Scelsi: Collection, vol. 10

Scelsi Collection, vol. 10
Aion / Anahit
Giacinto Scelsi / WDR Symphony Orchestra / Klangforum Wien
Stradivarius 37301

Contents:

    Aiôn (1961) - ondiola
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV

    5. Aiôn (1961) - orchestra
  5. I
  6. II
  7. III
  8. IV
  9. Anahit (1965) - ondiola
  10. Anahit (1965) - ensemble

Performers: Giacinto Scelsi (ondiola); WDR Symphony Orchestra, Zoltán Peskó (director); Annette Bik (violin), Klangforum Wien, Robert HP Platz (director)

Playing time: 67'

Recording dates: 1961 (#1-4), 1965 (#9), October 1985 (#5-8), December 1996 (#10); released: 2026

This release pairs archival recordings of Scelsi on one or more ondiolas, i.e. in "preliminary" versions of two of his greatest orchestral works — along with 20th century renditions of the scored versions. That for Aiôn appears to be the premiere. The tape compositions, especially that for Anahit, are also edited & superimposed, etc. So they show signs of being compositions per se, even though "tape composition" was not an established arena at the time....

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To Scelsi introduction.

Todd M. McComb