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Luciano Berio

Musician

Luciano Berio (1925–2003) was an Italian composer known for inventive solo pieces (Sequenze), Sinfonia and large ensemble works that explore voice, timbre and extended techniques.

Born 1925, died 2003. Berio's Sequenze (first composed 1958, newest in the cycle 1995) are a cycle of virtuosic solo pieces; Sinfonia (1968–69) juxtaposes orchestra and amplified voices and quotes widely; Coro (1976–77) combines 40 voices each paired with instruments and uses multiple languages and texts (including Pablo Neruda). He collaborated with vocalist Cathy Berberian (Sequenza III written for her).

DeBaser's reviews present Luciano Berio as a central figure in postwar contemporary music. The coverage emphasizes his Sequenze cycle, the landmark Sinfonia, and large-scale works like Coro. Reviews praise his inventiveness with voice, instruments and orchestral arrangement.

For:Listeners of contemporary classical music, performers exploring extended techniques, students and researchers of 20th-century music

 The triple CD Deutsche Grammophon reviewed here gathers the "Sequenze" by Luciano Berio: 14 pieces for solo instrumentwritten over a period from 1958 to 1995, which constitute one of the most notable achievements of the composer.

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 1968: a year of great dreams, great changes, but also contradictions.

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 Berio defined this piece as a "ballad": having an inter-national character, it uses five languages: Italian, French, English, Hebrew, German.

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