Salvatore Sciarrino
Italian composer born 4 April 1947 in Palermo.
Born in Sicily, Salvatore Sciarrino studied visual arts before turning to music. Largely self-taught through independent study of early and modern/contemporary music, he nonetheless received some guidance from Antonio Titone and Turi Belfiore. The first public performance of his music took place in 1962. He completed his studies in Rome and Milan, and was introduced to electronic music by Franco Evangelisti, whom he considers, along with Stockhausen, to be one of his “artistic fathers.”
He went on to teach composition at the Milan, Perugia and Florence Conservatories, and led numerous masterclasses. From 1978 to 1980, he was Artistic Director of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (one of the most important opera venues in Italy). In 1982, he moved to Città di Castello, a small town in Umbria, in order to dedicate himself to composition and, until 2000, to teaching. In 2014-15, he led a series of masterclasses at the Latina Conservatory, near Rome.
Despite his filiation with major figures of the musical avant-garde, notably Stockhausen, Salvatore Sciarrino feels that his music demonstrates strong historical continuity. His vast catalogue is characterised by a gradual evolution (as opposed to stylistic leaps) toward a musical conceptualisation which has been described as “sonic ecology.” Since the beginning of his career in the 1960s, the idea of a distinct “Sciarrino sound” was already present.
His music is intimate, focused and refined, sustained by microvariations in sonic structures comprising rich timbres and breaths. He developed a sonic universe which is transparent, rarefied and near silence (or “sound zero,” which, for the composer, is also music); it is built upon a multitude of microscopic sounds and almost imperceptible noises, and is reduced to only what is absolutely essential. His works are also marked be the eloquence of their titles, e.g., Esplorazione del bianco (1986) or Cantare con silenzio (1999).
The composer structures his works in the same way that one draws lines on a piece of paper, applying shades to sounds, fusing colours and exploring the light in his timbral modeling. This approach, emulating techniques applied in the visual arts, is particularly salient in works such as Morte di Borromini (1988) and Omaggio a Burri (1995).
Vocal works figure prominently in Sciarrino’s catalogue, from novel experimental writing in Lohengrin, to Libro notturno delle voci (2009) for flute and orchestra, in which the voice is evoked in the instrumental writing, to works characterised by melodic continuity which reflects the psyches of the characters, as in Luci mie traditrici (1998), Macbeth (2002), and most notably, Infinito nero (1998), based on the mystical visions of Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi. Sciarrino’s desire to unify poetry and music (to which direct reference is made in the title of Cantiere del poema [2011], a setting of texts by Petrarch and Foscolo) is a recurrent feature in his work. In contrast, other vocal works often make use of commonplace language, albeit with irony, as in, for example, his setting of railway station announcements in Senza sale d’aspetto (2011), which were also included in the libretto (written by the composer) of his opera in one act, Superflumina (2010).
Salvatore Sciarrino has been awarded numerous accolades, including the ISCM Prize (1971 and 1974), the Dallapiccola Prize (1974), the Anno Discografico Prize (1979), Psacaropoulos (1983), the Abbiati Prize (1983), Premio Italia (1984), the Prince Pierre de Monaco Prize (2003), the Feltrinelli International Prize (2003), the Prize of the State of Salzburg (2006), the Premio Frontiere della Conoscenza per la musica from the BBVA Foundation (2011), the Premio Una vita per la musica from Teatro La Fenice - Associazione Rubenstein di Venezia (2014), and the Golden Lion from the Venice Biennale Musica for his life’s work (2016).
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2015
Sources
- David OSMOND-SMITH, « Sciarrino, Salvatore », Grove, Oxford University Press ;
- Éditions Ricordi ;
- Éditions Rai Trade ;
- Martin KALTENECKER, « L’exploration du blanc » et « Entretien avec Salvatore Sciarrino » dans Entretemps, n° 9, Paris, 1990 ;
- Gérard PESSON, « Héraclite, Démocrite et la méduse » dans Entretemps, n° 9, Paris, 1990 ;
- Site personnel du compositeur (voir ressources).
By Gianfranco Vinay
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Salvatore Sciarrino, à l’exception de quelques cours privés, a étudié la musique et la composition en autodidacte. Ce choix fut déterminant pour le développement d’une personnalité libre, en quête constante d’une vision intérieure et poétique orientant les opérations pratiques et techniques de la composition musicale. Pour le jeune artiste qui avait commencé à composer dès l’âge de douze ans, les « Settimane Internazionali di Nuova Musica » de Palerme (1960-1968), un des premiers festivals de musique contemporaine en Europe, ne furent pas seulement l’occasion d’entrer en contact avec des compositeurs de pointe de l’époque (parmi lesquels Stockhausen eut un impact tout particulier sur sa personnalité artistique), mais elles lui donnèrent aussi l’opportunité de présenter ses premières œuvres en public.
Dans Aka aka to I, II, III, créé en 1968, la luxuriante végétation de sons instrumentaux entourant les vocalises du soprano chantant un texte de Bashō, suspend le temps en une extase sonore. Amore e Psiche (1972), le premier opéra de Sciarrino, sur livret de Aurelio Pes, est un élargissement de cette dramaturgie sonore extatique fondée sur un continuum instrumental soutenant les vocalises des quatre voix aiguës (contre-ténor, mezzo-soprano et deux sopranos) ainsi que la récitation d’acteur. Dans le domaine de la musique orchestrale, les premières œuvres importantes sont une Berceuse (1969) fondée sur des principes aléatoires articulant l’enchevêtrement de quatre groupes d’instruments, et Da a da da (1970), toutes deux présentées à la Biennale de Venise.
Dès le début de la carrière de Sciarrino, une poétique du défi et du dépassement nourrit à la fois la substance sonore et la forme de ses œuvres. Sa position face au passé n’est pas historique-parodique, mais proche de celle que Luigi Nono résuma dans le titre d’une œuvre-manifeste : La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura. S’approprier la tradition vivante afin d’en extraire des éléments pouvant articuler un langage nouveau, mais refuser la tradition sous ses formes académiques. Cette dernière empêche en effet d’exploiter l’« approche anthropologique » des instruments chère au compositeur : « se servir des instruments existants tels qu’ils sont, mais les faire revivre », en inventant « des techniques nouvelles que la tradition consolidée empêchait d’apercevoir ».
La virtuosité transcendantale (surtout celle de Chopin et de Paganini) fut cruciale dans la démarche sciarrinienne de renouvellement des techniques et des sonorités des instruments. S’appuyant sur le principe qu’il appelle « inertie auditive » (au-delà d’un certain seuil, l’oreille est incapable de discriminer deux ou plusieurs sons joués à haute vitesse), Sciarrino compose des œuvres dans lesquelles il explore de nouveaux mondes sonores. Dans la première sonate pour piano (1976), la rapidité d’exécution transforme les figures pianistiques en filaments, en phosphènes sonores ; dans les six Capricci pour violon (1975-1976), les acrobaties du soliste jouant surtout sur les harmoniques hyper-aigus métamorphosent la sonorité de l’instrument. Couronnement de cette première période d’intense créativité est Un’immagine d’Arpocrate, grande œuvre pour piano, orchestre et chœur, dont la composition s’étala sur plusieurs années (1974-1979). L’atmosphère sonore, parsemée de résonances de plaques et d’harmoniques hyper-aigus des cordes, d’arabesques sonores du piano et de souffles d’instruments à vent, communique un sentiment d’éloignement, de distance abyssale, préparant le dévoilement final de l’énigme poétique sous-jacente par le chœur qui chante des fragments de Wittgenstein et de Goethe.
La gamme expressive du compositeur ne devait toutefois pas se résumer aux sonorités évanescentes et fantômatiques, aux figures musicales « filantes » si caractéristiques de ses partitions des années soixante-dix. Sciarrino commence bientôt à explorer d’autres sonorités évoquant des phénomènes sonores corporels ou naturels : respiration, souffles, battements du cœur, cris d’animaux, percussions, etc. Les instruments à vent, à cause de la relation intime, « pneumatique », entre corps du musicien et corps de l’instrument, deviennent le domaine d’expérimentation privilégié de ces sonorités et de ces figures musicales « biologiques ». Dans cette recherche, un instrument est central : la flûte. All’aure in una lontananza (1977) est le prototype d’une série de pièces pour flûte soliste qui au cours des décennies suivantes vont renouveler le répertoire et la technique de l’instrument. Dans chaque pièce, quelques figures musicales produites par de nouvelles techniques d’émission sonore (harmoniques naturels ou artificiels, sons soufflés, respiration amplifiée, glissandos perçants) ou par des techniques d’avant-garde transformées en figures sonores (sons multiples, coups de langue, percussions des clés) sont agencées selon diverses stratégies aptes à dramatiser la combinaison et la mise en résonance de ces figures dans l’espace sonore et temporel.
