release Date: 18th Mar 2016
Catalogue No: MOD-CD-290
Label: Mode
Length: 61 minutes

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Radulescu, H: Being and Non-being Create Each Other, Op. 82 "Piano Sonata No. 2"

Work length13:48

$4.00

$5.20

Stephen Clarke

I. Immanence

Track length7:40

$2.00

$2.60

II. Byzantine Bells

Track length3:32

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$1.30

III. Joy

Track length2:36

$1.00

$1.30

Radulescu, H: String Quartet No. 5, Op. 98 "Before the Universe Was born"

Work length29:20

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JACK Quartet

Radulescu, H: Piano Sonata No. 5 'settle your dust, this is the primal identity', Op. 106

Work length18:30

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$6.45

Stephen Clarke

I. The Path into the Light Seems Dark

Track length10:56

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$3.85

II. Darkness Within Darkness

Track length3:04

$1.00

$1.30

III. Use Your Own Light

Track length4:30

$1.00

$1.30

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The first volume in a series combining Radulescu’s complete Piano Sonatas and String Quartets, there are six of each, on Mode performed by the superb JACK Quartet and Stephen Clarke (piano). In the 1970s, Horatio Radulescu (1942-2008) began exploring and composing begun composing what he called “plasmatic music,” in which sound was conceived as an “endless ocean of vibrations,” as opposed to the traditional way in which music treats sound as a fabric of discrete scale steps. His music is linked to the “spectral music” school. Radulescu’s Fifth String Quartet is one of the key works in his output. It is in some ways the richest manifestation of the body of string techniques he had developed for his music. The Second Piano Sonata is inspired by the Tao of Chinese philosopher Lao tzu (6-5 BC). The first movement, “Immanence,” opens with a powerful sonority built from spectral functions which gives a sense of immensity and strength. The Fifth Piano Sonata makes abundant use — more so than any of the other sonatas — of Romanian folk material, which is absorbed and integrated into Radulescu’s spectral language.

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It’s all fascinating music, superbly played by both pianist Stephen Clarke and the Jack Quartet; Rădulescu’s work undoubtedly attracts devoted advocates.

Horatiu Radulescu: Piano Sonatas & String Quartets 1

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