Composition No. 173
Composition No. 173 | ||||
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Studio album by Anthony Braxton | ||||
Released | 1996 | |||
Recorded | December 19, 20 & 21, 1994 | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 58:55 | |||
Label | Black Saint 120166-2 | |||
Producer | Flavio Bonandrini | |||
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Composition No. 173 (subtitled For 4 Actors, 14 Instrumentalists Constructed Environment and Video Projections) is an album by American saxophonist and composer Anthony Braxton with orchestra and actors recorded in 1994 for the Italian Black Saint label.[1][2][3]
Reception
The AllMusic review by "Blue" Gene Tyranny stated "This musically and textually complex composition examines movement-strategies that occur in normal life in various spaces ... The music is exciting and contrapuntally dense, and at other times mysteriously sustained. Maps of geography (sounds moving about the real and imaginary and video "virtual" lands) and musical graph strategies are treated as analogs. A thoughtful and innovative "multimedia" work".[4]
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Track listing
All compositions by Anthony Braxton.
- "Composition No. 173":
- "Opening Music – Introduction" – 15:39
- Scene One – Interlude Duo"" – 16:16
- "Scene Two (A) – Interlude Ensemble" – 14:22
- "Scene Two (B)" – 5:12
- "Closing Music" – 7:26
Personnel
- Anthony Braxton – conductor
Actors
- Steve Ben Israel – "Arnold"
- Laura Arbuckle – "Jeremy"
- Isha Beck – "Miss Tisingham"
- Baba Ben Israel – "Molly"
Musicians
- Melinda Newman – oboe; soloist
- Brandon Evans – sopranino saxophone, bass clarinet; soloist
- Bo Bell – bassoon
- Jennifer Hill – clarinet
- Danielle Langston, Nickie Braxton – violin
- Brett W. Larner – koto
- Kevin O'Neil – guitar
- Sandra Miller, Jacob Rosen – cello
- Dirck Westervelt, Joe Fonda – bass
- Josh Rosenblatt – percussion
References
- ^ Anthony Braxton discography Archived 2012-09-11 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 13, 2017
- ^ Enciclopedia del Jazz: Anthony Braxton accessed June 13, 2017
- ^ Jazzlists: Black Saint Records main series discography, accessed June 13, 2017
- ^ a b Tyranny, "Blue" Gene. Composition No. 173 – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
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