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Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892-1988)

Opus clavicembalisticum (1929-30)

J.Curwen & Sons Ltd
TT: 238'22"

first performed by the composer
Glasgow, December 1st 1930

 

PARS PRIMA
CD l P1aying time: 50'38"
Track Division Movement, Timing
1 I Introito. Adagio. Declamato con enfasi e forza 3'03"
2 II Preludio-Corale (Nexus) 13'33"
3 III Fuga I quatuor vocibus. Sommessamente moderato 12'06"
4 IV Fantasia. Scorrevole, leggiero 5'35"
5 V Fuga II duplex. Animato assai, leggiero 15'30"
 
PARS ALTERA
CD 2 Playing time: 50'19"
1 VI Interludium primum (Thema cum XLIX variationibus). Legatissimo, adagissimo, grave, solenne e serioso. Sonorità piena e dolce 44'44"
2 VII Cadenza I. Allegro vivace 4'40"
CD 3 Playing time: 33'56"
  VIII Fuga tertia triplex 33'18"
1   Dux primus. Moderato 10'17"
2   Dux alter. Andante moderato 11'01"
3   Dux tertius. Moderato 12'00"
 
PARS TERTIA
CD 4 Playing time: 61'07"
  IX Interludium alterum 57'17"
1   Toccata. Rapido e uguale sempre senza ritardare né affrettare 5'42"
2   Adagio. Grave e teneramente. Sonorità piena, dolcissima e morbidissima sempre 16'17"
3   Passacaglia cum LXXXI variationibus. Tranquillo e moderato 35'06"
4 X Cadenza II. Vivo 3'04"
CD 5 Playing time: 42'22"
  XI Fuga IV quadruplex 33'18"
1   Dux primus. Molto moderato 8'28"
2   Dux alter. Allegro abbastanza 7'32"
3   Dux tertius 7'23"
4   Dux quartus. Irato impaziente 9'57"
5 XII Coda-Stretta. Quasi organo pieno 7'30"
6   [Applause 1'22"]

 

Geoffrey Douglas Madge, piano

Mandel Hall, Chicago
April 24th 1983

 

[The third public performance of Opus clavicembalisticum, and its North American premiere, presented by Contemporary Concerts and the University of Chicago]

Recorded in concert by WFMT-FM, Chicago's Fine Arts Station

Engineer: Don Smith
Digital transfer: Hudson Fair, Ealing Mobile Recording Ltd (March/April 1999)
CD mastering: Jeffrey Ginn

CD liner notes: Kenneth Derus 1983 & 1999; Geoffrey Douglas Madge1999
French translation: Arleyte Lemieux-Chené
German translation: Julius Wender
Music examples: Stuan Leitch Overtones
Design: Kyllikki & Andrew Barnett, Compact Design Ltd, Saltdean, Brighton, UK

Special thanks to Yamaha International, WFMT-FM, Lois Baum, Kenneth Derus,
Hudson Fair, Ronald Hounsell and The Sorabji Archive.

 

BIS-CD-1062-64 ADD stereo

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