Label: Important Records

米Important Recordsの素晴らしいシリーズが始動!!お見逃しなく!!Art into Lifeレーベルより作品を出版、またMetaphonやRobot Recordsからのリリースは全て紹介をしてきた、70年代初頭より活動する米重鎮パーカッショニストのMichael Ranta。なんと本作は、ケージやルシエ、エレン・フルマンといった重鎮のリアライズを行いつつ、毎度その年のベストリリース的音源を残す女性作家Sarah Henniesが演奏を担当した、Michael Rantaの珍しい室内楽作品[Transits]のVol.1。台湾に住んでいた1970年代に作曲されたものでありながら殆ど知られていないという幻の作品で、ソロ・マリンバのための30分の"Mharuva"や、2つのバスクラリネット、打楽器、電子楽器の超絶技巧を披露する40分の"Continuum II"など、長編作で編成された充実の内容。



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American percussionist and composer Michael Ranta is a legendary figure who has worked with some of the most significant names of 20th century music but despite this and impressive body of work of his own, he has remained an obscure figure....

Important Records and is pleased to present Transits: Volume 1 the first in a series of releases by composer/percussionist Sarah Hennies documenting never before heard chamber works mostly composed in the 1970s while Ranta was living in Taiwan.
Mastered by Tom Eaton at Sounds & Substance.

Based overseas since the late 60s, Ranta is known primarily as a percussionist who worked closely with Harry Partch, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Helmut Lachenmann, Toru Takemitsu and Jean-Claude Éloy but is also an accomplished artist himself with a vast body of work spanning improvisation, electronic music, and composition. The works in the “Transits” series comprise a dozen works of scored compositions for solo and chamber ensembles almost all of which are completely unknown with no known performances or recordings since their original premieres. Volume 1 includes Mharuva, a 30-minute marathon tour-de-force for solo marimba, Seven Pieces for Three Percussionists, and the 40-minute Continuum II, a stunning display of virtuosity for two bass clarinets, percussion, and electronics.

Transits, Volume 1 features performances by Sarah Hennies, NYC clarinetists Madison Greenstone and Katie Porter, and the Bard College Conservatory Percussion Ensemble.