Tristan Murail - Gondwana (Audio + Full Score)

Tristan Murail - Gondwana, for orchestra (1980)
Orchestre National de France
Conductor - Yves Prin
Gondwana (1980) is a defining musical composition of spectral music for large orchestra composed by Tristan Murail using simulated synthesis to create a harmonic interpolation between an orchestrally synthesized chord derived from a simulated bell sound (inharmonic) and a chord derived from a trombone sound (harmonic). This process is meant to evoke the shifting of continents and thus the piece is named after the former supercontinent Gondwana.
The piece uses interpolation to make a smooth transformation on all musical parameters including spectral profile, envelope, and instrumental attacks. The bell sounds were created through a Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis with a single modulator affecting five carriers to create five different harmonies, these being connected by interpolated chords. The components of the trombone's frequency spectrum was derived through a Fourier transform.
The piece's long quiet or silent moments are shaped in "long, seamlessly evolving paragraphs" evoking the geological processes which created the continent. The first opening slowly transforms a chord before turning to trills. The opening chord has been compared to the work of Messiaen. The piece, "incorporates a substantial passage directly modelled upon," Sibelius's Lemminkäinen in Tuonela from the Four Lemminkäinen Legends op.22 (1896).
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[@MajorAndMinor]

this score looks like late night wrist pain and buckets of sweat with a side of infinite patience

[@windowtrimmer8211]

Masterpiece. One the greatest “texture” works I’ve ever heard.

[@quingkeso2]

thank god the score is provided

[@conw_y]

This is epic! As a Messiaen listener I'm finding this surprisingly accessible.

[@chronochromie772]

SO GOOD

[@cadenzalien4554]

so good...............

[@filipgoldanowskicomposer]

I wanted to say that

[@machida5114]

so delicious...

[@vincentandrews301]

This score is ginormous, how many parts are there?

[@calembourman2295]

Might be 33 if I'm not mistaken. Strings sections are divided in several parts.

[@jodikirsh]

This is very hard to follow... I love the sounds, though.

[@alfredneubert1288]

Can I use 24 seconds of this audio for an Instagram Reel (uncommercially)?

[@ContemporaryOngaku]

This is a very good piece. But the score is unreadable lol

[@scriabinismydog2439]

Thank you so much! Among Murail's greatest works.

[@artemlyubchenko3022]

very based piece

[@thoughtsforthebuilders]

supercontinent stans unite 😤✊🏾
*_vaalbara_** #1 supercontinent*

[@bryshares]

Massive. Amazing. Will definitely re-listen on my headphones. Will listen to more Murail.