Zosha di Castri: Tachitipo

Overview

This is the debut album of music featuring composer Zosha Di Castri, performed by various chamber musicians from the New York area. The pieces are diverse in several respects -- they are electric or acoustic, programmatic or abstract -- but they suggest a composer with a distinctive style. All were composed between 2010 and 2016. The Quartet No. 1 for string quartet was commissioned for the Banff International String Quartet Competition, and it poses considerable challenges for the players, both individually as a group. All of the music has a virtuoso aspect, splendidly realized by the performers here, and the virtuosity is often deployed to create a rather aggressive atmosphere. This may be contrasted with quieter elements, as in Dux for solo piano, where an "often bombastic, unpredictable, powerful, scattered" leader (or "dux") line is sharply opposed to its follower line. Especially evocative is the title track, whose name refers to an 1823 Italian typewriter model. The work is not so much about suggesting a typewriter as "a reflection on writing and the machines we use to execute our ideas." Di Castri notes that many of the early "typewriters" (the term referred to both the machine and the user) were women, and there are other feminist aspects in the music and its production. A sometimes difficult but always direct and appealing debut. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	11/15/2019
Label:	New Focus / New Focus Recordings
UPC:	0655646189352
Rank:	218416

Tracks

1. The Animal After Whom Other Animals Are Named  - John Castillo  - Zosha Di Castri  -  Ekmeles  - Charles Mueller  - Nicole Sealey
2. Cort¿¿ge  - John Castillo  - Zosha Di Castri  - Haruka Nagata  - Ryan Streber  -  Talea Ensemble  - Lorraine Vaillancourt
3. Quartet No. 1  - James Clemens-Seeley  - Kseniya Degtyareva  - Zosha Di Castri  - Lilita Dunska  -  JACK Quartet
4. Dux  - Julia Den Boer  - John Castillo  - Kseniya Degtyareva  - Zosha Di Castri  - Charles Mueller  - Haruka Nagata
5. La Forma dello spazio  - John Castillo  - Zosha Di Castri  -  International Contemporary Ensemble  - Charles Mueller  - Haruka Nagata  - Lorraine Vaillancourt
6. Tachitipo  - David Adamcyk  - Zosha Di Castri  - Ryan Streber  -  Yarn/Wire

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Yarn/Wire   Ensemble
Talea Ensemble   Ensemble
Ekmeles   Vocal Ensemble
Lorraine Vaillancourt   Conductor
International Contemporary Ensemble   Ensemble
JACK Quartet   String Quartet
Julia Den Boer   Piano

Technical Credits

David Adamcyk   Mixing Engineer,Editing Engineer
Haruka Nagata   Mixing Engineer,Editing Engineer
Zosha Di Castri   Composer,Mixing Engineer,Editing Engineer
Nicole Sealey   Text
Martha de Francisco   Producer
Charles Mueller   Engineer
Ryan Streber   Engineer
James Clemens-Seeley   Engineer,Mastering
Lilita Dunska   Assistant Engineer
John Castillo   Mixing Engineer,Editing Engineer
Kiva Stimac   Design
Kseniya Degtyareva   Mixing Engineer,Editing Engineer,Assistant Engineer