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Cristóbal Halffter: Homo ElectricusThis CD features three large works for ensemble and electronics composed by Cristóbal Hallfter in the 1960 and 70s. "Planto por las víctimas de la violencia" (1970/71), for chamber ensemble (3 fl, 3 ob, 3 kl, 4 perc., pno, string quartet) and live-electronics, is the foundational piece of the Experimentalstudio of the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung. "Planto" is also the first composition to use the HA-LA-PHON, a pioneering spatialisation device that—together with a series of further analogue sound transformation prototypes—was purposely developed by Hans Peter Haller and Peter Lawo for this piece. The CD is rounded out by "Lineas y Puntos" (1966/67), for wind ensemble and tape (the latter produced at the research Institute for Sonology, Den Haag), and "Variaciones por la resonancia de un grito" (1976/77), for 11 instruments (3 kl, 3 tb, 3vc, pno, cemb, elec. org.), tape and live-electronics (Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung). "Planto" and "Variaciones" are the result of a critical study of the electronic part that I undertook with a view of staging historically informed performances of those pieces. "Planto" and "Variaciones" were recorded live in the Teatro del Canal, Madrid, in 2010 to commemorate Cristóbal Halffter's 80th anniversary. Related links: Stradivarius |