{"product_id":"2245608","title":"Michael Zev Gordon - Michael Zev Gordon The Imperm [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Zev Gordon is a composer whose music is deeply engaged with the subjects of memory and loss. These themes are central to the three large-scale works which comprise this new portrait album, named The Impermanence of Things. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album opens with a seven-movement orchestral work performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jukka Pekka Saraste, which explores our awareness of the passing of time. Time pushes on, time pulls back, before seeming to stand still completely as we journey towards the end of the work. The final movement shares its name with the overall title \\x96 Bohortha \\x96 which is a tiny village lying at the end of a remote Cornish peninsula, an evocative symbol of open-endedness. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf Bohortha consists of many small, contrasting fragments, the Violin Concerto is constructed more conventionally, with both the work's structure and expressive character being influenced by early exploratory sessions with the soloist, Carolin Widmann. Gordon has commented that he was inspired by 'just how many nuances of singing she could bring to her instrument: intense and open, strained and fragile'. Lyrical melodies collide with dissonant clusters in this recording by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Catherine Larsen-Maguire. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConventions are again turned on their head in The Impermanence of Things for piano (Huw Watkins), ensemble (London Sinfonietta) and electronics. Rather than playing the traditional soloist role, the piano instead acts as a linchpin, around which thirteen short movements revolve. Throughout the work, a constant tension between forward and backward, reveals an ultimate yearning for stillness in the present. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGordon has been the recipient of the Prix Italia, and two British Composer Awards. Two previous portrait discs \\x96 On Memory (NMC D144) and In the Middle of Things \\x96 were both in The Times' '100 Best Albums of the Year' lists.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Watkins is quicksilver in his switching of personality and tone, the Sinfonietta razor sharp in their interjections, with the electronics contributing a kaleidoscopic sheen.' \\x96 The Arts Desk\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBBC MUSIC MAGAZINE \\x96 CONCERTO CHOICE, JUNE 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'there is always much to listen to in the kaleidoscopic scoring, expertly realised by Sarasate and the BBC Symphony. [\\x85] utterly gripping.' \\x96 BBC Music Magazine *****\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'For a composer of modernist predispositions, there is an almost experimental quality to the fervent rhetoric of shifting moods and colours here, and more than enough energy and animation to make the possible future release of recordings of Zev Gordon's music since 2017 an appealing prospect.' \\x96 Gramophone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBohortha, Seven Pieces for Orchestra: I. Lost Worlds\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBohortha, Seven Pieces for Orchestra: II. Broken Pieces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBohortha, Seven Pieces for Orchestra: III. Ancora Venezia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBohortha, Seven Pieces for Orchestra: IV. Still Centre\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBohortha, Seven Pieces for Orchestra: V. On Gossamer Wings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBohortha, Seven Pieces for Orchestra: VI. Terrifying Angel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBohortha, Seven Pieces for Orchestra: VII. Bohortha\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolin Concerto: I. Very Still, Intense; Moderato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolin Concerto: II. Spacious, Still; Lightly Dancing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eViolin Concerto: III. Spacious; Gently Flowing; Always Simple\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: I. True singing is a different breath, about nothing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: II. So we live here, forever taking leave\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: III. All things want to fly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: IV. Though the pool's reflection often blurs before us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: V. Every angel is terrifying\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: VI. All that's hurrying will quickly be past\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: VII. Be forever dead in Eurydice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: VIII. Another elegiac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: IX. From which flit ecstatic butterflies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: X. Through a glass mountain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: XI. And those who are beautiful, oh who can retain them?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: XII. Learn to forget that passionate music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Impermanence of Things: XIII. May his memory be a blessing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54420743979393,"sku":"2245608","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5023363027724.jpg?v=1750620829","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2245608","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}