ANTS RECORDS

This is the third and final chapter of a project/research on

"minimalisms" that the Italian flutist Manuel Zurria, acclaimed

instrumentalist and passionate lover of the more adventurous

contemporary music, began in 2007.

The double CD include near two and a half hours of music,

which reveal how much different the approaches to the

beloved "minimalist" verb can be. And how much an inquiring

and participatory interpretation can lead to exciting results.

In this brilliant collection Zurria not only "plays" pieces by

some of the most important and exciting composers on the

international scene (the list is long and you can find it below)

but "it makes them its own", reinterprets them adapts them

to his sensitivity, finally making a "version" that transcends the

limits of the genre.

Here you find and exhilarating review (transgressive but, in a

personal and deep way, "faithful") where the research spirit

of Zurria introduces us to old and new authors from Eastern

Europe (such as Sáry, Szemző , Demoč , Kabelis, Mažulis) and

makes us re-know essential authors (such as Riley, Reich,

Glass, Tenney, Skempton, Volans).

Music that will make you fly!!

Manuel Zurria is an Italian flutist and multi-instrumentalist of

international fame. He worked with composers such as

Sylvano Bussotti, Aldo Clementi, Alvin Lucier, Salvatore

Sciarrino. Composers from around the world wrote pieces for

him; in between them Giancarlo Cardini, Philip Corner, Noah

Creshevsky, Bernhard Lang, Mary Jane Leach, James

Saunders, Stefano Scodanibbio, Jacob TV and many many

others.

As a performer he played the music of Terry Riley, Arvo Part,

Frederic Rzewski, Alvin Curran, Kevin Volans and a plethora of

others, all around the world in international festival and

concert series. He recorded wih BMG Ariola, Mode records,

Stradivarius, Ricordi, Die Schachtel, EdiPan, Capstone,

Another Timbre, Mazagran, Megadisc, ANTS. He's author of a

unique disographic project on Minimalism in 3 parts and 7 CDs

("Repeat!" by Die Schachtel -2007-, "Loops4ever" by Mazagran -

2011- and "Again & Again" by ANTS -2020-).

track list

CD1 (73’16”)

1. László Sáry / Számzene I - counting music (for Tom Johnson)

(1995)

for 7 voices and toy percussions [1’21”]

2. Philip Glass / Dance #2 (1979)

version for flutes, field recordings, toy percussions - original for

organ [16’02”]

3. Adrián Demoč / Canon (2017)

for 4 alto flutes - written for M.Z. [3’55”]

4. Steve Reich / Clapping Music (1972)

for handclappers and electronics [4’32”]

5. Rytis Mažulis / Carduelis (2018)

for 10 flutes [7’55”]

6. Terry Riley / Dorian Reeds (1965)

version for flute and delays - original for saxophone and delays

[20’09”]

7. Philip Glass / Dance #4 (1979)

version for flutes, field recordings, toy percussions - original for

organ [18’00”]

8. Howard Skempton / Bagatelle (1985)

for flute [1’22”]

CD2 (75’23”)

1. László Sáry / Számzene II - instrumental version, in LA (1995)

version for 7 flutes and toy percussions [1’06”]

2. Kevin Volans / 7 Flutes (2015)

for 7 flutes [12’34”]

3. Steve Reich / Reed Phase (1966)

version for 3 piccolos and toy percussions - original for saxophone

and tape [9’34”]

4. Tibor Szemző / Water-Wonder (1981-83)

for 4 flutes (piccolo, flute, G flute, bass flute) and delays [16’50”]

5. Philip Glass / In Again Out Again (1968)

version for 2 flutes and toy percussions - original for 2 pianos

[8’36”]

6. James Tenney / Harmonium #1 (1976)

version for 12 flutes and sine waves [11’21”]

7. Ričardas Kabelis / Kalno Sutartinė (VII) (2015)

for 72 flutes - written for MZ [14’18”]

8. Howard Skempton / Bagatelle 2 (2019)

for flute - written for MZ [1’04”]

released 23/06/2020