Septet by Taku Sugimoto

This composition is conceived of as a sort of double concertino for clarinet, flute, and small ensemble. However, the two main instruments, clarinet and flute, make no melody: the one tone is shared and repeated by them. I want to have the other instruments (viola, cello, contrabass, guitar, and sine-tone generator) work as if they are drawing several spectrums with the sound of the clarinet or flute, so each of these instruments has a specific set of microtones to play. In order to make it easier to produce those microtones, the stringed instruments are tuned anomalously; only harmonics or open strings are played. The very low frequencies are produced only by the sine-tone generator, since these frequencies are too low to play with any musical instrument except piano. (Taku Sugimoto)


Guitarist Taku Sugimoto continues his long-term musical activities, with a focus on composing, and also collaborates closely with some of the composers in the Wandelweiser Group. This release is one of the summits of his recent work. "Septet" is a work of just under 40 minutes, performed by seven musicians on clarinet, flute, viola, contrabass, cello, electric guitar and sine-tones. Throughout, numerous diffuse sound reverberations emerge and overlap, then fade away. The sound progression is simple and unhurried, but the work is permeated with tension from start to finish. A masterpiece. This is the live recording of the work's world premiere in Berlin in March 2015.

ギター奏者の杉本拓は、ここのところ作曲に比重を置いた音楽活動を続け、ドイツを拠点とした現代音楽の作曲家集団、ヴァンデルヴァイザー派の作曲家たちとの親交も深い。そんな杉本の近年の頂点を極めた作曲作品が登場！　『Septet』は、クラリネット、フルート、ヴィオラ、コントラバス、チェロ、エレクトリック・ギター、サイントーンの7人の演奏家による40分弱の作品。全体を通して、茫漠たるいくつもの音の響きが現れては重なり合い、そして消えてゆく。音の流れは簡潔でゆったりとしている一方、終始、緊張感溢れた傑作。2015年3月24日、ドイツ、ベルリンでおこなった世界初演のライヴ録音を収録。