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Artist:	BARLOW, CLARENCE
Title:	Klavierwerk Von Klarenz Barlow
Label:	CYBELE RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD/SACD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	CYBELE 960308CD

"Clarence Barlow has written many pieces for piano, including thirteen preludes and fugues. The idea for the composition originated in a discussion about which similarities European and Indian music display. In the cycle, written between 1974 and 2006, Barlow interweaves the melodic peculiarities of Indian ragas with those of the European tradition dating back to Johann Sebastian Bach. Barlow has also written for the player piano, a normal instrument in appearance, but one driven by a computer. Four of his works for the player piano are featured on this Super Audio CD. In 1978, Barlow developed the computer program 'Autobusk' while writing his piano piece 'Cogluotobusisletmesi.' The inspiration for the piece came on a bus journey in eastern Anatolia (Turkey), when he heard the microintervals of local music: in his piece, he makes extensive use of microintervals, above all quarter tones. He sketched a structure of areas with different densities, each one narrowly defined. Thus, certain fields are rich in events or have very few and some areas feature complex rhythms, while others are regular. The composer used 'Autobusk' to help him devise a score which could be performed. 'Cogluotobusisletmesi' lasts for 30 minutes even and contains four sections of progressive durations: 2 minutes, 4 minutes, 8 minutes, and 16 minutes. The original solo version of 1978 is so complex, that Barlow created a version for four pianos in 2006 in which the score delegates a specific part to each pianist." Performed by Hermann Kretzschmar (piano); Klarenz Barlow (player piano); Benjamin Kobler, Hermann Kretzschmar, Jurgen Kruse, Irmela Roelcke (4 pianos); James Avery (conducter).

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