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Márcio Steuernagel: A Mis•encyclopaedia of Musical Imperfections

€ 19,95
Catalogue No.
AG0031
Label
Austrian Gramophone
EAN
9120010288319
Genre
Klassik - Neue / Zeitgenössische Musik
About

This album presents a mis•encyclopaedia, a fascinating exploration of imperfection by composer Márcio Steuernagel. Inspired by literary figures such as Borges and Pessoa, the works embody a profound poetic fragility. The music challenges the relentless pursuit of perfection in Western traditions by embracing imperfection as a dynamic, expressive force. With sounds that emerge from experimental techniques – unpredictable by-products, fragmentary structures, and explorations of physical and sonic boundaries – Steuernagel reveals new artistic dimensions. Each piece, meticulously crafted yet open to interpretation, creates an evocative, fluid soundscape that acknowledges the fleeting, imperfect nature of existence.

Release Date
Format
CD
Márcio Steuernagel
The Great in-Betweenness (2020) six études and three melodies for solo flute
1.
étude: trills (it shimmers, shivers: lives)
00:01:04
2.
étude: whistle tones (a fugue of failures)
00:04:34
3.
uma melodia
00:00:25
4.
étude: different articulations (molto parlante)
00:01:14
5.
étude: transitions (inbetweennesses)
00:01:17
6.
une mélodie
00:00:30
7.
eine Melodie
00:00:14
8.
étude: over/under-blowing (bodily: a pífano dance)
00:01:20
9.
étude: diaphonic/multiphonic (…but how many voices unsung?)
00:03:27
Coda: instability (2022)
10.
étude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
00:02:50
Becoming (2019) four études and an aria for solo oboe
11.
étude: dynamics (summoning)
00:02:50
12.
étude: registers (a bird)
00:01:12
13.
étude: multiphonics (quasi un corale, quasi Monteverdi)
00:02:17
14.
étude: repeated notes (take a digeridoo)
00:01:28
15.
aria: becoming
00:04:10
Coda: un•intendedness (2020/2021)
16.
pilgrimage: once in our hearts
00:01:56
17.
une mélodie
00:00:14
18.
pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
00:02:06
19.
étude: diaphonic/multiphonic (…but how many voices unsung?)
00:03:59
always only once again (2022) three études, a pilgrimage and a prayer for solo cello
20.
étude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
00:02:31
21.
pilgrimage: once in our hearts
00:01:48
22.
étude: residual pitches (tempi & corali emergenti)
00:02:17
23.
étude: residual sounds (molto cantabile – ma segreto!)
00:02:33
24.
pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
00:01:52
25.
tuning prayer
00:04:07
26.
pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
00:01:55
27.
étude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
00:03:10
Senses of Musical Imperfection: transitionality, un•control, un•intendedness (2019–2022)
28.
meditation: impossible vowels (a self-sung lullaby)
00:08:06
29.
étude: diaphonic/multiphonic (…but how many voices unsung?)
00:03:02
30.
étude: non-/harmonic (uncontrolled, unknown, yet wished-for)
00:02:35
31.
meditation: impossibly slow (present tense)
00:01:50
32.
étude: transitions (inbetweennesses)
00:01:23
33.
aria: becoming
00:03:58
Études para Quijote (2019) seven études for solo harp
34.
étude: one-finger tremolo (fanfare)
00:01:04
35.
étude: harmonic interference (a game of bells)
00:05:46
36.
étude: basso (battuto, feroce)
00:01:29
37.
étude: glissandi (pasacalle)
00:03:26
38.
étude: ostinato (ad lib, ma veloce)
00:02:14
39.
étude: classical harmonics technique (a broken lullaby)
00:03:29
40.
étude: arco (Aria on the G strings)
00:08:21
Senses of Musical Imperfection: risk, residual, fragmentary, fragility (2019–2022)
41.
étude: whistle tones (a fugue of failures)
00:04:19
42.
pilgrimage: once again in our hearts
00:02:02
43.
eine Melodie
00:00:14
44.
étude: residual sounds (molto cantabile – ma segreto!)
00:02:30
45.
étude: classical harmonics technique (a broken lullaby)
00:04:02
Senses of Musical Imperfection: un•control, embodiment, emergence, im•pure (2019–2022)
46.
étude: basso (battuto, feroce)
00:01:38
47.
étude: residual pitches (tempi & corali emergenti)
00:02:07
48.
étude: different articulations (molto parlante)
00:01:20
49.
étude: over/under-blowing (bodily: a pífano dance)
00:01:14
50.
étude: registers (a bird)
00:01:09
51.
meditation: vibrato, trillo, coloratura (terribilis iubilatio)
00:03:02
52.
étude: trills (it shimmers, shivers: lives)
00:01:05
53.
étude: ostinato (ad lib, ma veloce)
00:02:29
54.
meditation: ex-/ins-piration
00:04:20
55.
étude: multiphonics (quasi un corale, quasi Monteverdi)
00:02:29
five meditations for solo soprano on the unspeakable NAME of (2022)
56.
meditation: ex-/ins-piration
00:04:30
57.
meditation: vibrato, trillo, coloratura (terribilis iubilatio)
00:03:20
58.
meditation: impossibly slow (present tense)
00:01:45
59.
meditation: lower, lowest, then lower still (sequentia)
00:01:40
60.
meditation: impossible vowels (a self-sung lullaby)
00:08:06

This track cannot be purchased individually and is only available with the full album.

Total Time
02:37:24