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Track(s) taken from CDH55467

Tres sacrae cantiones

composer
arranger
1959; Illumina nos, 1957
author of text

New London Chamber Choir, James Wood (conductor)
Recording details: October 1990
The Royal College of Music, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Gary Cole
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: October 1991
Total duration: 9 minutes 43 seconds

Cover artwork: Two Brides (1967) by Lado Gudiashvili (1896-1980)
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
 

The so-called ‘completions’ of Gesualdo’s Tres sacrae cantiones betray Stravinsky’s unmistakable harmonic style to such an extent that they are not mere arrangements or canonic completions but recompositions which become a hybrid with characteristics of both composers.

from notes by Lorraine Gwynne © 1991

Les soi-disant «parachèvements» des Tres sacrae cantiones de Gesualdo trahissent le style harmonique inimitable de Stravinski à un tel point qu’il ne s’agit plus de simples arrangements ni de parachèvements canoniques mais de nouvelles compositions hybrides possédant des caractéristiques des deux compositeurs.

extrait des notes rédigées par Lorraine Gwynne © 1991
Français: Elisabeth Rhodes

Die sogennanten „Komplettierungen“ der Tres sacrae cantiones Gesualdos lassen ebenfalls Strawinskys unmißverständlichen harmonischen Stil erkennen, und zwar so sehr, daß es sich nicht um bloße Arrangements oder kanonische Komplettierungen, sondern um Neukompositionen handelt—eine Mischform, die Merkmale beider Komponisten aufweist.

aus dem Begleittext von Lorraine Gwynne © 1991
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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