Sciarrino appelle « forma a finestre » (forme à fenêtres) cette façon d’agencer les figures, chacune ouvrant un espace temporel nouveau — de façon analogue aux « fenêtres » couramment intégrées aux interfaces informatiques. Dans les présentations de ses œuvres, le compositeur prend de plus en plus conscience que ce mode d’agencement, de même que la répétition (dans le sens de la « ritournelle » deleuzienne), sont les fondements de l’articulation de sa musique. À partir de cette prise de conscience, le compositeur développera une spéculation sur la relation entre la musique, les autres arts et la conscience humaine dont les principes sont expliqués dans Le figure della musica (voir Bibliographie). Ces figures, inspirées de processus naturels et mathématiques (processus d’accumulation et de multiplication), de la physique (little bang), de la biologie (transformations génétiques) et de l’informatique, montrent qu’une certaine forme, moderne, de psycho-acoustique est à la base de sa poétique et de sa pratique créatrice.
Indices du renouvellement de son art musical vers la fin des années 1970, les titres des œuvres changent de nature. la nomenclature traditionnelle laisse désormais la place à des titres suggérant des images poétiques — images nocturnes (Ai limiti della notte, Autoritratto nella notte, Allegoria della notte, La navigazione notturna), mythologiques (Hermes, Raffigurar Narciso al fonte, Centauro marino, Venere che le Grazie la fioriscono) énigmatiques (Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi?, Muro d’orizzonte), chromatiques (Codex purpureus, Introduzione all’oscuro, Esplorazione del bianco), etc. La fonction de ces titres, ainsi que celle des notes de programme, n’est pas d’identifier les « sujets » des figurations sonores correspondantes, mais d’offrir aux auditeurs des voies d’accès possibles à sa musique. La nuit, le silence, le vide, les jeux de miroir entre images sonores et archétypes culturels, biologiques et anthropologiques, suggèrent des métaphores construisant un univers sonore et poétique en constante expansion.
Dans le domaine de la musique pour piano, le compositeur vise le même but poétique que dans sa musique pour instruments à cordes et pour instruments à vent : concevoir des trajectoires formelles qui fassent résonner des figures sonores capables de dévoiler l’âme de l’instrument (soit, dans le cas du piano, sa nature percussive). Parmi les quatre sonates composées au cours des décennies 1980-1990 (deuxième 1983, troisième 1987, quatrième 1992, cinquième 1994) la quatrième, fondée sur les « résonances mobiles » d’un seul geste pianistique (deux clusters simultanés aux extrêmes du clavier auxquels répondent deux grappes de trois sons au registre central) est certainement la plus radicale.
Après la recherche de différentes solutions dramaturgiques expérimentées dans trois œuvres théâtrales composées durant les années 1970 (Amore e Psiche, 1971-1972, Aspern, 1978, et Cailles en sarcophage, 1980), Sciarrino inaugure, au début des années 1980, une conception dramaturgique nouvelle avec Vanitas (1981) et Lohengrin (1982-1984).
Vanitas, Nature morte en un acte pour voix de mezzo-soprano, violoncelle et piano est un cycle de mélodies sur des fragments choisis parmi des textes polyglottes riches en images appartenant à la constellation symbolique évoquée par le titre (la « vanitas » en tant que « vanité » baroque et en tant que « vide »). Lohengrin, action invisible, est la représentation sonore de la folie de la protagoniste, Elsa, dont la voix assume une fonction cosmogonique. Comme dans un monologue de Beckett, la scène est un lieu suspendu entre différents états de conscience et différentes réalités intérieures (espace mental : conscience, mémoire) et extérieures (sons de la nature et du paysage sonore environnant). Sciarrino, afin de brouiller l’action de la « moralité légendaire » de Jules Laforgue dont il a tiré le livret, se sert du texte non seulement comme réservoir dont il extrait quelques phrases par-ci par-là, le recomposant à son gré, mais il renverse aussi l’ordre des événements et des épisodes.
Dorénavant, la composition d’une œuvre vocale sera précédée d’un travail sur le texte semblable à un trope en creux. Cousant ensemble des mots et des phrases extraits de textes plus longs, Sciarrino les adapte à ses nécessités poétiques, musicales et dramaturgiques, et surtout au principe de l’« action invisible », selon lequel la raison d’être du théâtre musical n’est pas la représentation scénique en soi, mais le pouvoir qu’a la musique « de représenter, de susciter de pures illusions ». Ce principe est respecté soit dans les œuvres où l’action est réellement « invisible » (La perfezione di uno spirito sottile, pour voix et flûte, 1985, inspiré par un texte orphique ; Infinito nero/estasi di un atto, 1998, monodrame « acousmatique », conçu à partir des extases de Sainte Marie Madeleine des Pazzi), soit dans celles représentées au théâtre. Aussi bien dans les œuvres dérivées de textes littéraires (Perseo e Andromeda, 1990, de la « moralité légendaire » homonyme de Laforgue, Da gelo a gelo, 2006, du journal de la courtisane poétesse japonaise Izumi Shikibu) que dans les œuvres conçues à partir de pièces théâtrales préexistantes (Luci mie traditrici, 1996, de Il tradimento per l’onore, drame baroque publié sous le nom de Giacinto Andrea Cicognini ; Macbeth/tre atti senza nome, 2002, de Shakespeare). Les textes d’origine deviennent des prétextes pour activer des noyaux dramaturgiques auxquels Sciarrino est particulièrement sensible : l’impossibilité d’aimer (Lohengrin, Perseo e Andromeda, Luci mie traditrici, Da gelo a gelo) ; la fascination de la nuit, de l’obscurité et des états à la lisière entre réalité et vision, entre exaltation et folie ; l’« écologie sonore » (à savoir, la relation entre action dramatique et son environnement sonore). Une œuvre emblématique de la conjonction poétique de la nuit et de la folie lucide du génie est Morte di Borromini per orchestra con lettore (1988) qui, à partir du texte autobiographique de Borromini, représente sous forme de mélodrame la nuit durant laquelle le grand architecte se suicida.
Empêché par la sortie de l’opéra de Schnittke sur Gesualdo (en 1995) de mettre en évidence les analogies entre l’intrigue du drame de Cicognini et l’histoire du prince musicien et meurtrier, Sciarrino reprit son projet d’une œuvre théâtrale sur Gesualdo dans La terribile e spaventosa storia del Principe di Venosa e della bella Maria (1999) pour le Théâtre des « pupi » siciliens. Quelques pièces musicales y de Gesualdo et de Domenico Scarlatti sont réélaborées pour voix, quatre saxophones et percussions, parmi lesquelles une Gagliarda, réélaborée également, avec d’autres pièces du prince de Venosa dans Le voci sottovetro pour voix et ensemble de huit instruments. Comme Sciarrino le précise dans la présentation de Cadenzario (pour orchestre, 1991), anthologie de cadences mozartiennes interrompues par de brusques coupures, l’interférence entre le temps (et le style) du passé et le temps (et le style) du présent fait jaillir un troisième temps : « la perspective imaginaire ». Mettre en place et maîtriser cette perspective est un défi particulièrement audacieux, que le compositeur a affronté de façon originale dans sa transcription pour flûte (1993) de la Toccata et fugue en ré mineur pour orgue de Bach.
Dans les œuvres vocales et théâtrales de Sciarrino, au dépouillement du texte verbal correspond une vocalité nouvelle fondée sur une constellation de petites figures plaintives rappelant une caractéristique de la prosodie du langage verbal : la fluctuation de la hauteur et de l’intensité de la voix selon l’accentuation des mots et la prononciation de la phrase. Bien souvent, la prosodie musicale ne respecte pas la prosodie verbale et il est rare qu’entre expression verbale et expression musicale un « affect » soit mis en évidence par une figure strictement correspondante. Tout en gardant l’intelligibilité du texte, le compositeur casse la relation traditionnelle entre pathos et signifié, le chant devenant ainsi un pantographe musical exprimant l’anthropologie et la pathologie de la voix humaine.
Au cours des années 1990, le catalogue de Sciarrino s’enrichit d’œuvres instrumentales où est poussée à l’extrême la dramatisation du contraste entre silence et éclat sonore. Dans deux œuvres pour orchestre (Soffio e forma, 1995, et I fuochi oltre la ragione, 1997) il introduit des coups de pistolet. En 1997 il expérimente de nouvelles formes de spatialisation du son, rassemblant des effectifs gigantesques composés de flûtes (Il cerchio tagliato dei suoni per 4 flauti solisti e 100 flauti migranti) ou de saxophones (La bocca, i piedi, il suono per 4 sassofoni contralti e 100 sassofoni in movimento). Dans les Studi per l’intonazione del mare, con voce, quattro flauti, quattro sax, percussione, orchestra di cento flauti, orchestra di cento sax, 2000) les deux ensembles « monstres » sont convoqués et fondus ensemble pour introduire et accompagner une voix d’alto chantant un texte de Thomas Wolfe sur Saint François d’Assise.
