Violeta Dinescu
'Reversing Fields'
Cat. No: SCD28027 Genre: contemporary classical
Romanian-born Dinescu is gaining a reputation as one of the most gifted composers of her generation. These mainly solos and duos for viola, clarinet and saxophone blend European experimentalism, exploiting the instruments' multiphonics, with Romanian folk traditions.
Most of these compositions were written specifically for the interpreters on the CD, including Romanian virtuosos Sanda Craciun and Aurelian Octav Popa. As Dinescu explains: In the beginning of every composition I try to find a sphere, an imaginary space where the flood of imagination can meet the rigour of thought.
Reviews:
'Perhaps the most convincing explanation for the size and confidence of Violeta Dinescus compositional output (by age 38, she had written well over 100 mature pieces) is her refusal to subordinate individual moments of inspiration to a system.... Her trajectory northwest across a rapidly changing Europe is inscribed in her work, taking Viennese orthodoxies, Italian heterodoxy, and the restless experimentation of her new home, Germany. Dinescu is now firmly established as one of the most important composers of her generation.' Henk Maarten
Credits:
Sanda Craciun: viola
Aurelian Octav Popa: clarinet
Harry Kinross White: saxophone
The Clara Wiek Trio:
Rumiko Matsuda, piano
Claudia Noltensmeyer, violin
Gisela Reith, cello
Recorded April 1994 - September 1996 at Tonstudio van Geest, Germany
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