Performers: Spyros Sakkas (baritone), Béatrice Daudin (percussion), Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg (members not listed); Arturo Tamayo (direction)
Playing time: 59'
Recording dates: February & April 2000 (Conservatoire de Luxembourg)
This recording sets new standards for technical accuracy in playing Xenakis' large-scale orchestral works. It also promises to be the first of a series.
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The variety of color and sonority in these works is often high, making full use of the instruments chosen. There is little consistency in Xenakis' use of the orchestral medium, which makes these works a motley set as well as more original in their own right.
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T. M. McComb