Opus Clavicembalisticum

Album by Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji & John Ogdon

Opus clavicembalisticum is a solo piano composition by Kaikhosru Sorabji, completed in 1930. Musically, it is an exceptionally long and technically demanding work within 20th-century piano repertoire, characterised by extremely dense counterpoint, complex polyrhythms and expansive formal architecture, representing one of Sorabji's most ambitious compositions and a notable point of reference in extreme modernist piano literature.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: I. Introito
    2:49
  2. 2.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: II. Preludio-Corale
    13:20
  3. 3.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: III. Fuga I
    12:37
  4. 4.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: IV. Fantasia
    4:20
  5. 5.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: V. Fuga a due soggetti
    18:07

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: VI. Interludium Primum (Thema cum XLIX Variationibus)
    58:09
  2. 3.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: VII. Cadenza I
    4:23

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: VIII. Fuga a tre soggetti
    45:17

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: IX. Interludium Alterum: Toccata
    5:40
  2. 5.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: IX. Interludium Alterum: Adagio
    16:41
  3. 6.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: IX. Interludium Alterum: Passacaglia
    50:37

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: X. Cadenza II
    3:05
  2. 6.
    Opus Clavicembalisticum: XI. Fuga a quattro soggetti - XII. Coda Stretta
    51:52

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