En parallèle, le compositeur s’est intéressé de près à la musique vocale. L’alibi della parola à quatre voix (1994), L’immaginazione a sé stessa, pour chœur et orchestre (1996) Cantare con silenzio (1999) pour six voix, flûte, résonances et « percutants » et, plus récemment, Quaderno di strada (2003) pour baryton et ensemble instrumental, sont des œuvres particulièrement révélatrices de sa recherche de relations nouvelles entre textes et musique. Dans Cantare con silenzio — oxymore extrait d’une des extases verbales de Sainte Marie Madeleine des Pazzi —, des réflexions philosophiques sur la connaissance (Michel Serres), sur la relation entre temps subjectif et temps objectif (Michel Serres et Henri Bergson) ainsi que des spéculations scientifiques sur le vide et la courbe de l’espace-temps (Edgard Gurzig et Isabelle Stengers) incitent Sciarrino à créer des images musicales équivalentes. Dans les deuxième et troisième mouvements, la relativité du temps subjectif par rapport au temps objectif est suggérée par des déphasages et des décalages progressifs entre les retours des figures, créant l’illusion d’un renversement de l’axe temporel.
Le recueil le plus récent de pièces pour voix et instruments, Quaderno di strada, composé à partir de treize fragments textuels enregistrés dans les cahiers du compositeur (d’où le titre : Carnet de route), est une œuvre particulièrement importante sur le chemin de Sciarrino, montrant comment la création artistique peut sauver de l’oubli des images fragmentaires et éphémères en les magnifiant et en les rendant inoubliables.
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- Solo (excluding voice)
- Prélude for the piano (1969), 2 mn, Ricordi
- De o de do for harpsichord (1970), 11 mn, Ricordi
- De la nuit alla candida anima di Federico Chopin, da giovane, for piano (1971), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Esercizio for piano (1972), 60 s, Ricordi
- Due studi for solo cello (1974), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Per Mattia for violin (1975), 2 mn, Ricordi
- Tre notturni brillanti for viola (1974-1975), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Toccata for harpsichord (1975), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Sei Capricci for violin (1976), 18 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Étude de concert for piano (1976), 2 mn, Ricordi
- I Sonata for piano (1976, 1976), 13 mn, Ricordi
- All'aure in una lontananza for flute in G (1977), 10 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Ai limiti della notte for viola (1979), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Ai limiti della notte for cello, transcription of the original for viola by the author (1979), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Anamorfosi for piano (1980), 3 mn, Ricordi
- L'Addio a Trachis for harp (1980), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Let me die before I wake for clarinet in B flat (1982), 8 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- II Sonata for piano (1979-1983), 10 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Morgana paraphrase of Brazil, for flute (1983), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Hermes for flute (1984), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Canzona di ringraziamento for flute (1985), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi? for solo flute (1985), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Appendice alla perfezione for fourteen small bells (1986), 60 s, Ricordi
- Esplorazione del bianco I for double bass (1986), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Esplorazione del bianco III for jazz drum kit (1986), 60 s, Ricordi
- III Sonata for piano (1987), 13 mn, Ricordi
- L'addio a Trachis II traduction for guitar by Maurizio Pisati, approved by the author (1987), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Fra i testi dedicati alle nubi for flute (1989), 10 mn, Ricordi
- L'orizzonte luminoso di Aton for flute (1989), 10 mn about , Ricordi
- Venere che le Grazie la fioriscono for flute (1989), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Variazione su uno spazio ricurvo for piano (1990), 3 mn, Ricordi
- Morte a Venezia studi sullo spessore lineare, ballet in 2 acts to music by Jean Sébastien Bach, piano reduction (1991), Ricordi
- Perduto in una città d'acque for piano (1990-1991), 9 mn, Ricordi
- IV Sonata for piano (1991-1992), 11 mn, Ricordi
- Addio case del vento for flute (1993), 3 mn, Ricordi
- elec Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata e fuga in re min. BWW 565 transcription for flute and electronics (1993), 15 mn, Ricordi
- V Sonata con 5 finali diversi for piano (1994), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Polveri laterali for piano (1997), Ricordi
- Notturno n. 3 for piano (1998), 6 mn, Ricordi
- Notturno n. 4 for piano (1998), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Vagagonde blu for accordion (1998), Ricordi
- 2 Notturni for piano (1998-1999), 10 mn, Ricordi
- L'Orologio di Bergson for flute (1999), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Morte tamburo for flute and dry acoustics (1999), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Immagine fenicia for amplified flute (1996-2000), 6 mn, Ricordi
- Due notturni crudeli for piano (2001), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Lettera degli antipodi portata dal vento for open flute in C (2000-2001), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Il legno e la parola for marimba and bell (2004), 10 mn, Rai Trade
- Capriccio di una corda for violin (2009), 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Fra sé Capriccio for violin (2009), 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Autostrada prima di Babilonia for flute (2014), 10 mn, Rai Trade
- Il pomeriggio di un allarme al parcheggio for flute (2015), Rai Trade
- Un capitolo mancante for flute (2016), 10 mn, RAI.COM
- Cresce veloce un cristallo for flute and natural resonators (2017), RAI.COM
- All'aure in una lontananza Alberto Napolitano's mutations for contralto saxophone (2018), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Canzona di ringraziamento Alberto Napolitano's mutations for contralto saxophone (2018), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Fogli per giovani fauni for open hole flute (2018), 15 mn, RAI.COM
- L'orologio di Bergson mutations for Alberto Napolitano's contralto saxophone (2018), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Un tibetano a Parigi (nuovi skyline da respirare), for open flute (2018), 6 mn, RAI.COM
- Senza vento for solo cello (2020), RAI.COM
- Immagine fenicia Mutation for Alberto Napolitano's soprano saxophone (2021), 6 mn, Ricordi
- Let me die before I wake mutation for Alberto Napolitano's tenor saxophone (2021), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Chamber music
- Minifuga con alcune licenze, for three voices (1965), Suvini Zerboni
- Sonata for two pianos (1966), 12 mn, Ricordi
- II Quartetto for string quartet (1967), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Un fruscìo lungo trent’anni for four percussionists (1967), 10 mn, Ricordi
- 6 ricercari di Antonio Il Verso transcription and instrumentation of the Primo libro della Musica a due voci (1596) (1969), Inédit
- In memoriam (per Igor Strawinsky) for two harpsichords (1970), 6 mn, Inédit
- Arabesque for two church organs (with four assistants) (1971), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Danse for two violins and viola (1975), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Trio for violin, cello and piano (1975), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Sonatina for violin and piano (1974-1975), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Siciliano for flute and harpsichord (1975), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Quintettino n. 1 for clarinet and string quartet (1976), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Quintettino n. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (1977), 5 mn about , Ricordi
- D'un faune for flute in G and piano (1980), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Fauno che fischia a un merlo for flute and harp (1980), 5 mn, Ricordi
- La Malinconia for violin and viola (1980), 3 mn, Ricordi
- Melencolia I Estrapolazione del nucleo iniziale di Vanitas, for cello and piano (1980-1982), 6 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Codex purpureus for string trio (1983), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Codex purpureus II for two violins, viola, cello and piano (1983), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Centauro marino for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano (1984), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Raffigurar Narciso al fonte for two flutes, two clarinet and piano (1984), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Tre canzoni del XX secolo transcription of songs by various authors for flute and piano (1984), Ricordi
