Claude Vivier
The long-awaited biography of Canadian composer Claude Vivier was recently published. British musicologist Bob Gilmore, who also makes his voice regularly heard in the Netherlands, have worked on it for about ten years. Viviers course of life was always mysterious, Gilmore has unlocked a couple of mysteries, draws logical conclusions and speculates some exciting possibilities here and there. In this episode of Present Day Music a handful of Viviers salient compositions.
1. Claude Vivier. Faces – Pour violin et clarinette (2005).
Biliana Voutchkova, violin and Rossen Idealov, clarinet
-Biliana Voutchkova
2. Claude Vivier. Rêves d’un Marco Polo – Shiraz (2004).
Asko|Schönberg
-Opus Arte
3. Claude Vivier. Ayaya Moses – Pulau Dewata (1997).
Fred Frith Guitar Quartet
-DAME, Fred Frith
4. Claude Vivier. Traces Of Cultures – Works For Solo Percussion – Cinq Chansons Pour Percussion (1980) – Chanson Du Matin (2003).
Arnold Marinissen
-BV Haast Records
5. Claude Vivier. Strange City (Ville étrange) – Et je reverrai cette ville etrange: I. — (2012).
Array Ensemble
-Centrediscs
6. Claude Vivier. Strange City (Ville étrange) – Et je reverrai cette ville etrange: II. — (2012).
Array Ensemble
-Centrediscs
7. Claude Vivier. Strange City (Ville étrange) – Et je reverrai cette ville etrange: III. — (2012).
Array Ensemble
-Centrediscs
8. Claude Vivier. Rêves d’un Marco Polo – Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele (2004).
Asko|Schönberg
-Opus Arte
