"The mutual passion they shared for the sound of language was the basis for the long and fruitful collaboration between writer Edoardo Sanguineti and composer Luciano Berio. Sanguineti was the leader of the Italian avant-garde movement of the 1960s and formerly, a Communist senator in the Italian parliament. He remains one of Italy's most respected thinkers, teaching literature at the University of Genoa. Sanguineti considers Berio's Canticum novissimi testamenti and A-Ronne to be the most successful musical settings of his texts. In his obituary for his friend, Sanguineti wrote in 2003: 'For me he embodies purely and simply how music can be planned and thought today.' A-Ronne begins with the biblical assertion that the word stood at the beginning of all things and concludes with the line 'in the end is my music.' In Canticum novissimi testamenti Berio traces the subtle nuances and shifting moods of the poem with elegantly homogeneous sound from eight singers and eight winds."
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Tracklist
- Canticum Novissimi Testamenti - Ballata Per Quattro Clarinetti, Quartetto Di Saxofoni E Otto Voci (24:49)
1 Untitled 2:03
2 Untitled 1:29
3 Untitled 2:07
4 Untitled 1:24
5 Untitled 0:46
6 Untitled 1:06
7 Untitled 1:35
8 Untitled 1:58
9 Untitled 2:15
10 Untitled 1:50
11 Untitled 1:24
12 Untitled 1:47
13 Untitled 0:46
14 Untitled 1:22
15 Untitled 2:57
- A-Ronne - A Radiophonic Documentary For Five Actors (35:01)
16 I 0:40
17 II 2:58
18 III 2:09
19 IV 5:47
20 V 2:21
21 VI 2:49
22 VII 0:54
23 VIII 2:03
24 IX 2:53
25 X 3:54
26 XI 1:38
27 XII 6:55
Credits
Artwork ? hj.kropp
Baritone Vocals ? Guillermo Anzorena (tracks: 16 to 27)
Bass Vocals ? Andreas Fischer, Guillermo Anzorena (tracks: 1 to 15)
Clarinet ? Fabio Di Casola (tracks: 1 to 15), Stephan Siegenthaler (tracks: 1 to 15)
Clarinet [Bassklarinette] ? Nicola Miorada (tracks: 1 to 15)
Clarinet [Es-Klarinette] ? Dirk Altmann (tracks: 1 to 15)
Co-producer ? Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Composed By ? Luciano Berio
Concept By [Konzeption] ? Andreas Fischer (tracks: 16 to 27), Daniel Gloger (tracks: 16 to 27)
Conductor ? Peter Rundel (tracks: 1 to 15)
Contralto Vocals ? Barbara Decker (tracks: 1 to 15), Stephanie Field (tracks: 1 to 15)
Countertenor Vocals ? Daniel Gloger (tracks: 16 to 27)
Edited By [Technik Und Schnitt] ? Dirk Franken, Karin Karbach
Engineer [Toningenieure] ? Karl-Heinz Simmerlein, Martin Voegele
Engineer [Tonmeister] ? Stephan Hahn
Ensemble [Clarinets] ? Newears 4 Clarinets (tracks: 1 to 15)
Ensemble [Saxophones] ? XASAX - Ensemble De Saxophones Modulable (tracks: 1 to 15)
Ensemble [Voices] ? Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart
Lyrics By [Texts, Poems] ? Edoardo Sanguineti
Mezzo-soprano Vocals ? Stephanie Field (tracks: 16 to 27)
Photography ? Eric Marinitsch
Producer [Produzent WDR] ? Harry Vogt
Recording Supervisor [Aufnahmeberatung] ? Peter Rundel (tracks: 16 to 27)
Saxophone [Altsaxofon] ? Marcus Weiss (tracks: 1 to 15)
Saxophone [Baritonsaxofon] ? Serge Bertocchi (tracks: 1 to 15)
Saxophone [Sopransaxofon] ? Pierre-Stephane Meuge (tracks: 1 to 15)
Saxophone [Tenorsaxofon] ? Jean-Michel Goury (tracks: 1 to 15)
Soprano Vocals ? Silke Storz (tracks: 1 to 15), Susanne Leitz-Lorey (tracks: 1 to15)
Tenor Vocals ? Bernhard Gartner (tracks: 1 to 15), Martin Nagy
Notes
Co-produced with the Westdeutschen Rundfunk Koln
Recorded 9-11 and 14-17 December 2003, SWR Kammermusikstudio und Liederkranzhalle, Stuttgart.
