Tactus: Carlo Forlivesi — Compositions (Audio CD)

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Product Details:

• Product Type: Audio CD
• Brand / Label: Tactus
• Catalog Number: TC 970601
• UPC: 8007194106978
• Composer: Carlo Forlivesi (b. 1971)
• Genre: Classical / Contemporary
• Style: Electronic, chamber, vocal, Japanese traditional instruments
• Condition: New, factory sealed

Product Features

• Format: CD
• Discs: 1
• Tracks: 18
• Total time: approx. 71:10
• Sound: DDD
• Made in: Italy
• Booklet text by Cristina Scuderi (Italian / English)
• World premiere recording

Overview

Carlo Forlivesi is an Italian composer whose work moves freely between worlds — Western contemporary classical, electronics, and the traditional instruments of Japan, where he spent formative years. This Tactus release is a wide-ranging portrait disc gathering eighteen of his pieces across five categories, much of it issued here for the first time.

The program is deliberately varied. Electronic works open it, followed by pieces for Japanese traditional instruments — shakuhachi, koto, biwa — that sit at the heart of Forlivesi's identity. Chamber and vocal music follow, and the disc closes with arrangements that reach back to medieval sources (the Codex Faenza, the Llibre Vermell) and across to Charles Ives's "The Unanswered Question."

The performer list is international and substantial, from soloists to the Kyoto Chamber Orchestra "Le Jardin du Temps et d'Espace." For listeners drawn to where contemporary composition meets non-Western tradition, this is a rich and serious survey.

Interesting Facts

• Carlo Forlivesi (born 1971) is known for bridging European contemporary music with Japanese traditional instruments and aesthetics.
• The disc includes original compositions for shakuhachi, koto and biwa, performed by Japanese specialists.
• Several arrangements rework medieval material, including pieces after the Codex Faenza and the Catalan Llibre Vermell de Montserrat.
• The closing track reimagines Charles Ives's famous "The Unanswered Question."
• This is a world premiere recording, with extensive performer contributions from the Kyoto Chamber Orchestra and international soloists.

Track Listing

Electronic Works

1. Elements
2. Through the Looking-Glass

Compositions for Japanese Traditional Instruments

1. Ugetsu 4–6. En la Soledat i el Silenci
2. Chinmoku no Tsuki / Silenziosa Luna

Chamber Music 8–9. Two Ornaments

1. Rosenleben I (Module B)
2. Rosenleben II
3. La Pointe à la Droite du Cœur

Vocal Music

1. Spem in Alium
2. Petite Prière
3. Audivi Vocem

Arrangements

1. Ave Maris Stella (after Codex Faenza)
2. Stella Splendens (after Llibre Vermell)
3. The Unanswered Question (after Charles Ives)

Publishers

Released by Tactus, catalog TC 970601. ℗ 2019. Made in Italy.

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