Parry: Music For Heart And Breath

Parry: Music For Heart And Breath

Music for Heart and Breath is Richard Reed Parrys debut as classical composer who is mostly known from the Grammy Nominated Uber Indie Rock Band Arcade Fire.

Richard is a multi-instrumentalist and composer, drawing his influences from classical music, folk and electronica. This is his first core classical release that will find his home at Deutsche Grammophon!

The album features various compositions for Heart and Breath for various ensembles, as well as small interludes (Interruptions).

The concept behind Heart and Breath is that every musician involved in the piece generates his own tempo by listening to his/her pulse during the performance. Fragile and intimate, these stunningly created performance effects are the basis for this conceptual compositional approach.

Richard explains: Music for Heart and Breath is a series of compositions that use involuntarily moving organs of the human body (specifically the lungs and the heart) as performance parameters. There are no time signatures: the tempos and rhythms are always governed by either the heart rates or the breathing rates of the individual players. In the case of the latter, the performers are instructed to play directly in sync with their own or another players individual breathing (playing at the speed of their inhalations, their exhalations or both). To enable the players to hear and play in sync with their own heartbeats, they wear stethoscopes and, naturally, generally play quietly.

The music is performed by an exciting line-up of musicians, produced by Bryce Dessner Nico Muhly (Conductor, celeste/piano), Bryce & Aaron Dessner (guitar) from The National, Kronos Quartet, the ensemble Ymusic.
Country USA
Brand Verve Label Group
Manufacturer Deutsche Grammophon
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 9744132
Model 9744132
ReleaseDate 2014-07-15
UnitCount 1
UPCs 764699744132
EANs 0764699744132

Country	USA
Brand	Verve Label Group
Manufacturer	Deutsche Grammophon
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	9744132
Model	9744132
ReleaseDate	2014-07-15
UnitCount	1
UPCs	764699744132
EANs	0764699744132

Parry: Music For Heart And Breath

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