Cela S'appelle L'aurore

Though there are thousands of languages and countless political differences across the world, people tend to come together through equally endless forms of music and dance.

Orlando Cela demonstrates his ingenious ability to navigate complexities of postmodernism in chamber music and the avant garde with this rich recording of flute and piccolo treasures for the curious ear. Operating with a creative vision inspired by Frederic Chopin that “simplicity is the final achievement,” Cela invites the listener on a journey of experimental music beginning with Besingrand’s “Le soupir du roseau dans les bras du vent” in which the flutist explores the unexpected possibilities for creating sound with his instrument.

The term “symphony” automatically evokes grandiosity in all aspects – a large-scale orchestra, great compositional complexity and considerable playing time. Orlando Cela and his Lowell Chamber Orchestra turn this idea on its head with MINIATURE SYMPHONIES, an enticing selection of short and snappy sinfoniettas for chamber orchestra.Pivoted around a complete recording of Darius Milhaud’s five charming, highly-aesthetic chamber symphonies (composed in France between 1917 and 1922), MINIATURE SYMPHONIES also showcases newly-commissioned companion works by a diverse range of contemporary composers: Brittney Benton, Kevin Scott, Quinn Mason, and Yoko Nakatani. Together, these pieces intertwine splendidly: Milhaud’s symphonies effortlessly condense greatness into a minute form, and his modern successors prove that brevity is indeed the soul of wit.

The term “symphony” automatically evokes grandiosity in all aspects – a large-scale orchestra, great compositional complexity and considerable playing time. Orlando Cela and his Lowell Chamber Orchestra turn this idea on its head with MINIATURE SYMPHONIES, an enticing selection of short and snappy sinfoniettas for chamber orchestra.Pivoted around a complete recording of Darius Milhaud’s five charming, highly-aesthetic chamber symphonies (composed in France between 1917 and 1922), MINIATURE SYMPHONIES also showcases newly-commissioned companion works by a diverse range of contemporary composers: Brittney Benton, Kevin Scott, Quinn Mason, and Yoko Nakatani. Together, these pieces intertwine splendidly: Milhaud’s symphonies effortlessly condense greatness into a minute form, and his modern successors prove that brevity is indeed the soul of wit.

Acclamato dalla critica come uno dei capolavori del premio Nobel spagnolo Camilo José Cela, questo breve romanzo ha per protagonista un gruppo di uomini e di donne che si ritrovano reclusi, distanti dal mondo, nel padiglione di un sanatorio per malati di tubercolosi. Alla fatica e al dolore fisico dei personaggi si somma la malinconia del distacco, l’allontanamento da una società che, prima di comprenderne le difficoltà, li giudica per il pericolo che rappresentano. La malattia non è, perciò, solamente un fardello, ma a tratti una colpa, da scontare in solitudine o, al massimo, tra correi. Le loro menti sono attraversate dagli stessi pensieri e una speranza comune li anima, quella della guarigione. Così, a poco a poco, tra i degenti si consolidano le relazioni, scandite da antipatie e ossessioni, chimica e attrazione..

This is the first, book-length study of the six travel narratives published by the 1989 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Preliminary chapters focus on technical and thematic aspects of travel-writing, and on the author's approach to the genre. Cela's travel works, which appeared between 1948 and 1986, are examined in turn, with a focus on the construction of the narratives and also on the themes that are developed in each of them. There is an assessment of the author's treatment of topographical, cultural, historical…