Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212056820
Catalog number: SIGCD 568
Releasedate: 06-09-19
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212056820
Releasedate: 06-09-19
- The second CD released by the Albion Quartet following on from the success of their first release earlier this year.
- A relatively unknown side of classical music, polyrhythm, is used in conjuction with extended tonality and modality, creating a truly unique sound.
- A relatively unknown side of classical music, polyrhythm, is used in conjuction with extended tonality and modality, creating a truly unique sound.
The Ancient Greek word Kalon was used by philosophers to describe perfect physical and moral beauty. In this recording, the Albion Quartet and the Czech Philharmonic explore the different aspects of Kalon through the context in which beauty can exist in ugliness and darkness.
This EP is the result of Richard Blackford’s doctorate at the University of Bristol, which investigates the use of polytempo. The recording is a way of applying the findings of his doctorate in a range of musical contexts. Kalon is unique as it explores the use of polytempo in the context of extended tonality and modality, which could be said surpasses the complexity posed by serialist works of a similar nature, such as Stockhausen’s Gruppen or Carré.