Georges Aperghis: Solo

?I always have this mental image of a small, imaginary theatre. When I compose music, however, I don?t think of the musicians? bodies and their movements. I simply think of the music. I compose sound-gestures, not bodily gestures.? - Georges Aperghis In accordance with his line of thinking, he sets sound gestures to music in his instrumental pieces, proceeding from linguistic units ? even in pieces which have absolutely no textual source. One might be able to describe his works for solo instruments as literally inventing a new sound language, as ?speaking music?. This album is part of Klangforum Wien?s ?Solo? 5-CD series of recordings of pieces for one performer, which is the ensemble?s response to the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.