{"product_id":"mystery-variations-on-giuseppe-colombis-chiacona","title":"Mystery Variations on Giuseppe Colombi's Chiacona","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eMYSTERY VARIATIONS ON GIUSEPPE COLOMBI’S CHIACONA \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e Anssi Karttunen (vc) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e TOCCATA 0171 (79:57) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eCOLOMBI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eChiacona. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eKAIPAINEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eAnything Goes. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eMATALON \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003ePolvo. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eREYNOLDS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eColombi Daydream. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eCOHEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eChaconne. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eTIENSUU \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eBleuelein. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSTUCKY \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003ePartite Sopra un Basso. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSALONEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eSarabande per un Coyote. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eCAMPION \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eSomething to Go On. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eWALLIN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eCiacconetta.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e ORTIZ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003ePaloma.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e HEININEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eTriple Antienne.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e HILLBORG \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eStill and Flow.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e LERDAHL \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eThere and Back Again.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e PUUMALA \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eSe Sillan.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e DUSAPIN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003e50 Notes in 3 Variations\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e. HAKOLA \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eColombi Variation.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e DUN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eChiacona After Colombi.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e NEIKRUG \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eTiny Colombi. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eYUASA \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eLocus on Colombi’s Chiacona.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e WIGGLESWORTH \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eArietta.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e MATTHEWS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eDrammatico.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e SAARIAHO \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eDreaming Chaconne.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e FEDELE \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003ePreludio and Ciaccona.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e GLOBOKAR \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eIdée Fixe.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e DAZZI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eVariation Sombre et Libre d’après Chiacona.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e TUOMELA \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eIdulla.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e JOLAS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eA Fancy for Anssi.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e SRNKA \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eA Variation.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e FRANCESCONI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eAnssimetry.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003e LINDBERG \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eDuello \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eMystery Variations\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e contains 30 different short works based on Giuseppe Colombi’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eChiacona.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e Colombi who lived from 1635 to 1694 replaced Giovanni Bononcini as maestro di cappella of the Modena Cathedral in Italy in 1678. The \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eChiacona\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e is only one of an enormous number of pieces he wrote for various instruments, chamber groups, and orchestras. It is, however, said to be the oldest piece written for the cello. The music is part of a collection from the court of Francesco II of Este at the Biblioteca Estense in Modena. The idea for the \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eMystery Variations\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e came from composer Kaija Saariaho and Muriel von Braun, the wife of cellist Anssi Karttunen, as a means of celebrating the cellist’s 50th birthday. They asked each of 30 composers to write a variation on the \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eChiacona\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e. None of the composers knew who else had been asked and Karttunen promised to premiere music that he had not yet heard. Most of the variations range from just under two to just over three minutes long, so all of them fit on one disc. Few of these variations are truly melodic, most depend on texture, drama, percussion, and tonal color to excite the senses of the listener. Only one of the composers, Colin Matthews, uses electronics. Mark Neikrug and Magnus Lindberg use the letters of the cellist’s name as part of their variations. Some composers, such as Tan Dun, who was born in China and Pablo Ortiz from Argentina, make use of their native cultures while others, like Argentinian Martin Matalon and Texan Edmund Campion turn elsewhere. Matalon creates novel textures and far off sounds with a mute while Campion includes some aspects of \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eHappy Birthday\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e in his variation. Roger Reynolds’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eColombi Daydream\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e, evokes an element of foreboding, while Jukka Tiensuu’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eBleuelein\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e and Paavo Heininen’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eTriple Antienne\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e have plaintive, pleading qualities. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eComposers like Steven Stucky, Kimmo Hakola, Joji Yuasa, Ivan Fedele, and Magnus Lindberg are fully aware of Karttunen’s virtuosity and have written works that show off some of his skills. Esa-Pekka Salonen’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eSarabande for a Coyote\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e starts with the cello sounding a bit like a harp, before introducing some charming harmonies that expand the usual cello range. Rolf Wallin’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eCiacconetta\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e has sliding arpeggios that resolve into an impressive dance. Lerdahl’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eThere and Back Again \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003euses the dance to guide us from Colombi’s time forward to our own and back again. Anders Hillborg’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eStill and Flow\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e treats us to his seriously studied version of Bach. The in-your-face style of Veli-Mali Puumala’s…\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eSe Sillan…\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eis rather unique and it added a bit of spice to the mixture on this disc. Kartunnen follows it with Dusapin’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003e50 Notes in 3 Variations,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e an inventive and intuitive work that resolves into a tone color-filled meditation. Also in the meditative mood, Ryan Wigglesworth’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eArietta\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e offers more respite from the dramatic. Kaija Saariaho’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eDreaming Chaconne\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e portrays a pastoral scene with her full-blooded sound vocabulary. In \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eIdée Fixe, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eVinko Globokar asks the cellist to sing and I found it a distraction. Gualtiero Dazzi’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eVariation Sombre et Libre d’après Chiacona\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e brings us a sweet and smooth melody played in the cello’s lowest notes. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eIdulla \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003emeans germinating and Tapio Tuomela brings us a fantasy that includes tonal color and percussion. Betsy Jolas’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eA Fancy for Anssi\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e creates rivers of sound that broaden out to reflect fragments of Colombi’s theme. Miroslav Srnka, on the other hand, uses slides and double-stops to make us hunt for the theme while Luca Francesconi makes use of it openly but varies it in unexpected ways. The finale is Magnus Lindberg’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eDuello\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e, a dialogue between the\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003e Chiacona\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e and music based on the cellist’s full name. It ends with a pleasing melody that leaves the listener feeling that the music was worthwhile hearing. The sound on this disc is excellent and I think many of our readers will find it interesting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"font-weight:bold\"\u003eFANFARE: Maria Nockin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Toccata","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49604568776984,"sku":"5060113441713","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/2109054.jpg?v=1777638484","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/mystery-variations-on-giuseppe-colombis-chiacona","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}