Hyperblue: Sesso E Violenza / Attitude Problem [Import]

Bettina (Artist), Nonken (Artist), Triple Helix Ens 21 (Artist), David Rakowski (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: David Rakowski
• Audio CD (June 22, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Composers Recordings
• ASIN: B00000J8RS
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #713,068 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blistering, Lyrical, Boisterous, August 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hyperblue: Sesso E Violenza / Attitude Problem (Audio CD)

Rakowski's music is all about energy -- his music is the rarest of this genre in that it contains the vibrancy of bebop or rock, with the lyricism and smarts of the best of the European tradition. Envision this: Alban Berg, standing onstage in a smokey nightclub in 1950s New York, burning it up on his sax, while Maurice Ravel comps on the keys, and the Ramones provide the rhythm section. After you're through with that vision, rub your eyes, put on a clean t-shirt, and go out and buy this CD. Somebody hand this guy the Pulitzer.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars David Rakowski's music is visceral, voluptuous, and humorous, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hyperblue: Sesso E Violenza / Attitude Problem (Audio CD)

From the blistering opening of the piano etude "Martler" to the gorgeous middle movement of "Sesso e Violenza," this disc features some of the most exciting classical music around. Other treats include the suitably raucous "Attitude Problem" and the haunting and delicate song cycle on poems of Louise Bogan. Perhaps due in part to the performers' close association with the composer (Rakowski has written works for all of the artists involved), the virtuoso performances on the disc are expert and the interpretations definitive.