Esa Pekka Salonen: Wing on Wing

Esa Pekka Salonen: Wing on Wing
- SALONEN ESA-PEKKA / FINNISH R.
- MUSICA CLASICA
- INTERNATIONAL
- MUSIC
This trio of recent works by Salonen suggests that he's one of the most interesting composers on today's scene. All three share the virtues of his highly individual style, modernistic and accessible. Foreign Bodies is in three parts and is concerned with the unity of music and the body. It opens with a machine-tooled movement of driving rhythms and color-drenched orchestration. The second is more relaxed, with subtle washes of color, and the finale, titled "Dance," returns to rhythm as a motivating force, albeit with a fascinating twittering woodwind-led climax. Wing on Wing's title derives from a sailing term but also might describe the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, home of the city's Philharmonic, for which it was written. It's an adventurous work featuring a pair of coloratura sopranos singing wordlessly, human instruments part of an orchestral fabric that also incorporates a manipulated tape of architect Frank Gehry's voice and another of a fish whose call is seamlessly incorporated into the texture. Insomnia begins with a brief dreamlike passage, the bulk of the piece a succession of restless, often obsessive episodes; some threatening, others frantically joyful, but always constantly engrossing and punctuated by virtuoso solos from the orchestra. A fascinating disc that should be heard. --Dan Davis
Country USA
Brand Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 028947753759
ReleaseDate 2005-02-08
UnitCount 1
UPCs 028947753759
EANs 0028947753759

Country	USA
Brand	Deutsche Grammophon
Manufacturer	DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	028947753759
ReleaseDate	2005-02-08
UnitCount	1
UPCs	028947753759
EANs	0028947753759

Esa Pekka Salonen: Wing on Wing

You might also like...