Bronius Kutavičius - Magic Squares | LENsemble Vilnius, Vykintas Baltakas

Bronius Kutavičius - Magic Squares

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1.	LENsemble - B.Kutavičius - Clocks of the Past II (2000) for ensemble 17:03	info	buy track
2.	Chordos String Quartet - B.Kutavičius - String Quartet No 1 - I 03:19	info	buy track
3.	Chordos String Quartet - B.Kutavičius - String Quartet No 1 - II 04:19	info	buy track
4.	Chordos String Quartet - B.Kutavičius - String Quartet No 1 - III 03:58	info	buy track
5.	B.Kutavičius - Pantheistic Oratorio (1970) for soloists and ensemble 18:45	info	buy track
6.	Chordos String Quartet - B.Kutavičius - Anno Cum Tettigonia \| String Quartet No 2 (1980) 15:57	info	buy track
7.	B.Kutavičius - Magic Squares ( 2012) for soloists and ensemble 10:18	info	buy track

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BRONIUS KUTAVIČIUS (b. 1932) is considered one of the most im- portant Lithuanian composers of the second half of XX century. Yet in his early music pieces the composer has applied various avant-garde techniques and modern princi- ples such as serialism, sonorism, aleatoric and collage. But according to Kutavičius, he started writing some of his valuable compositions quite late, in the 1970s. At that time the Baltic music was marked with the search for national identity, individual musical language and style. Kutavičius’ music during the 1970’s provoked something of a cul- tural shock in the Lithuanian public and his compositions Pantheistic oratorio (1970), Dzukian Variations (1974), The Small Spectacle (1975), Last Pagan Rites and Two Birds in the Shadows of the Woods (both written in 1978), the Second string quartet Anno cum tettigonia (Year with the Grasshopper, 1980) became exceptional events in Lith- uanian music of the time. It can be said that Kutavičius discovered his own musical language that was combined with the asceticism, multi-layered structures, repetitions and archaism of Lithuanian folk music intonations, forms and texture and covered with the extensive cultural domain. Eventually Kutavičius’ creation purified the specific fea- tures such as unique temporal-spatial relationships and interpretation, theatrical effect and resemblance to a ritual in his music, ability to create emotional tension by spare vehicles and repetitive minimalism that is associated with the principles of Lithuanian folklore.

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released October 7, 2022

Producer Vykintas Baltakas
Mastering Arūnas Zujus
Texts Rima Povilionienė, Vita Gruodytė
Design by Neringa Žukauskaitė
Photos by Arcana Femina, Robertas Dakševič, Ugnė Žilinskė
Supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture
Published by No Business Records - Classical Contemporary Series

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