Harmonie du Soir

Rhys Chatham

Format
LP / DIGITAL / CD
Catalogue number
NS 048
Released
2014-06-12
UPC
081159198794
Genre
Experimental, Avant-garde, Classical, No Wave
Label
Northern Spy Records

Rhys Chatham’s Harmonie du soir presents three heavenly compositions. The title track is the first major piece written for the configuration of six electric guitars, electric bass and drums since Die Donnergötter (1986). The second is The Dream of Rhonabwy, a piece written for large brass ensemble and percussion, realized in 2012 by a 70-piece brass band called Harmonie de Pontarlier, lead by the French conductor Patrick Erard. The last track on the CD version and bonus download for the vinyl edition is a 2012 studio performance of Drastic Classicism Revisited featuring Rhys Chatham, David Daniell, and Ryan Sawyer. The whole package is presented lovingly, mastered beautifully by James Plotkin, with extensive notes by Mr. Chatham.

Tracklist

  1. 3Drastic Classicism Revisted9:37
  2. 1Harmonie du soir22:30
  3. 2Harmonie de pontarlier: The Dream of Rhonabwy20:27

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