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Though Karlheinz Stockhausen's Stimmung (Tuning) for six solo voices may be one of his most accessible pieces, relatively few commercial recordings of the hour-long "meditation on a chord" exist. Collegium Vocale premiered the work in 1968, and subsequently took their interpretation -- known now as the "Paris version" -- on the road and into the studio. Singcircle presented a slightly different sonic reading in the mid-'70s; Paul Hillier himself was a part of that recording. Yet in the maturity of his career, Hillier in 2006 decided to approach Stockhausen's iconic vocal work afresh, and prepared the so-called "Copenhagen version"; it is this new version heard on the CD. Hillier has changed nothing of Stockhausen's score, from the Form Diagram of the overall piece to the guidelines for each voice's rendition of the 51 "models." Hillier has, with his ensemble Theatre of Voices, reconsidered the pacing and aural interpretation of the work. Hearing the performance, there is still over an hour's worth of vocal exploration: shifting patterns within the six pitches of the fundamental ninth chord, and the kaleidoscope of the singers' phonetic permutations. But this recording (with credit both to Hillier and to his sound engineers) adds a heightened sense of the physical overtones that had been so important to the composer's invention (Stockhausen claimed "listening to my vibrating skull" as a central feature during its composition). No recording, in this sense, can replace a live performance, yet often the critical "extra" overtone pitches pop out of the texture. The performance -- and its engineering -- also highlight the voices, which in each model are considered definitive of its identity. The vocal balance provides perhaps the only basis for criticism of the recording: the leading voices, along with the spoken text of erotic poetry and names of world deities, emerge from the surrounding textures almost too strongly. Nonetheless, Hillier's performance only adds to the aural understanding of one of the most inventive twentieth century composers.
© TiVo
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Paul Hillier & Theatre of Voices, Performer - Karlheinz Stockhausen, Composer
2007 harmonia mundi usa
Album review
Though Karlheinz Stockhausen's Stimmung (Tuning) for six solo voices may be one of his most accessible pieces, relatively few commercial recordings of the hour-long "meditation on a chord" exist. Collegium Vocale premiered the work in 1968, and subsequently took their interpretation -- known now as the "Paris version" -- on the road and into the studio. Singcircle presented a slightly different sonic reading in the mid-'70s; Paul Hillier himself was a part of that recording. Yet in the maturity of his career, Hillier in 2006 decided to approach Stockhausen's iconic vocal work afresh, and prepared the so-called "Copenhagen version"; it is this new version heard on the CD. Hillier has changed nothing of Stockhausen's score, from the Form Diagram of the overall piece to the guidelines for each voice's rendition of the 51 "models." Hillier has, with his ensemble Theatre of Voices, reconsidered the pacing and aural interpretation of the work. Hearing the performance, there is still over an hour's worth of vocal exploration: shifting patterns within the six pitches of the fundamental ninth chord, and the kaleidoscope of the singers' phonetic permutations. But this recording (with credit both to Hillier and to his sound engineers) adds a heightened sense of the physical overtones that had been so important to the composer's invention (Stockhausen claimed "listening to my vibrating skull" as a central feature during its composition). No recording, in this sense, can replace a live performance, yet often the critical "extra" overtone pitches pop out of the texture. The performance -- and its engineering -- also highlight the voices, which in each model are considered definitive of its identity. The vocal balance provides perhaps the only basis for criticism of the recording: the leading voices, along with the spoken text of erotic poetry and names of world deities, emerge from the surrounding textures almost too strongly. Nonetheless, Hillier's performance only adds to the aural understanding of one of the most inventive twentieth century composers.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 1 track(s)
- Total length: 00:02:49
- Main artist: Paul Hillier & Theatre of Voices
- Composer: Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Label: harmonia mundi
- Genre: Classical
2007 harmonia mundi usa
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