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Giacinto Scelsi

Giacinto Scelsi has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 19 episodes and was first played on 24 October 2016.

Giacinto Scelsi, Count of Ayala Valva (8 January 1905 – 9 August 1988), was an Italian composer who also wrote surrealist poetry in French.

He is best known for writing music based around only one pitch, altered in all manners through microtonal oscillations, harmonic allusions, and changes in timbre and dynamics, as paradigmatically exemplified in his revolutionary "Quattro pezzi su una nota sola" ("Four Pieces on a single note", 1959). His musical output, which encompassed all Western classical genres except scenic music, remained…

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Canti Del Capricorno 1-19
Giacinto Scelsi, Michiko Hirayama
Wergo1988
Canti Del Capricorno 1-19
Giacinto Scelsi, Michiko HirayamaWergo1988
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Natura Renovatur
Giacinto Scelsi, Frances-Marie Uitti, Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen
ECM Records, ECM New Series2006
Natura Renovatur
Giacinto Scelsi, Frances-Marie Uitti, Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph PoppenECM Records, ECM New Series2006
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Hymnos
Giacinto Scelsi, Orchestre De La Radio-Télévision Polonaise De Cracovie, Jürg Wyttenbach
Accord1990
Hymnos
Giacinto Scelsi, Orchestre De La Radio-Télévision Polonaise De Cracovie, Jürg WyttenbachAccord1990
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Anagamin (1965)
Giacinto Scelsi, Klangforum Wien, Hans Zender
Kairos2001
Anagamin (1965)
Giacinto Scelsi, Klangforum Wien, Hans ZenderKairos2001
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Divertimento No. 3 (1955)
Giacinto Scelsi, Weiping Lin
Mode2013
Divertimento No. 3 (1955)
Giacinto Scelsi, Weiping LinMode2013
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Quattro Pezzi Per Orchestra (Ciascuno Su Una Nota Sola)
Giacinto Scelsi, Jürg Wyttenbach, Orchestre De La Radio-Télévision Polonaise De Cracovie, Chœur De La Philharmonie De Cracovie
Accord0
Quattro Pezzi Per Orchestra (Ciascuno Su Una Nota Sola)
Giacinto Scelsi, Jürg Wyttenbach, Orchestre De La Radio-Télévision Polonaise De Cracovie, Chœur De La Philharmonie De CracovieAccord0
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Suite No. 9 "Ttai" (1953)
Giacinto Scelsi
col legno1996
Suite No. 9 "Ttai" (1953)
Giacinto Scelsicol legno1996
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Duo For Violin & Cello
Giacinto Scelsi
Sub Rosa1992
Duo For Violin & Cello
Giacinto ScelsiSub Rosa1992
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Un Adieu (1978/88?)
Giacinto Scelsi, Aki Takahashi
Mode2006
Un Adieu (1978/88?)
Giacinto Scelsi, Aki TakahashiMode2006
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Suite No. 10 "Ka" (1954)
Giacinto Scelsi, Aki Takahashi
Mode2006
Suite No. 10 "Ka" (1954)
Giacinto Scelsi, Aki TakahashiMode2006
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