Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Noah Creshevsky, professor emeritus and former director of the Center for Computer Music at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, describes his electro-acoustic musical language as "hyperrealist." It's realistic in that it uses samples of acoustic instruments and voices, and while they may be minimally electronically modified, they are never changed to the point that their sound source is unrecognizable -- a trumpet is always clearly a trumpet and a soprano is always clearly a soprano. It is "hyper" in the sense that Creshevsky's combination of the samples creates music that would be beyond the capabilities of human performers, either in speed, rhythmic complexity, or register. The results are solidly in the tradition of the sound collages of musique concrète, but are unique in their exclusive use of traditional instruments as sound sources. ("Traditional" does not imply Western; Creshevsky uses a culturally diverse instrumental palette, and several of these pieces are largely based on non-Western samples.) The use of familiar sounds fragmented and combined into inhumanly complex ensembles and patterns owes something to Nancarrow's exploitation of the mechanical capabilities of the player piano, but Creshevsky's instrument is the computer.
The CD includes works with instrumental samples, with both instrumental and vocal samples and unaltered vocal solos with sampled accompaniment. The vocal solos are generally less interesting, because the melodies are largely mundane, but Psalmus XXIII holds the listener's attention with its eccentric juxtaposition of erotic moaning with a liturgical-sounding Latin setting of the text. The other pieces, particularly Red Carpet, Chamber Concerto, and Independence Day, are entirely successful: quirky, fragmented, and wildly inventive. Free Speech, consisting mostly of vocal samples, sounds something like Ligeti's Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures on steroids; the vocalizations are never quite complete enough to have clear semantic meaning, but they are hugely expressive nonetheless, and often hilarious. Creshevsky's music should have strong appeal for fans of genre-stretching new music.
© TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From £10.83/month
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Noah Creshevsky, Composer, MainArtist
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Album review
Noah Creshevsky, professor emeritus and former director of the Center for Computer Music at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, describes his electro-acoustic musical language as "hyperrealist." It's realistic in that it uses samples of acoustic instruments and voices, and while they may be minimally electronically modified, they are never changed to the point that their sound source is unrecognizable -- a trumpet is always clearly a trumpet and a soprano is always clearly a soprano. It is "hyper" in the sense that Creshevsky's combination of the samples creates music that would be beyond the capabilities of human performers, either in speed, rhythmic complexity, or register. The results are solidly in the tradition of the sound collages of musique concrète, but are unique in their exclusive use of traditional instruments as sound sources. ("Traditional" does not imply Western; Creshevsky uses a culturally diverse instrumental palette, and several of these pieces are largely based on non-Western samples.) The use of familiar sounds fragmented and combined into inhumanly complex ensembles and patterns owes something to Nancarrow's exploitation of the mechanical capabilities of the player piano, but Creshevsky's instrument is the computer.
The CD includes works with instrumental samples, with both instrumental and vocal samples and unaltered vocal solos with sampled accompaniment. The vocal solos are generally less interesting, because the melodies are largely mundane, but Psalmus XXIII holds the listener's attention with its eccentric juxtaposition of erotic moaning with a liturgical-sounding Latin setting of the text. The other pieces, particularly Red Carpet, Chamber Concerto, and Independence Day, are entirely successful: quirky, fragmented, and wildly inventive. Free Speech, consisting mostly of vocal samples, sounds something like Ligeti's Aventures and Nouvelles Aventures on steroids; the vocalizations are never quite complete enough to have clear semantic meaning, but they are hugely expressive nonetheless, and often hilarious. Creshevsky's music should have strong appeal for fans of genre-stretching new music.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:30
- Main artists: Noah Creshevsky
- Composer: Noah Creshevsky
- Label: Tzadik
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
2007 Tzadik 2007 Tzadik
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.