40 Years of Contemporary Music
Navona 6172

Grupo Encuentros
Alicia Terzian
13 / 7 / 2018
1:11:28

 

 

 

Since composer, conductor and musicologist Alicia Terzian founded Grupos Encuentros in 1978, the six-person group has garnered international acclaim for its success at bringing the music of avant-garde Argentinian and Latin American composers to the world.
On 40 Years of Contemporary Music, the group combines compositions from such well-known Latin American composers as Heitor Villa-Lobos, Alberto Ginastera, and  Alicia Terzian herself with works by an international array of composers that ranges from
Anton Webern
to Luciano Berio to Franz Schreker to Pierre Boulez.
Grupo Encuentros consists of mezzo soprano Marta Blanco, pianist Claudio Espetor, flutist Fabio Mazzetelli, clarinetist Matias Tchicourel, violinist Sergio Polizzi and violoncellist Carlos Nozzi.
The program presented on 40 Years of Contemporary Music originally premiered at the annual Encuentros International Festival in Buenos Aires and truly highlights the brilliance of these award-winning musicians, who have earned high praise from such media outlets as the Los Angeles Times, where they were lauded as “deeply serious and challenging.” Over their 40 year-long career, the group has performed at dozens of prestigious venues, including London’s Royal Albert Hall and New York City’s Merkin Auditorium. 40 Years of Contemporary Music transcends cultural boundaries with such selections as Villa-Lobos’ Choro No. 7, which unites the sounds of Amerindian primitivism with the polkas and waltzes of suburban dance halls in Brazil. Emphasizing her status as a renowned ethnomusicologist, Terzian dedicates her composition Yagua de Uca to the Chinguano and Chanel peoples, who belong to a lost indigenous northwestern Argentinian culture. O King was composed the same year as the assassination of Martin Luther King, a tragedy which deeply affected its Italian composer Luciano Berio. Grupo Encuentros founder Alicia Terzian has composed over 80 compositions for orchestras, orchestras with soloists, and chamber orchestras with and without soloists, musical theater, and multimedia. She travels the world giving seminars on composition and contemporary chamber music at universities and is often invited to participate on juries at international compositions.
  1. Heitor Villa-Lobos : Choros No. 7, "Settiminio" 9:20
    Fabio Mazzetelli, flute - Ruben Albornoz, oboe - Matias Tchicourel, clarinet - Maria Noel Luzzardo, saxophone - Ernesto Imsand, bassoon - Sergio Polizzi , violin - Carlos Nozzi, cello
  2. Alberto Ginastera : Pampeana No. 2, Op. 21 9:07
    Carlos Nozzi, cello - Claudio Espéctor, piano
Anton Webern : 8 ungen Lieder
Marta Blanco, mezzo soprano - Claudio Espéctor, piano
  1. No. 1. Tief von Fern 1:17
  2. No. 2. Aufblick 2:47
  3. No. 3. Blümengrus 1:24
  4. No. 4. Bild der Liebe 1:57
  5. No. 5. Sommerabend 2:17
  6. No. 6. Heiter 1:21
  7. No. 7. Der Tod 1:18
  8. No. 8. Heimgang in der Fruhe 5:14
  1. Alicia Terzian : Yagua-Ya Yuca 5:00
    Arauco Yepes, percussion
  2. Luciano Berio : O King 5:07
    Marta Blanco, mezzo soprano - Fabio Mazzetelli, flute - Matias Tchicourel, clarinet - Claudio Espéctor, piano - Sergio Polizzi , violin - Carlos Nozzi, cello
  3. Pierre Boulez : Dérive I 7:30
    Fabio Mazzetelli, flute - Matias Tchicourel, clarinet - Claudio Espéctor, piano - Sergio Polizzi , violin - Carlos Nozzi, cello - Claudio Espéctor, piano - Arauco Yepes, percussion
  4. Alicia Terzián : Les yeux fertiles 7:20
    Marta Blanco, mezzo soprano - Fabio Mazzetelli, flute - Matias Tchicourel, clarinet - Claudio Espéctor, piano - Sergio Polizzi , violin - Carlos Nozzi, cello
  5. Franz Schreker : Der Wind 10:39
    Sergio Polizzi, violin - Matias Tchicourel, clarinet - Gaston Frosio, horn - Carlos Nozzi, cello - Claudio Espéctor, piano