- Il tempo con l'obelisco for six instruments (1985), 6 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- La navigazione notturna for four pianos, fragment (1985), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Esplorazione del bianco II for flute, bass clarinet, guitar and violin (1986), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Il motivo degli oggetti di vetro for two flutes and piano (1986), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Le ragioni delle conchiglie for quintet (1986), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Trio n. 2 for violin, cello and piano (1987), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Il silenzio degli oracoli for wind quintet (1989), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Sei quartetti brevi for string quartet (1967-1992), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adagio KV 356 (617a) transcription for ensemble (1994), 3 mn, Ricordi
- Omaggio a Burri for three instruments (1995), 11 mn, Ricordi
- Muro d'orizzonte for flute in G, oboe and bass clarinet (1997), 10 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Canzoniere da Scarlatti arrangement of a concerto for saxophone quartet (1998), Ricordi
- Pagine transcription after various authors, for saxophone quartet (1998), 30 mn, Ricordi
- Esercizi di tre stili other arrangement after Domenico Scarlatti for string quartet (1999-2000), 25 mn, Ricordi
- Quartetto n. 7 (1999-2000), 8 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Cavatina e i gridi for string sextet (2002), 6 mn, Ricordi
- Allegro KV 15 di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Londoner Skizzenbuch, n. 21 , arrangement for oboe, violin, viola and cello (2003), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Sestetto (2003), 22 mn, Ricordi
- Dita unite a quattro mani for piano four hands (2006), 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Tre duetti con l'eco for flute, bassoon and viola (2006), 8 mn, Rai Trade
- Quartetto n. 8 for strings (2008), 10 mn, Rai Trade
- Adagio arrangement of J. S. Bach's sonata BWV1029 for flute, viola and bassoon (2009), 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Adagio di Mozart arrangement for six instruments (2010), 7 mn, Rai Trade
- Ombre nel mattino di Piero (quartetto n.9) for string quartet (2012), 25 mn about , Rai Trade
- Dialoghi sull'ultima corda for two cellos (2014), 15 mn, Rai Trade
- L'esercizio della stravaganza Studi per quartetto d'archi da Domenico Scarlatti, for string quartet (2014), Rai Trade
- La navigazione notturna for four pianos (1985-2017), 10 mn, RAI.COM
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Berceuse for orchestra (1967-1969), 15 mn, Ricordi
- ...da un Divertimento for ten instruments (1969-1970), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Da a da da for orchestra, fragment (1970), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Grande sonata da camera for orchestra (1971), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Sonata da Camera for ensemble (1971), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Di Zefiro e Pan little poem for ten wind instruments (1976), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Attraverso i cancelli for ensemble (1977), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Berceuse variata for orchestra (1977), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Il paese senz'alba for orchestra (1977), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Introduzione all'oscuro for twelve instruments (1981), 16 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Autoritratto nella notte for orchestra (1982), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Lo spazio inverso for ensemble (1985), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Cole Porter, Night and Day transcription for orchestra, for the ballet Ai limiti della notte by Amedeo Amodio (1987), Ricordi
- Ary Barroso, Brazil (Épitaphe phénicienne du) transcription for nine instruments (1988), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Alfabeto oscuro for chamber orchestra (1993), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Mozart a 9 anni ten pieces by W. A. Mozart, transcription for period orchestra (1993), 32 mn 30 s, Ricordi
- Soffio e forma for orchestra (1995), 23 mn, Ricordi
- I fuochi oltre la ragione for orchestra (1992-1997), 16 mn, Ricordi
- Quattro intermezzi suite for ensemble from Luci mie traditrici (1997), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Sophisticated Lady arrangement for big band by Duke Ellington (1999), 4 mn, Ricordi
- In nomine nominis alcune autosomiglianze (some self-similarities) for eight performers (2001), 4 mn, Ricordi
- La perfidia intermezzo for strings (2002)
- Il suono e il tacere for orchestra (2004), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Scena di vento three pieces for instruments (2004), 14 mn, Ricordi
- Archeologia del telefono concertante for thirteen instruments (2005), 13 mn, Rai Trade
- Shadow of Sound for orchestra (2005), 18 mn about , Rai Trade
- Vento d'ombra for ensemble (2005), 10 mn, Rai Trade
- Fanofania for ensemble (2010), 10 mn, Rai Trade
- L'ideale lucente e le pagine rubate for strings (2012), 25 mn, Rai Trade
- Gesualdo senza parole for ensemble (2013), 14 mn, Rai Trade
- Quando ci risvegliamo for orchestra (2015), 20 mn, Rai Trade
- Sposalizio for orchestra (2015), 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Arioso a 5 for ensemble (2018), RAI.COM
- Languire a Palermo (Wagner, ultimate melody) (2019, 2018), 15 mn, RAI.COM
- Rispondono a chi? (melodie circolari da Wagner), for orchestra (2018), RAI.COM
- Preludio all'Adagietto (messaggio raccolto da Puccini per Mahler), for orchestra (2019), 10 mn, RAI.COM
- Concertant music
- Rondo for concertante flute, strings, two oboes and two horns (1972), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Romanza for viola d'amore and orchestra (1973), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Variazioni for cello and orchestra (1974), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Clair de lune op. 25 for piano and orchestra (1976), 4 mn 30 s, Ricordi
- Che sai guardiano, della notte? for concert clarinet and ensemble (1979), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Cadenze for piano concertos by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart (1982), Ricordi
- Nox apud Orpheum for two organs and ensemble (1982), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Allegoria della notte for violin and orchestra (1985), 16 mn 40 s, Ricordi
- Sui poemi concentrici I for cello and orchestra (1987), 33 mn, Ricordi
- Sui poemi concentrici II for flute, clarinet, cello and orchestra (1987), 33 mn, Ricordi
- Sui poemi concentrici III for flute, violin, viola d'amore and orchestra (1987), 33 mn, Ricordi
- Cadenze for concertos for flute and oboe by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart (1989), Ricordi
- Cadenze for violin concertos by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart (1989), Ricordi
- Lettura da lontano frammento, for double bass and orchestra (1989), 6 mn, Ricordi
- Cadenzario for orchestra with soloists (1982-1991), 25 mn about , Ricordi
- Cadenze for piano concertos by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart (1982-1991), Ricordi
- stage Morte a Venezia studi sullo spessore lineare, ballet in 2 acts to music by Jean Sébastien Bach (1991), 1 h 10 mn about , Ricordi
- Frammento e adagio for flute and orchestra (1986-1992), 18 mn 30 s, Ricordi
- Fermata e cadenza for the concerto in D major for flute and orchestra by Luigi Boccherini (1993), Ricordi
- L'invenzione della trasparenza for orchestra with soloists (1993), 60 mn, Ricordi
- stage Musiche per il "Paradiso" di Dante stage music, for solo instruments and orchestra (1993), 1 h 14 mn, Ricordi
- Postille for soloists and orchestra (1993), 7 mn, Ricordi
- Il cerchio tagliato dei suoni for 4 solo flutes and 100 migrating flutes (1997), 1 h 10 mn, Ricordi
- La bocca, i piedi, il suono for four alto saxophones and one hundred moving saxophones (1997), 45 mn, Ricordi
- Recitativo oscuro for piano and orchestra (1999), 21 mn, Ricordi
- Il clima dopo Harry Partch for piano and orchestra (1999-2000), 13 mn, Ricordi
- Il giornale della necropoli for accordion and orchestra (2000), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Altre schegge di canto for clarinet and orchestra (2002), 10 mn, Ricordi
- Graffito sul mare for trio and orchestra (2003), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Storie di altre storie for accordion and orchestra (2004-2005), 30 mn, Rai Trade
- Le stagioni artificiali for violin and ensemble (2006), 18 mn, Rai Trade
- 4 Adagi for recorder and orchestra (2007), 20 mn, Rai Trade
- Libro notturno delle voci for flute and orchestra (2009), 23 mn, Rai Trade
- Perturbazione in arrivo nel settore trombe for horn and orchestra (2012), 14 mn about , Rai Trade
