GEN 19633 EAN: 4260036256338 |
11.1.2019 |

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001) |
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Pléïades (1978–1979) |
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Claviers |
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Peaux |
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Métaux |
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Mélanges |
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by Iannis Xenakis DeciBells, Percussion Ensemble Domenico Melchiorre, Artistic Director and Conductor
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Iannis Xenakis invented his own instruments for Pléiades, a suggestive, interstellar work for percussion ensemble. And once again the Ensemble DeciBells commissioned their very own grandiose musical instruments for their outstanding recording of this work. The musicians led by Basel solo timpanist Domenico Melchiorre play the shimmering music, which fuses the boundaries between individual instrument, ensemble, and listener on a dizzying scale: subtle and yet with nerve!
MusicWeb International
"The recording is superb and allows the listener to hear the myriad of detail presented in this score …"
Review on MusicWeb International by John France, March 2019
Das Orchester
"Das aus Basel stammende Schlagzeugensemble bewältigt diese Aufgabe unter Leitung von Domenico Melchiorre mit Bravour. Zusammen mit den Technikern des Schweizer Rundfunks gelang eine mustergültige Aufnahme."
Besprechung im Magazin Das Orchester, 6/2019 von Stephan Froleyks
WDR 3 / TonArt. Album der Woche
"(...) ergibt sich ein faszinierendes Klanggeflecht, dass vom Basler Ensemble DeciBells höchst suggestiv gestaltet wird."
Review on radio WDR 3 TonArt, 4.3.2019, Michael Schwalb

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