Tristan Murail: Sogni, ombre et fumi (2016)

Tristan Murail (*1947)
Sogni, ombre et fumi, for string quartet (2016)
Quatuor Diotima
Songes, ombres et fumées: the title is taken from a verse in Petrarch's Sonnet 123 (one of the sonnets that provided inspiration for three pieces in Liszt's Années de Pélerinage). These words also appear in La Vallée Close, sur des sonnets de Pétrarque, for voice, clarinet and string trio that was written the same year, in 2016.
It is above all a work concerned with "grand form"; an immense trajectory that crosses numerous territories, backtracks, anticipates... There are allusions to traditional forms: central adagio, final rondo - but everything intermingles, with the various textures and musical ideas in continuous confrontation between themselves.
All of the little devices that distract from the greater question, are rejected - the question posed by a musical form as historically encumbered as the string quartet; are thus avoided, all of the crushed sounds, diverse small noises and harmonic gurgles that abound in contemporary quartets. Also avoided, is segmentation into a succession of short movements, to favour the continuity of discourse.
The theme, as the title suggests, is melancholy - deep and persistent melancholy. A set idea (steady pizzicato pulsation) punctuates the score, clashes with other musical elements, and prevails in the end. All along this trajectory are visions, hallucinations, phases of depression and elation, of renunciation, of hope, of anger, of revolt, that suddenly surge forth... "sogni, ombre et fumi..."
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[@francoisetoupet3136]

Voilà enfin le quatuor de Tristan Murail : Pas déçu, quel souffle, quel tension jusqu'au bout. C'est passionnant tout le temps. Un trésor ! Un des plus grand quatuor de notre époque, depuis longtemps. Quel éloquence! Que d'ambiances d'ombres, d'étrange, d'angoisse et quel magnifique univers sonore. un renouvèlement du genre, un agrandissement. Les timbres sont merveilleux, bravo les Diotima, J'aurai cru que de électronique s'y fourfillait. Mais apparemment non. Comme dans les grands moments du jeune Tristan Murail : il y a des désintégrations, des choses sous pression, qui vont craquer, qui s'écroulent, beaucoup de forme sonore qui se transforment. De la mélancolie apparait mais aussi de la force. Michel Toupet oct 2020

[@francoisetoupet3136]

J'ai l'impression que jamais Tristan Murail ne s'est tant livré émotionnellement que dans ce tramatique quatuor. Toute la pièce et les tous derniers pizzicati sont si douloureux. Bravo. Michel Toupet

[@francoisetoupet3136]

Quelle diversité de jeux! une véritable pièce de concours, une apologie du quatuor à cordes! ça n’arrête pas, trouvaille sur trouvaille, les trésors d'invention se succèdent. Michel Toupet , nov 2020

[@francoisetoupet3136]

J'y revient encore: quelle vie ! Quelle intensité de chaque instant ! Quelle éloquence ! Michel Toupet.

[@didierschein8515]

A very expressive quartet, Thank you.

[@francoisetoupet3136]

Ca commence, dans un brouillard, crépusculaire, digne d'un cimetière ... brumes, vents froids, des silences, quelques envols d'oiseaux nocturnes... Michel Toupet

[@Kirb-n4r]

love the pizzicato idea! very good!

[@machida5114]

so good...

[@9827george]

❤️❤️❤️

[@alexribeiro570]

Hi! Do you have the score?

[@grinblat]

unfortunately not...

[@ViolentBlasphemy]

@grinblat Do you know where I can get a FLAC or WAV file of this amazing piece? I’d even settle for a 320kbs MP3 if I had to. PLEASE?

[@grinblat]

Please send me an email.