Petit: Concertino Nervoso. Duo Akrostick/klein

Fabrice Marandola (percussion), Kristie Ibrahim (percussion), Julieanne Klein (soprano), Joseph Malloch (electronics)

Petit: Concertino Nervoso, Si près du vent, Fantosmes, Song from waves

Born in 1959, Arnaud Petit studied with Luciano Berio. In addition to composing, he has taught at IRCAM, Stanford University and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Petit's oeuvre includes opera, vocal, orchestral and chamber music as well as film soundtracks. Concertino Nervoso, the major work on this disc, is based on the dramatic potential of percussion. In it, a solo percussionist, played here by Fabrice Marandola, acts as a kind of deus ex machina. Pairing the soloist with electronics, Concertino Nervoso explores an imaginary link between percussion and various sound worlds, between live performance and its computer double.

Price: $19.98