Giacinto Scelsi The Orchestra Works

The maverick Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi whose adventures in harmonic minimalism marked much of his work wrote the three orchestral works Hymnos Hurqualia and KonxOmPax presented here Each piece is interspersed with excerpts from a fourth Scelsi composition Canti Del Capricorno Though he had little formal training Scelsi is now regarded as one of the most creative composers of the 20th century