Michiko Hirayama inspired Giacinto Scelsi to write his twenty-part cycle "Canti del Capricorno" between 1962 and 1972. To this day the Japanese singer (b. 1923) is a unique performer of this spiritual yet energy-filled work for solo voice, with instrumental accompaniment for certain songs: Scelsi's notes in his own hand in the score; that is her treasure, when she comes to Ulm in May 2006 to give a concert in the series neue musik i'm stadthaus. Michiko Hirayama is a vocal power station; she is once again very young. On this WERGO CD, it has been recorded: a document of lived, immediate music. This is to be her legacy, she says openly.
1 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 1 for Voice & Gong
2 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 2 for Voice
3 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 3 for Voice
4 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 4 for Voice & Double Bass
5 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 5 for Voice
6 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 6 for Voice
7 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 7 for Voice & Saxophone
8 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 8 for Voice
9 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 9 for Voice
10 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 10 for Voice
11 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 11 for Voice
12 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 12 for Voice
13 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 13 for Voice
14 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 14 for Voice
15 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 15 for Voice & Percussion
16 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 16 for Voice with Live Electronics
17 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 17 for Voice
18 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 18 for Voice
19 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 19 for Voice & Percussion
20 Canti (20) Del Capricorno, for Woman's Voice, Another Voice & Instruments: No. 20 for Voice & Recorder
Michiko Hirayama inspired Giacinto Scelsi to write his twenty-part cycle "Canti del Capricorno" between 1962 and 1972. To this day the Japanese singer (b. 1923) is a unique performer of this spiritual yet energy-filled work for solo voice, with instrumental accompaniment for certain songs: Scelsi's notes in his own hand in the score; that is her treasure, when she comes to Ulm in May 2006 to give a concert in the series neue musik i'm stadthaus. Michiko Hirayama is a vocal power station; she is once again very young. On this WERGO CD, it has been recorded: a document of lived, immediate music. This is to be her legacy, she says openly.
