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George Crumb's Makrokosmos I and II for amplified piano (1972-1973) have found a fairly secure place in the repertoire thanks to the important recordings by David Burge, Robert Shannon, Jeffrey Jacob, and Margaret Leng Tan, among others, which have kept these pieces in the public ear. Add to this distinguished roster the name of Toros Can, who has turned in another fine recording on the L'Empreinte Digitale label, following his award-winning recordings of keyboard music of György Ligeti, Paul Hindemith, and somewhat unexpectedly, Henry Purcell. Can is obviously adept in avant-garde music, since his reading of Crumb's arcane score is comfortable and spontaneous, and the peculiarities of the pieces -- the mysterious symbols, elaborate notation system, and ghostly quotations, along with the extended techniques of whistling, whispering, shouting, and playing inside the piano -- seem not to throw him. While listeners may have already formed preferences for the recordings they know best, there are many subtle ways that performances of Makrokosmos I and II can differ; though Can's may not hold the mystique of Burge's premiere recording for Nonesuch, or claim the composer's supervision as with Tan's recording on Mode, this performance is an honest attempt to get to the music's esoteric core, and Can makes a convincing case for this cycle's artistic value, if not always for its mysticism. The reproduction is clear and most of the music is audible, but the volume needs to be turned up pretty high to catch the softest notes.
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Toros Can, piano
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Albumbeschreibung
George Crumb's Makrokosmos I and II for amplified piano (1972-1973) have found a fairly secure place in the repertoire thanks to the important recordings by David Burge, Robert Shannon, Jeffrey Jacob, and Margaret Leng Tan, among others, which have kept these pieces in the public ear. Add to this distinguished roster the name of Toros Can, who has turned in another fine recording on the L'Empreinte Digitale label, following his award-winning recordings of keyboard music of György Ligeti, Paul Hindemith, and somewhat unexpectedly, Henry Purcell. Can is obviously adept in avant-garde music, since his reading of Crumb's arcane score is comfortable and spontaneous, and the peculiarities of the pieces -- the mysterious symbols, elaborate notation system, and ghostly quotations, along with the extended techniques of whistling, whispering, shouting, and playing inside the piano -- seem not to throw him. While listeners may have already formed preferences for the recordings they know best, there are many subtle ways that performances of Makrokosmos I and II can differ; though Can's may not hold the mystique of Burge's premiere recording for Nonesuch, or claim the composer's supervision as with Tan's recording on Mode, this performance is an honest attempt to get to the music's esoteric core, and Can makes a convincing case for this cycle's artistic value, if not always for its mysticism. The reproduction is clear and most of the music is audible, but the volume needs to be turned up pretty high to catch the softest notes.
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Details of original recording : 63:53 - DDD - Enregistrement Salle de l’Institut à Orléans en décembre 2002 - Notes en français et anglais
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:40
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artist: Toros Can
- Composer: George Crumb
- Label: L'empreinte digitale
- Genre: Klassiek
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