Stockhausen: Mantra (1970)
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KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Stockhausen: Mantra (1970)
Pestova/Meyer Piano Duo and Jan Panis (electronics)
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 20 October 2010
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"In this, the first recording of the work for 13 years, the trio creates a mesmerising trip, in every sense of the word, for dual pianos with electronic modification." (William Dart NZ Herald)
"The electronic ring modulation adds another layer, sometimes just subtly enhancing the piano timbres, sometimes adding a much more astringent edge. This is the first recording on which those effects have been achieved digitally...this is a highly accomplished presentation of one of the landmark pieces in the second half of the 20th century." The Guardian, 2nd September 2010 ****
"New Zealand pianist Xenia Pestova and her colleagues, Pascal Meyer and Jan Panis, delve into Stockhausen's score cupboard and rescue his 1970 Mantra. In this, the first recording of the work for 13 years, the trio creates a mesmerising trip, in every sense of the word, for dual pianos with electronic modification. The end result is often spooky and surreal, with a touch of sci-fi but it can also be remarkably sensuous, as if charting a meeting place between Brahms and Keith Jarrett."
(William Dart NZ Herald)
"it is highly colourful (electronics make the music often seem to come from underwater), theatrical, humorous (Doctor Who enters at track 15) and wise. Captivating." Sunday Times, 26th September 2010 ****
