CELLO ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1

CELLO ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1

Charlotte Moorman – Cello Anthology, Vol. 1

"It is certainly surprising that until now an exhaustive recognition of the work of Charlotte Moorman has not been undertaken. The cellist can be numbered among the most charismatic and influential protagonists to have appeared on the avant-garde or experimental music scenes since the early '60s. A documentation of her activities as a performer is generally available only in various catalogues which document the crucial intersection with the work of Nam June Paik, or the association with manifestations and events connected with the so exquisitely realistic gestures of the Fluxus movement. To have accepted the transformation of herself into a 'living icon' through the works realized in collaboration with Paik, has perhaps contributed to obscure a part of her individuality. As Giuseppe Chiari correctly noted, in a text which is authoritatively integrated into the documentation provided by the present publication, Charlotte Moorman's oeuvre can in fact be sympathetically felt only in the absolutely 'unique' character of her interpretative gesture, a character which justly identifies her originality, her capacity of an authentic 'author.' The presence of Charlotte Moorman as catalyst must be realized in such an evaluation. Cello Anthology is a collection of documents -- sonic and photographic -- as well as original texts and testimonials, made available for the first time in a unitary form, which permits a complete recognition of Charlotte Moorman's work.

Charlotte Moorman

2006

CD

English, German

Contemporary, Classical

CLS.MOO

Germany