SONG OF
SONGS
COMPUTER AND ELECTROACOUSTIC MUSIC BY BARRY
TRUAX
1. PRELUDE
Morning & Afternoon (from
Song of
Songs) (SOCAN 7:48)
2 . BASILICA (1992)
for two digital soundtracks
(SOCAN
11:45)
Sound
Example
available
3.- 6. SONG OF SONGS (1992)
for oboe d'amore, English horn
and two
digital soundtracks (SOCAN 18:25)
Lawrence Cherney, oboe d'amore, English horn
I. Morning (3:56)
II. Afternoon (4:43)
III. Evening (4:47)
IV. Night and Daybreak (4:59)
Sound
Example
available
7. SEQUENCE OF LATER HEAVEN
(1993)
for four digital soundtracks
(SOCAN
13:48)
8. NIGHTWATCH (1982)
for marimba and two soundtracks
(SOCAN
13:27)
Russell Hartenberger, marimba
Sound
Example
available
9. CODA
Evening, Night & Daybreak
(from Song
of Songs) (SOCAN 9:45)
Reviewer's comments:
If you have any interest at all in granular synthesis, get this disc and see how it is used by a master. (Warren Burt, Computer Music Journal, 23(4), 106)Song of Songs presents both the state of the art in electronic sound production and the expressive power that a mature composer can bring to the medium... All the pieces on this CD will reward repeated listening but Song of Songs moves beyond being merely interesting: it challenges listeners both to immerse themselves in the soundscape and to step back and decipher it. (Paul Hertz, Leonardo )
