Scelsi: "Uaxuctum", Part One

Giacinto Scelsi Uaxuctum (1966) Orchestre Et Chœur De La Radio-Télévision Polonaise De Cracovie, Ondes Martenot -- Tristan Murail, Conductor -- Jürg Wyttenbach. Accord ‎-- 200612. Uaxuctum is subtitled: "The legend of the Maya city, destroyed by themselves for religious reasons" and corresponds to an actual Maya city in Peten, Guatemala which flourished during the first millennium AD. This is an intensely dramatic work, and the most bizarre in Scelsi's output. It depicts the end of an ancient civilization - residing in Central America, but with mythical roots extending back to Egypt and beyond - it is the last flowering of a mystical and mythological culture which was slowly destroyed by our modern world. In this case, Scelsi says, the Mayans made a conscious decision to end the city themselves.

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[AcidProphecy]

Could you please share who the interpreter of this piece is?

Thanks in advance!

[NewMusicXX]

Orchestre Et Chœur De La Radio-Télévision Polonaise De Cracovie, Ondes Martenot – Tristan Murail, Conductor – Jürg Wyttenbach. Accord ‎– 200612.

[themorningbell6]

fucking amazing

[rDeckarDz]

holy fuck, love it but it got to be too much at around 2:10 had to pause and collect myself! :0

[AcidProphecy]

Much obliged!

[micdsk]

Hes mind was sick, he was in the hospital. this music is his mind

[Frisbieinstein]

Unobtanium?

[Josh C]

Abyssic.

[Steven Thomas]

Love it!!



[pervycreeper]

This is hair-raising music. Deserves to be in higher fidelity, though.

[Vlessgorian]

Wow, for me it still is the other way around... following what you said, I-ll have to work my way DOWN to Stockhausen :/ but I think all the music deserves to be listened to with attentive ears :) good luck on the way!

[dwieselmcallister]

No, no. ;)