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Iannis Xenakis - Akea

Akea, for piano & string quartet (1986) Claude Helffer, piano Arditti String Quartet The piano quintet is an ensemble with a long tradition, bringing to mind works by Schubert or Schumann, Brahms or Franck. Certainly, it is not a genre normally associated with an arch-modernist like Iannis Xenakis. Be that as it may, pianist Claude Helffer and the Arditti String Quartet unveiled at the 1986 Festival d'Autumne in Paris a new piano quintet, Akea, by one Iannis Xenakis. Not surprisingly, Akea is one of Xenakis' most "classical" scores. The string writing is restrained; there are for example no glissandi, an element typical in Xenakis' music up to that point. The composer even calls for vibrato on occasion, a feature virtually absent from most of his other music. Akea opens with sweeping arpeggios in the piano, set off by sustained chords in the strings that evolve into more sharply defined rhythmic figures. Various attempts at unfurling melodic phrases eventually lead into a more contrapuntal section which becomes dominated by the piano. There is much exchange of material and interplay between the piano and the strings, highlighting the differences in their respective characters. At other points, such as in the third section, Xenakis tries to integrate the two sonorities, drawing all the players into a dense homogenous texture. While there are a number of obvious shifts from one section to another, the overall impression is one of balance and flow, free of dramatic interjection. Given Xenakis' reputation as a radical, this quintet shows a surprisingly reflective side of his musical personality; as subsequent works demonstrate, this reflectiveness has become an increasingly prominent part of his language. [allmusic.com] Art by Hans Hartung