- Giorno velato presso il lago nero for violin and orchestra (2013), 25 mn, Rai Trade
- Trovare un equilibrio, è necessario? for flute and string quartet (2015), 20 mn, Rai Trade
- Il sogno di Stradella for piano and instruments (2017), 17 mn, RAI.COM
- In dono a Morricone, aria d'auguri for trumpet and orchestra (2018), 3 mn, RAI.COM
- Linee d'aria for cello and instruments (2022), 16 mn, Ricordi
- Paesaggi con macerie for ensemble (2022), 20 mn, Ricordi
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Aka Aka to I, II, III for soprano and ensemble (1967), 5 mn, Ricordi
- 2 Mottetti di Anonnimi transcription for instrument and voice (1969), partition perdue
- Introduzione e Aria "Ancora il duplice" first part of Amore e Psiche, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1971), 15 mn, Ricordi
- stage Amore e Psiche one act opera (1971-1972), 45 mn, Ricordi
- 12 canzoni da battello for soprano and ensemble, to 18th century Venetian melodies (1977), 45 mn, Ricordi
- Il paese senza tramonto for orchestra with soprano (1977), 9 mn, Ricordi
- Premi, via, premi o stali canzone da battello, for soprano and guitar (1977), Inédit
- stage Aspern Singspiel in two acts (1978), 1 h 40 mn, Ricordi
- Due melodie for soprano and piano (1978), 4 mn, Ricordi
- Kindertotenlied for soprano, tenor in echo and chamber orchestra (1978), 4 mn, Ricordi
- stage Musiche per "All'uscita" di Luigi Pirandello stage music for voice and orchestra (1978, 1985), 60 mn, Ricordi
- Aspern Suite for soprano and instruments (1979), 45 mn, Ricordi
- Un'immagine di Arpocrate for piano and orchestra with choir (1974-1979), 43 mn, Ricordi
- stage Blue Dream. L'età d'oro della canzone choice, paraphrases, anamorphosis of songs by various authors, for soprano, dancer and piano (1980), 50 mn, Ricordi
- stage Cailles en sarcophage Atti per un museo delle ossessioni, opera in three parts (1979-1980), 1 h 30 mn, Ricordi
- stage Cinque scene da Cailles en sarcophage for voices and instruments (1979-1980), 50 mn, Ricordi
- Canto degli specchi for voice and piano (1979-1981), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Efebo con radio for voice and orchestra (1981), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Flos florum, ovvero le trasformazioni della materia sonora for choir and orchestra (1981), 12 mn, Ricordi
- stage Vanitas still life in one act, for voice, cello and piano (1981), 50 mn about , Ricordi
- Due nuove melodie for baritone and piano (1979-1982), 4 mn, Ricordi
- elec stage Lohengrin action invisible, for soloists, instruments and voices (1982, 1983-1984, 2004), 45 mn about , Ricordi
- Guillaume de Machaut, "Rose, Liz" rondo for voice and solo instruments or orchestra (1984), 3 mn, Ricordi
- Cinque canzoni del XX secolo transcription of songs by various authors, for voice and orchestra (1985), 25 mn, Ricordi
- stage Prologo in terra film version of the music for the piece All'uscita by Luigi Pirandello, for flute, clarinet and string quartet (1985), Ricordi
- La Perfezione di uno spirito sottile for flute, voice and percussion (1985), 40 mn about , Ricordi
- Morte di Borromini for orchestra with reader (1988), 19 mn, Ricordi
- Gioachino Rossini, Giovanna D'Arco cantata for solo voice, trancription for orchestra after the original for piano (1989), 17 mn, Ricordi
- Fermate e fioriture for the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1990), Ricordi
- Nove canzoni del XX secolo transcription of songs by various authors for voice and orchestra (1991), Ricordi
- Medioevo presente transcription after various authors, for ensemble and voice (1994), 6 mn, Ricordi
- Nuvolario for voice, flute, trumpet, percussion and two violas (1995), 15 mn, Ricordi
- L'immaginazione a se stessa for choir and orchestra (1996), 12 mn, Ricordi
- Due risvegli e il vento for voice and instruments (1997), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Infinito nero Estasi di un atto, for voice and eight instruments (1998), 30 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Le voci Sottovetro trancription after Carlo Gesualdo for voice and ensemble (1998), 15 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- stage Luci mie traditrici opera in two acts (1996-1998), 1 h 15 mn about , Ricordi
- Waiting for the wind for voice and Javanese gamelan (1998), 10 mn about , Ricordi
- elec Cantare con silenzio for six voices, flute, percussion and electronics (1999), 43 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- stage La terribile e spaventosa storia del Principe di Venosa e della bella Maria music for the Pupi opera (1999), 1 h 15 mn, Ricordi
- Studi per l'intonazione del mare for alto voice, four flutes, four saxophones, percussion, orchestra of one hundred flutes and orchestra of one hundred saxophones (2000), 35 mn, Ricordi
- Due arie notturne dal campo by Alessandro Scarlatti, arranged for voice and string quartet (2001), 7 mn, Ricordi
- stage Macbeth tre atti senza nome (2002), 1 h 45 mn, Ricordi
- Due smarrimenti for soprano and eight instruments (2003), 8 mn, Ricordi
- Quaderno di strada twelve songs and a proverb for baritone and instruments (2003), 40 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- stage Da gelo a gelo Kälte, 100 scenes with 65 poems (2006), 1 h 50 mn, Rai Trade [program note]
- Il giardino di Sara for soprano and ensemble (2008), 45 mn, Rai Trade
- stage La porta della legge - quasi un monologo circolare one act opera (2006-2008), 1 h 15 mn, Rai Trade
- L'altro giardino for voice and eight instruments (2009), 45 mn, Rai Trade
- stage Superflumina one act opera (2010), 1 h 30 mn, Rai Trade
- Cantiere del poema for soprano and ten instruments (2011), 25 mn
- Carnaval for five voices, piano and 10 instruments (2010-2011), 35 mn about , Rai Trade
- Senza sale d'aspetto for narrator and orchestra (2011), 20 mn, Rai Trade
- L'imprecisa macchina del tempo tre tempi for choir and chamber orchestra (2013-2014), 31 mn, Rai Trade
- Come se un amico song after Chopin, for voice and orchestra (2015), RAI.COM
- Diverbio fra mottetti, con due sogni for choir and saxophone quartet (2015), 20 mn, Rai Trade
- La nuova Euridice secondo Rilke for soprano and orchestra (2015), Rai Trade
- Distendi la fronte for five voices and instruments (2016, 2019), RAI.COM
- Immagina il deserto for voice and instruments (2016), 15 mn, RAI.COM
- Passionis fragmenta for soprano, flute, viola, cello and organ (2017), RAI.COM
- stage Ti vedo, ti sento, mi perdo (In attesa di Stradella) opera in two acts (2017), 2 h, RAI.COM
- Barbara's Songbook for voice and orchestra (2018), 20 mn, RAI.COM
- Stupori six readable silences for baritone, flute, violin and percussion (2018), 30 mn, RAI.COM
- Tre arie dall'Oratorio San Giovanni Battista d'Alessandro Stradella arrangement for soprano, flute and strings (2018), 11 mn, RAI.COM
- Al sognatore di cupole for choir and instruments (2019), RAI.COM
- Il canto s'attrista, perché? scene after Aeschylus (2018-2019), 1 h 20 mn, RAI.COM
- Piogge diverse five songs for baritone and large orchestra (2019), 25 mn, RAI.COM
- elec stage Venere e Adone Naufragio di un mito, for voices, choir and orchestra (2020), 1 h 20 mn, Ricordi
- Una lettera e 6 canti for voice and six musicians (2021), 30 mn about , Ricordi
- A respirar ritorno (da Luci mie traditrici, Sc. II) for voices and ensemble (2022), 6 mn, Ricordi
- A respirar ritorno (da Luci mie traditrici, Sc. II) version for spoken voice, soprano, baritone and ensemble (2022), 6 mn, Ricordi
- A cappella vocal music
- stage Musiche per "Orlando furioso" di Ludovico Ariosto - Frühlingslieder stage music, for mixed choir (1969), 5 mn, Ricordi
- Musiche per « I bei colloqui » di Aurelio Pes for mixed choir (1970), 15 mn, Ricordi
- elec stage Musiche per « I bei colloqui » di Aurelio Pes stage music, for mixed choir and electronic sounds (1970), 15 mn, Ricordi
- Le donne di Trachis for three solo voices and female choir (1980), 18 mn, Ricordi
- elec Musiche per "Trachinie" di Sophocle stage music for women's choir and magnetic tape (1980), 1 h 9 mn, Ricordi
- Tutti i miraggi delle acque for mixed choir (1987), 9 mn, Ricordi
- elec Due Arie marine for mezzo-soprano and real-time synthesis sounds (1990), 20 mn, Ricordi
- elec stage Perseo e Andromeda one act opera (1990), 1 h 5 mn about , Ricordi
- L'alibi della parola four voices (1994), 14 mn 20 s, Ricordi
- Tre canti senza pietre seven voices (1999), 18 mn, Ricordi
- Responsorio delle tenebre six voices (2001), 8 mn, Ricordi
- 12 Madrigali for eight (or seven) singers (2007), 44 mn, Rai Trade
- Electronic music / fixed media / mechanical musical instruments
- elec Implicor tape for multimedia installation (1971), 12 mn, Inédit
- elec La voce dell'inferno for magnetic tape (1981), 27 mn 40 s, Ricordi
- elec stage Musiche per "Lectura Dantis" di Carmelo Bene stage music, for old instruments on magnetic tape (1981), 12 mn, Ricordi
- elec stage Musiche per "La Divina Commedia" di Dante Alighieri stage music, tape mixing (1988), 15 h, Ricordi
- elec Noms des airs for live electronics (1994), 35 mn 40 s, Ricordi
