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AGP109 is a transcription of an out-of-print CD of Horatiu Radulescu's Inner Time II, for seven B-flat clarinets. Like AGP85, it is brought to you by the AGP's global network of Radulescu partisans--this one having started down the fiber-optic pipes from New Jersey in the USA.

Inner Time II is based on a 42-pitch overtone-based scale with each of the seven clarinets employing 6 of the 42 notes. It starts and ends with combinations of clarinets patiently elaborating subtly shifting microtonal intervals. I love that sort of stuff, but there is an austerity in these sections that reminds me of Gregorian Chant, and it takes some endurance to give it my full attention minute after minute. About halfway through the 56-minute work, there is a "valley" section in which the clarinets explore arpeggios in a lower register, producing a sound like an aeolian harp. I have to admit that this section is a big relief when it comes.

The installment includes a PDF file with scans of the CD booklet notes in three languages.

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05 - Inner Time II [56:02]

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