Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi 7: A Reissue and a Revisit

Alphabetically, Nono sits between Mussorgsky and Pergolesi. There could be stranger and less compatible bookends.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi 7: A Reissue and a Revisit

Alphabetically, Nono sits between Mussorgsky and Pergolesi. There could be stranger and less compatible bookends.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 6.

It would seem Nono continued to be frustrated with the world, and that he implores us to do better, and, crucially, to listen better and to participate better.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 6.

It would seem Nono continued to be frustrated with the world, and that he implores us to do better, and, crucially, to listen better and to participate better.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 5.

This big-little piece asks for a contralto, flute (piccolo and bass flute), tuba, and a percussion sextet playing Sardinian bells, crotales and bongos, but also some complicated live electronic processing.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 5.

This big-little piece asks for a contralto, flute (piccolo and bass flute), tuba, and a percussion sextet playing Sardinian bells, crotales and bongos, but also some complicated live electronic processing.

Utopian Listening: Reinvigorating Nono in America

Years from now, we will look back at a conference held in Boston at the end of March 2016 as the defining event that reinvigorated worldwide – American especially – interest in the work of Luigi Nono.

Utopian Listening: Reinvigorating Nono in America

Years from now, we will look back at a conference held in Boston at the end of March 2016 as the defining event that reinvigorated worldwide – American especially – interest in the work of Luigi Nono.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 4.

Cuckson and Burns offer the first 5.1 surround sound release of La lontananza. Given the violinist moves through space, this format makes perfect sense.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 4.

Cuckson and Burns offer the first 5.1 surround sound release of La lontananza. Given the violinist moves through space, this format makes perfect sense.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 3.

A fresh NEOS sparks this roundup and forces an overdue confrontation with col legno’s Prometeo.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 3.

A fresh NEOS sparks this roundup and forces an overdue confrontation with col legno’s Prometeo.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 2.

Perhaps too eagerly I mentioned that there would be a second part in this string of Nono explorations.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 2.

Perhaps too eagerly I mentioned that there would be a second part in this string of Nono explorations.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 1.

I’ve postponed covering a stack of relatively recent Nono releases, music impossible to contemplate casually.

Maestro di Suoni e Silenzi: Necessary Nono 1.

I’ve postponed covering a stack of relatively recent Nono releases, music impossible to contemplate casually.