Salvatore Sciarrino: Luci mie traditrici

Simon Jaunin (Performer), Salvatore Sciarrino (Composer), Kai Wessel (Performer), Klangforum Wien (Orchestra), Annette Stricker (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

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• Performer: Simon Jaunin, Kai Wessel, Annette Stricker
• Orchestra: Klangforum Wien
• Composer: Salvatore Sciarrino
• Audio CD (March 26, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kairos
• ASIN: B00005JSJH
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,549 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars It'll make you CRAZY, July 22, 2010

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This review is from: Salvatore Sciarrino: Luci mie traditrici (Audio CD)

Can a composer's work be TOO special? Yes...

Sciarrino's work operates right on the edge of consciousness - like the inner monologue of a schizophrenic for whom every tiny external sound is so heightened that it becomes almost unbearable. His music makes me physically ill...it is amazing.

Occasionally he shows his hand in this piece with moments of "real" Renaissance music. I'm not sure this really works.

Vanitas is the best piece of his I've heard. but it's very difficult to find.

So get this, pour out a nice snifter of cognac, and have a couple of Xanax nearby.

BTW, the subject of this Opera is Gesualdo's murder of his wife. The specific Italianate nature of the music, both instrumental and vocal, in this work is one of its many charms. It is hyper - modern, true, but a very particular Italian sense of melos is evident everywhere.