Charna Klein

Grammy Award-winner Alex Klein, former principal oboist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, performs sonatas that signify the oboe’s 20th-century reemergence as a brilliant solo instrument. One of the world’s most famous oboe players, Klein says he waited to acquire a professional lifetime’s worth of experience before putting his stamp on the six sonatas heard here.

In an age seemingly built to overwhelm, the concepts of directness and clear intention are being lost. Exhausting maximalist concepts have become the norm in many of the arts. It can be refreshing to hear music that has purpose and clarity. That is what Guillermo Klein and Los Guachos hope to provide on their new, suite-like recording, Cristal.

Le 3 juin 1959, Yves Klein donne une conférence à la Sorbonne : "L’évolution de l’art vers l’immatériel". Porte d’entrée idéale vers son œuvre et sa biographie, ce texte révèle les motifs constitutifs de son œuvre: le rituel, la couleur, le vide, le judo, le ciel et le feu… Au-delà de la provocation et la performance, il élabore une théorie autant poétique que spirituelle d’un art sans limites, à l’instar du travail d’un John Cage sur le silence. …