This week on Relevant Tones, we’ll delve into the music of Gerard Grisey and Tristan Murail, two composers who base their compositions on mathematic spectral analyses of the overtone series. Grisey and Murail’s compositions originated the style of Spectral Music.
Grisey: Partiels (excerpt)
WDR Sinfonieorchester of Cologne; Stefan Asbury
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Grisey: Talea (excerpt)
Ensemble Recherche
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Grisey: Vortex Temporum (excerpt)
Ensemble Recherche
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Murail: In Memoriam, Olivier Messiaen (excerpt)
Marilyn Nonken, Piano
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Murail: Gondwana (excerpt)
ORTF National Orchestra; Yves Prin
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Murail: Winter Fragments (excerpt)
Argento Chamber Ensemble
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