- elec A room only for music sound installation (2006), 30 mn
- 2022
- A respirar ritorno (da Luci mie traditrici, Sc. II) for voices and ensemble, 6 mn, Ricordi
- A respirar ritorno (da Luci mie traditrici, Sc. II) version for spoken voice, soprano, baritone and ensemble, 6 mn, Ricordi
- Linee d'aria for cello and instruments, 16 mn, Ricordi
- Paesaggi con macerie for ensemble, 20 mn, Ricordi
- 2021
- Immagine fenicia Mutation for Alberto Napolitano's soprano saxophone , 6 mn, Ricordi
- Let me die before I wake mutation for Alberto Napolitano's tenor saxophone, 8 mn, Ricordi
- Una lettera e 6 canti for voice and six musicians, 30 mn about , Ricordi
- 2020
- Senza vento for solo cello, RAI.COM
- elec stage Venere e Adone Naufragio di un mito, for voices, choir and orchestra, 1 h 20 mn, Ricordi
- 2019
- Al sognatore di cupole for choir and instruments, RAI.COM
- Il canto s'attrista, perché? scene after Aeschylus, 1 h 20 mn, RAI.COM
- Piogge diverse five songs for baritone and large orchestra, 25 mn, RAI.COM
- Preludio all'Adagietto (messaggio raccolto da Puccini per Mahler), for orchestra, 10 mn, RAI.COM
- 2018
- All'aure in una lontananza Alberto Napolitano's mutations for contralto saxophone, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Arioso a 5 for ensemble, RAI.COM
- Barbara's Songbook for voice and orchestra, 20 mn, RAI.COM
- Canzona di ringraziamento Alberto Napolitano's mutations for contralto saxophone, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Fogli per giovani fauni for open hole flute, 15 mn, RAI.COM
- In dono a Morricone, aria d'auguri for trumpet and orchestra, 3 mn, RAI.COM
- L'orologio di Bergson mutations for Alberto Napolitano's contralto saxophone, 8 mn, Ricordi
- Languire a Palermo (Wagner, ultimate melody), 15 mn, RAI.COM
- Rispondono a chi? (melodie circolari da Wagner), for orchestra, RAI.COM
- Stupori six readable silences for baritone, flute, violin and percussion, 30 mn, RAI.COM
- Tre arie dall'Oratorio San Giovanni Battista d'Alessandro Stradella arrangement for soprano, flute and strings, 11 mn, RAI.COM
- Un tibetano a Parigi (nuovi skyline da respirare), for open flute, 6 mn, RAI.COM
- 2017
- Cresce veloce un cristallo for flute and natural resonators, RAI.COM
- Il sogno di Stradella for piano and instruments, 17 mn, RAI.COM
- La navigazione notturna for four pianos, 10 mn, RAI.COM
- Passionis fragmenta for soprano, flute, viola, cello and organ, RAI.COM
- stage Ti vedo, ti sento, mi perdo (In attesa di Stradella) opera in two acts, 2 h, RAI.COM
- 2016
- Distendi la fronte for five voices and instruments, RAI.COM
- Immagina il deserto for voice and instruments, 15 mn, RAI.COM
- Un capitolo mancante for flute, 10 mn, RAI.COM
- 2015
- Come se un amico song after Chopin, for voice and orchestra, RAI.COM
- Diverbio fra mottetti, con due sogni for choir and saxophone quartet, 20 mn, Rai Trade
- Il pomeriggio di un allarme al parcheggio for flute, Rai Trade
- La nuova Euridice secondo Rilke for soprano and orchestra, Rai Trade
- Quando ci risvegliamo for orchestra, 20 mn, Rai Trade
- Sposalizio for orchestra, 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Trovare un equilibrio, è necessario? for flute and string quartet, 20 mn, Rai Trade
- 2014
- Autostrada prima di Babilonia for flute, 10 mn, Rai Trade
- Dialoghi sull'ultima corda for two cellos, 15 mn, Rai Trade
- L'esercizio della stravaganza Studi per quartetto d'archi da Domenico Scarlatti, for string quartet, Rai Trade
- L'imprecisa macchina del tempo tre tempi for choir and chamber orchestra, 31 mn, Rai Trade
- 2013
- Gesualdo senza parole for ensemble, 14 mn, Rai Trade
- Giorno velato presso il lago nero for violin and orchestra, 25 mn, Rai Trade
- 2012
- L'ideale lucente e le pagine rubate for strings, 25 mn, Rai Trade
- Ombre nel mattino di Piero (quartetto n.9) for string quartet, 25 mn about , Rai Trade
- Perturbazione in arrivo nel settore trombe for horn and orchestra, 14 mn about , Rai Trade
- 2011
- Cantiere del poema for soprano and ten instruments, 25 mn
- Carnaval for five voices, piano and 10 instruments, 35 mn about , Rai Trade
- Senza sale d'aspetto for narrator and orchestra, 20 mn, Rai Trade
- 2010
- Adagio di Mozart arrangement for six instruments, 7 mn, Rai Trade
- Fanofania for ensemble, 10 mn, Rai Trade
- stage Superflumina one act opera, 1 h 30 mn, Rai Trade
- 2009
- Adagio arrangement of J. S. Bach's sonata BWV1029 for flute, viola and bassoon, 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Capriccio di una corda for violin, 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Fra sé Capriccio for violin, 5 mn, Rai Trade
- L'altro giardino for voice and eight instruments, 45 mn, Rai Trade
- Libro notturno delle voci for flute and orchestra, 23 mn, Rai Trade
- 2008
- Il giardino di Sara for soprano and ensemble, 45 mn, Rai Trade
- stage La porta della legge - quasi un monologo circolare one act opera, 1 h 15 mn, Rai Trade
- Quartetto n. 8 for strings, 10 mn, Rai Trade
- 2007
- 12 Madrigali for eight (or seven) singers, 44 mn, Rai Trade
- 4 Adagi for recorder and orchestra, 20 mn, Rai Trade
- 2006
- elec A room only for music sound installation, 30 mn
- stage Da gelo a gelo Kälte, 100 scenes with 65 poems, 1 h 50 mn, Rai Trade [program note]
- Dita unite a quattro mani for piano four hands, 5 mn, Rai Trade
- Le stagioni artificiali for violin and ensemble, 18 mn, Rai Trade
- Tre duetti con l'eco for flute, bassoon and viola, 8 mn, Rai Trade
- 2005
- Archeologia del telefono concertante for thirteen instruments, 13 mn, Rai Trade
- Shadow of Sound for orchestra, 18 mn about , Rai Trade
- Storie di altre storie for accordion and orchestra, 30 mn, Rai Trade
- Vento d'ombra for ensemble, 10 mn, Rai Trade
- 2004
- Il legno e la parola for marimba and bell, 10 mn, Rai Trade
- Il suono e il tacere for orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Scena di vento three pieces for instruments, 14 mn, Ricordi
- 2003
- Allegro KV 15 di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from Londoner Skizzenbuch, n. 21 , arrangement for oboe, violin, viola and cello, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Due smarrimenti for soprano and eight instruments, 8 mn, Ricordi
- Graffito sul mare for trio and orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Quaderno di strada twelve songs and a proverb for baritone and instruments, 40 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Sestetto, 22 mn, Ricordi
- 2002
- Altre schegge di canto for clarinet and orchestra, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Cavatina e i gridi for string sextet, 6 mn, Ricordi
- La perfidia intermezzo for strings
- stage Macbeth tre atti senza nome, 1 h 45 mn, Ricordi
- 2001
- Due arie notturne dal campo by Alessandro Scarlatti, arranged for voice and string quartet, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Due notturni crudeli for piano, 4 mn, Ricordi
- In nomine nominis alcune autosomiglianze (some self-similarities) for eight performers, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Lettera degli antipodi portata dal vento for open flute in C, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Responsorio delle tenebre six voices, 8 mn, Ricordi
- 2000
- Esercizi di tre stili other arrangement after Domenico Scarlatti for string quartet, 25 mn, Ricordi
- Il clima dopo Harry Partch for piano and orchestra, 13 mn, Ricordi
- Il giornale della necropoli for accordion and orchestra, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Immagine fenicia for amplified flute, 6 mn, Ricordi
- Quartetto n. 7, 8 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Studi per l'intonazione del mare for alto voice, four flutes, four saxophones, percussion, orchestra of one hundred flutes and orchestra of one hundred saxophones, 35 mn, Ricordi
- 1999
- 2 Notturni for piano, 10 mn, Ricordi
- elec Cantare con silenzio for six voices, flute, percussion and electronics, 43 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- L'Orologio di Bergson for flute, 8 mn, Ricordi
- stage La terribile e spaventosa storia del Principe di Venosa e della bella Maria music for the Pupi opera, 1 h 15 mn, Ricordi
- Morte tamburo for flute and dry acoustics, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Recitativo oscuro for piano and orchestra, 21 mn, Ricordi
- Sophisticated Lady arrangement for big band by Duke Ellington, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Tre canti senza pietre seven voices, 18 mn, Ricordi
- 1998
- Canzoniere da Scarlatti arrangement of a concerto for saxophone quartet, Ricordi
- Infinito nero Estasi di un atto, for voice and eight instruments, 30 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Le voci Sottovetro trancription after Carlo Gesualdo for voice and ensemble, 15 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- stage Luci mie traditrici opera in two acts, 1 h 15 mn about , Ricordi
- Notturno n. 3 for piano, 6 mn, Ricordi
