Jake Arditti / Arditti Quartet- Cuerdas Del Destino (CD)
The Arditti Quartet's latest release is devoted to the Mexican-born composer Hilda Paredes. Now living in England, she does not, for all that, disown her roots. Born in Tehuacán, in Puebla State, she engages critical reflection, vis-à -vis the multiple Mexican, indigenous and folk cultures, that closely combines the imaginary and political, all in writing of remarkable precision and refinement. Convinced that the language spoken by a composer shapes his or her music, she likes to work the voice in all it's expressive singularities, here that of countertenor Jake Arditti, Irvine Arditti's son. There is no 'Mexican-ness' with Hilda Paredes, in the sense of that stereotyped colourful sensuality, but rather a close relation to the poetic speech of Mexico and the European avant-garde.
Tracklist:
- String Quartet No. 2, "Cuerdas Del Destino"
- Canciones Lunaticas: I. Hace Frío En La Vasta
- II. A Los Lunaticos
- Canciones Lunaticas: III. La Luna Va Tan Ella
- Papalote
- In Memoriam Thomas Kakuska
- Papalote (Version For Voice And String Quartet)
UPC > 3760058360392
Format > New CD
Label > Aeon
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The Arditti Quartet's latest release is devoted to the Mexican-born composer Hilda Paredes. Now living in England, she does not, for all that, disown her roots. Born in Tehuacán, in Puebla State, she engages critical reflection, vis-à -vis the multiple Mexican, indigenous and folk cultures, that closely combines the imaginary and political, all in writing of remarkable precision and refinement. Convinced that the language spoken by a composer shapes his or her music, she likes to work the voice in all it's expressive singularities, here that of countertenor Jake Arditti, Irvine Arditti's son. There is no 'Mexican-ness' with Hilda Paredes, in the sense of that stereotyped colourful sensuality, but rather a close relation to the poetic speech of Mexico and the European avant-garde.
Tracklist:
- String Quartet No. 2, "Cuerdas Del Destino"
- Canciones Lunaticas: I. Hace Frío En La Vasta
- II. A Los Lunaticos
- Canciones Lunaticas: III. La Luna Va Tan Ella
- Papalote
- In Memoriam Thomas Kakuska
- Papalote (Version For Voice And String Quartet)
UPC > 3760058360392
Format > New CD
Label > Aeon
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.