Description

Pinturas de Tamayo is the result of American composer Steven Stucky’s encounter with the art of the Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo. Initially struck by the painting The Great Galaxy – reproduced on the cover of this CD – he chose this and four other paintings as his points of departure for a five-movement suite, which although it is far from pictorial certainly offers as much colour and poetry as the paintings themselves. In Spirit Voices for percussion and orchestra, Stucky has explored mythical beings from around the world, including Coyote, the trickster god of the Navajo Indians, mountain goblins of Japanese folk culture, and the Scottish bean nighe, a female wraith portending death.

Track Listing

1. Spirit Voices, I: Jiu huang ye
2. Spirit Voices, II: Bean nighe
3. Spirit Voices, III: Ellyllon
4. Spirit Voices, IV: Te Mangorora
5. Spirit Voices, V: Coyote
6. Spirit Voices, VI: Tengu
7. Spirit Voices, VII: Wah’Kon-Tah
8. Pinturas de Tamaya, I: Amigas de los pájaros
9. Pinturas de Tamaya, II: Anochecer
10. Pinturas de Tamaya, III: Mujeres alcanzando la luna
11. Pinturas de Tamaya, IV: Músicas dormidas
12. Pinturas de Tamaya, V: La gran galaxia
13. Second Concerto for Orchestra, I: Overture (with Friends)
14. Second Concerto for Orchestra, II: Variations
15. Second Concerto for Orchestra, III Finale

Artists

Solo Percussion: Evelyn Glennie
Conductor: Lan Shui
Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Label

BIS BIS-CD-1622

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