- Notturno n. 4 for piano, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Pagine transcription after various authors, for saxophone quartet, 30 mn, Ricordi
- Vagagonde blu for accordion, Ricordi
- Waiting for the wind for voice and Javanese gamelan, 10 mn about , Ricordi
- 1997
- Due risvegli e il vento for voice and instruments, 5 mn, Ricordi
- I fuochi oltre la ragione for orchestra, 16 mn, Ricordi
- Il cerchio tagliato dei suoni for 4 solo flutes and 100 migrating flutes, 1 h 10 mn, Ricordi
- La bocca, i piedi, il suono for four alto saxophones and one hundred moving saxophones, 45 mn, Ricordi
- Muro d'orizzonte for flute in G, oboe and bass clarinet, 10 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Polveri laterali for piano, Ricordi
- Quattro intermezzi suite for ensemble from Luci mie traditrici, 15 mn, Ricordi
- 1996
- L'immaginazione a se stessa for choir and orchestra, 12 mn, Ricordi
- 1995
- Nuvolario for voice, flute, trumpet, percussion and two violas, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Omaggio a Burri for three instruments, 11 mn, Ricordi
- Soffio e forma for orchestra, 23 mn, Ricordi
- 1994
- L'alibi della parola four voices, 14 mn 20 s, Ricordi
- Medioevo presente transcription after various authors, for ensemble and voice, 6 mn, Ricordi
- elec Noms des airs for live electronics, 35 mn 40 s, Ricordi
- V Sonata con 5 finali diversi for piano, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Adagio KV 356 (617a) transcription for ensemble, 3 mn, Ricordi
- 1993
- Addio case del vento for flute, 3 mn, Ricordi
- Alfabeto oscuro for chamber orchestra, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Fermata e cadenza for the concerto in D major for flute and orchestra by Luigi Boccherini, Ricordi
- elec Johann Sebastian Bach, Toccata e fuga in re min. BWW 565 transcription for flute and electronics, 15 mn, Ricordi
- L'invenzione della trasparenza for orchestra with soloists, 60 mn, Ricordi
- Mozart a 9 anni ten pieces by W. A. Mozart, transcription for period orchestra, 32 mn 30 s, Ricordi
- stage Musiche per il "Paradiso" di Dante stage music, for solo instruments and orchestra, 1 h 14 mn, Ricordi
- Postille for soloists and orchestra, 7 mn, Ricordi
- 1992
- Frammento e adagio for flute and orchestra, 18 mn 30 s, Ricordi
- IV Sonata for piano, 11 mn, Ricordi
- Sei quartetti brevi for string quartet, 17 mn, Ricordi
- 1991
- Cadenzario for orchestra with soloists, 25 mn about , Ricordi
- Cadenze for piano concertos by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, Ricordi
- Morte a Venezia studi sullo spessore lineare, ballet in 2 acts to music by Jean Sébastien Bach, piano reduction, Ricordi
- stage Morte a Venezia studi sullo spessore lineare, ballet in 2 acts to music by Jean Sébastien Bach, 1 h 10 mn about , Ricordi
- Nove canzoni del XX secolo transcription of songs by various authors for voice and orchestra, Ricordi
- Perduto in una città d'acque for piano, 9 mn, Ricordi
- 1990
- elec Due Arie marine for mezzo-soprano and real-time synthesis sounds, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Fermate e fioriture for the operas of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ricordi
- elec stage Perseo e Andromeda one act opera, 1 h 5 mn about , Ricordi
- Variazione su uno spazio ricurvo for piano, 3 mn, Ricordi
- 1989
- Cadenze for concertos for flute and oboe by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, Ricordi
- Cadenze for violin concertos by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, Ricordi
- Fra i testi dedicati alle nubi for flute, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Gioachino Rossini, Giovanna D'Arco cantata for solo voice, trancription for orchestra after the original for piano, 17 mn, Ricordi
- Il silenzio degli oracoli for wind quintet, 8 mn, Ricordi
- L'orizzonte luminoso di Aton for flute, 10 mn about , Ricordi
- Lettura da lontano frammento, for double bass and orchestra, 6 mn, Ricordi
- Venere che le Grazie la fioriscono for flute, 8 mn, Ricordi
- 1988
- Ary Barroso, Brazil (Épitaphe phénicienne du) transcription for nine instruments, 9 mn, Ricordi
- Morte di Borromini for orchestra with reader, 19 mn, Ricordi
- elec stage Musiche per "La Divina Commedia" di Dante Alighieri stage music, tape mixing, 15 h, Ricordi
- 1987
- Cole Porter, Night and Day transcription for orchestra, for the ballet Ai limiti della notte by Amedeo Amodio, Ricordi
- III Sonata for piano, 13 mn, Ricordi
- L'addio a Trachis II traduction for guitar by Maurizio Pisati, approved by the author, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Sui poemi concentrici I for cello and orchestra, 33 mn, Ricordi
- Sui poemi concentrici II for flute, clarinet, cello and orchestra, 33 mn, Ricordi
- Sui poemi concentrici III for flute, violin, viola d'amore and orchestra, 33 mn, Ricordi
- Trio n. 2 for violin, cello and piano, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Tutti i miraggi delle acque for mixed choir, 9 mn, Ricordi
- 1986
- Appendice alla perfezione for fourteen small bells, 60 s, Ricordi
- Esplorazione del bianco I for double bass, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Esplorazione del bianco II for flute, bass clarinet, guitar and violin, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Esplorazione del bianco III for jazz drum kit, 60 s, Ricordi
- Il motivo degli oggetti di vetro for two flutes and piano, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Le ragioni delle conchiglie for quintet, 15 mn, Ricordi
- 1985
- Allegoria della notte for violin and orchestra, 16 mn 40 s, Ricordi
- Canzona di ringraziamento for flute, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Cinque canzoni del XX secolo transcription of songs by various authors, for voice and orchestra, 25 mn, Ricordi
- Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi? for solo flute, 7 mn, Ricordi
- Il tempo con l'obelisco for six instruments, 6 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- La Perfezione di uno spirito sottile for flute, voice and percussion, 40 mn about , Ricordi
- La navigazione notturna for four pianos, fragment, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Lo spazio inverso for ensemble, 7 mn, Ricordi
- stage Prologo in terra film version of the music for the piece All'uscita by Luigi Pirandello, for flute, clarinet and string quartet, Ricordi
- 1984
- Centauro marino for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Guillaume de Machaut, "Rose, Liz" rondo for voice and solo instruments or orchestra, 3 mn, Ricordi
- Hermes for flute, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Raffigurar Narciso al fonte for two flutes, two clarinet and piano, 8 mn, Ricordi
- Tre canzoni del XX secolo transcription of songs by various authors for flute and piano, Ricordi
- 1983
- Codex purpureus for string trio, 9 mn, Ricordi
- Codex purpureus II for two violins, viola, cello and piano, 10 mn, Ricordi
- II Sonata for piano, 10 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Morgana paraphrase of Brazil, for flute, 5 mn, Ricordi
- 1982
- Autoritratto nella notte for orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Cadenze for piano concertos by Wofgang Amadeus Mozart, Ricordi
- Due nuove melodie for baritone and piano, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Let me die before I wake for clarinet in B flat, 8 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- elec stage Lohengrin action invisible, for soloists, instruments and voices, 45 mn about , Ricordi
- Melencolia I Estrapolazione del nucleo iniziale di Vanitas, for cello and piano, 6 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Nox apud Orpheum for two organs and ensemble, 10 mn, Ricordi
- 1981
- Canto degli specchi for voice and piano, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Efebo con radio for voice and orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Flos florum, ovvero le trasformazioni della materia sonora for choir and orchestra, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Introduzione all'oscuro for twelve instruments, 16 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- elec La voce dell'inferno for magnetic tape, 27 mn 40 s, Ricordi
- elec stage Musiche per "Lectura Dantis" di Carmelo Bene stage music, for old instruments on magnetic tape, 12 mn, Ricordi
- stage Vanitas still life in one act, for voice, cello and piano, 50 mn about , Ricordi
- 1980
- Anamorfosi for piano, 3 mn, Ricordi
- stage Blue Dream. L'età d'oro della canzone choice, paraphrases, anamorphosis of songs by various authors, for soprano, dancer and piano, 50 mn, Ricordi
- stage Cailles en sarcophage Atti per un museo delle ossessioni, opera in three parts, 1 h 30 mn, Ricordi
- stage Cinque scene da Cailles en sarcophage for voices and instruments, 50 mn, Ricordi
- D'un faune for flute in G and piano, 9 mn, Ricordi
- Fauno che fischia a un merlo for flute and harp, 5 mn, Ricordi
- L'Addio a Trachis for harp, 5 mn, Ricordi
- La Malinconia for violin and viola, 3 mn, Ricordi
