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 Konx-Om-Pax -- 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.