- Le donne di Trachis for three solo voices and female choir, 18 mn, Ricordi
- elec Musiche per "Trachinie" di Sophocle stage music for women's choir and magnetic tape, 1 h 9 mn, Ricordi
- 1979
- Ai limiti della notte for viola, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Ai limiti della notte for cello, transcription of the original for viola by the author, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Aspern Suite for soprano and instruments, 45 mn, Ricordi
- Che sai guardiano, della notte? for concert clarinet and ensemble, 12 mn, Ricordi
- Un'immagine di Arpocrate for piano and orchestra with choir, 43 mn, Ricordi
- 1978
- stage Aspern Singspiel in two acts, 1 h 40 mn, Ricordi
- Due melodie for soprano and piano, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Kindertotenlied for soprano, tenor in echo and chamber orchestra, 4 mn, Ricordi
- stage Musiche per "All'uscita" di Luigi Pirandello stage music for voice and orchestra, 60 mn, Ricordi
- 1977
- 12 canzoni da battello for soprano and ensemble, to 18th century Venetian melodies, 45 mn, Ricordi
- All'aure in una lontananza for flute in G , 10 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Attraverso i cancelli for ensemble, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Berceuse variata for orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Il paese senz'alba for orchestra, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Il paese senza tramonto for orchestra with soprano, 9 mn, Ricordi
- Premi, via, premi o stali canzone da battello, for soprano and guitar, Inédit
- Quintettino n. 2 for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn, 5 mn about , Ricordi
- 1976
- Clair de lune op. 25 for piano and orchestra, 4 mn 30 s, Ricordi
- Di Zefiro e Pan little poem for ten wind instruments, 5 mn, Ricordi
- I Sonata for piano, 13 mn, Ricordi
- Quintettino n. 1 for clarinet and string quartet, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Sei Capricci for violin, 18 mn, Ricordi [program note]
- Étude de concert for piano, 2 mn, Ricordi
- 1975
- Danse for two violins and viola, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Per Mattia for violin, 2 mn, Ricordi
- Siciliano for flute and harpsichord, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Sonatina for violin and piano, 8 mn, Ricordi
- Toccata for harpsichord, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Tre notturni brillanti for viola, 9 mn, Ricordi
- Trio for violin, cello and piano, 9 mn, Ricordi
- 1974
- Due studi for solo cello, 10 mn, Ricordi
- Variazioni for cello and orchestra, 17 mn, Ricordi
- 1973
- Romanza for viola d'amore and orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- 1972
- stage Amore e Psiche one act opera, 45 mn, Ricordi
- Esercizio for piano, 60 s, Ricordi
- Rondo for concertante flute, strings, two oboes and two horns, 9 mn, Ricordi
- 1971
- Arabesque for two church organs (with four assistants), 17 mn, Ricordi
- De la nuit alla candida anima di Federico Chopin, da giovane, for piano, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Grande sonata da camera for orchestra, 10 mn, Ricordi
- elec Implicor tape for multimedia installation, 12 mn, Inédit
- Introduzione e Aria "Ancora il duplice" first part of Amore e Psiche, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- Sonata da Camera for ensemble, 10 mn, Ricordi
- 1970
- ...da un Divertimento for ten instruments, 20 mn, Ricordi
- Da a da da for orchestra, fragment, 8 mn, Ricordi
- De o de do for harpsichord, 11 mn, Ricordi
- In memoriam (per Igor Strawinsky) for two harpsichords, 6 mn, Inédit
- Musiche per « I bei colloqui » di Aurelio Pes for mixed choir, 15 mn, Ricordi
- elec stage Musiche per « I bei colloqui » di Aurelio Pes stage music, for mixed choir and electronic sounds, 15 mn, Ricordi
- 1969
- 2 Mottetti di Anonnimi transcription for instrument and voice, partition perdue
- 6 ricercari di Antonio Il Verso transcription and instrumentation of the Primo libro della Musica a due voci (1596), Inédit
- Berceuse for orchestra, 15 mn, Ricordi
- stage Musiche per "Orlando furioso" di Ludovico Ariosto - Frühlingslieder stage music, for mixed choir, 5 mn, Ricordi
- Prélude for the piano, 2 mn, Ricordi
- 1967
- Aka Aka to I, II, III for soprano and ensemble, 5 mn, Ricordi
- II Quartetto for string quartet, 4 mn, Ricordi
- Un fruscìo lungo trent’anni for four percussionists, 10 mn, Ricordi
- 1966
- Sonata for two pianos, 12 mn, Ricordi
- 1965
- Minifuga con alcune licenze, for three voices, Suvini Zerboni
Liens Internet
- Site du compositeur : www.salvatoresciarrino.eu
- « Son et silence. Un portrait de Salvatore Sciarrino » par Thomas Vergracht pour le magazine en ligne de l’Ensemble Intercontemporain, 23 avril 2022.
- « Salvatore Sciarrino, sauveur de musique et d’oiseaux » par Pierre Gervasoni, Le Monde, 15 juin 2016.
- « La force du vent selon Salvatore Sciarrino » interview dans Magnétique, RTS, 31 janvier 2019.
Conférences de et sur Salvatore Sciarrino à l’Ircam
- Hyun-Hwa Cho, Thierry De Mey, Salvatore Sciarrino, « Confronting Contemporary Music Creation and Neuroscience », 9 juin 2016.
- Conversation entre Salvatore Sciarrino et Gianfranco Vinay, 8 juillet 2008.
- Analyses des œuvres de Salvatore Sciarrino par Gianfranco Vinay : De Aka Aka to I, II, III (1968) à Un’immagine di arpocrate (1979) et Cailles en sarcophage (1980) et De Vanitas et Introduzione all’l oscuro (1981) aux œuvres pour flûte solo (1983-1989), les 9 et 11 juillet 2008.
- Analyse de l’Opéra pour flûte de Salvatore Sciarrino par Mario Caroli, 12 juillet 2008.
- Salvatore Sciarrino analyse Perfezione di uno spirito sottile, 18 juillet 2008.
(liens vérifiés en novembre 2023).
Bibliographie sélective
- Attilio CANTORE, Alberto MASSAROTTO, « Sciarrino in dialogo con Laforgue », in Mimesis Journal, 2021, Vol 10, Issue 2, p. 149-167.
- Sandro CAPPELLETTO, « Comporre dentro il silenzio », [Entretien avec Salvatore Sciarrino] dans Il giornale della musica, EDT et Allemandi éd., Turin, avril 1988.
- Jesús CASTAÑER, « Salvatore Sciarrino: “El erotismo es la base de la vida” », in Scherzo, 390 , décembre 2022, p. 80-83.
- Matteo CESARI, Déchiffrer les horloges : l’interprétation du temps dans L’orologio di Bergson de Salvatore Sciarrino et Carceri d’Invenzione IIb de Brian Ferneyhough, thèse de doctorat sous la direction de Jean-Marc Chouvel, Paris IV, 2015, disponible ici.
- Gualtiero DAZZI, « Action invisible, drame de l’écoute », dans Entretemps n° 9, Paris, décembre 1990, p. 117-134.
- Grazia GIACCO, La notion de « figure » chez Salvatore Sciarrino, Paris, 2001, L’Harmattan, coll. « Univers musical ».
- Francesca GUERRASIO, Les territoires sonores de Salvatore Sciarrino. L’écoute écologique, le théâtre musical, l’esthétique figurale, thèse de doctorat sous la direction de Danielle Cohen-Levinas et Sergio Durante, Paris IV, 2012.
- Martin KALTENECKER, Gérard PESSON, [Entretien avec Salvatore Sciarrino] dans Entretemps n°9, décembre 1990, Paris, p. 135-142.
- Martin KALTENECKER, « L’exploration du blanc », dans Entretemps n° 9, Paris, décembre 1990, p. 107-116.
- Tiziana PANGRAZI, « Musica, suono e allegoria. L’Allegoria della notte (1985) di Salvatore Sciarrino », in Aisthema: International Journal, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 1, p. 177-197.
- Gérard PESSON, « Héraclite, Démocrite et la Méduse », dans Entretemps n°9, Paris, décembre 1990, p. 143-150.
- « Salvatore Sciarrino », dans le Programme du Festival d’Automne à Paris, Paris, 2000, (textes de Luigi Nono, Salvatore Sciarrino, Gianfranco Vinay, Laurent Feneyrou).
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Carte da suono, CIDIM, Novecento Editore, 2001.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Le figure della musica da Beethoven a oggi, Ricordi, 1998.
- Ulrich TADDAY (dir.), Salvatore Sciarrino, Munich, Edition Text + Kritik, coll. « Musik-Konzepte », 2019.
- Gianfranco VINAY, Immagini, gesti, parole, suoni, silenzi. Drammaturgia delle opere vocali e teatrali di Salvatore Sciarrino, Milano, Ricordi, Accademia di Santa Cecilia, 2010.
- Gianfranco VINAY, « L’invisible impossible: voyage à travers les images poétiques de Salvatore Sciarrino », dans Filigrane, n°2, Traces d’invisible, éd. Delatour France, second semestre 2005.
- Gianfranco VINAY, « L’invitation au silence », dans Résonance n° 15, éd. Ircam - Centre Pompidou, Paris, mai 1999, p. 16-17.
Discographie sélective
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, « Works for Flute », Matteo Cesari : flûte, 3 x Cd Kairos, 2021, 0015074KAI.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, « Solo », 1 Cd Kairos, 2021, 0015096KAI.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Ai limiti della notte ; Sei caprici ; Capriccio di una corda ; Tre notturni brillanti ; Fra sé ; Per Mattia, dans « Complete Works For Violin And For Viola », 1 CD Stradivarius, 2017, STR 37057.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Un’immagine di arpocrate ; Giorno velato presso il lago nero, dans « Musica Viva 26 », 1 CD Neos, 2016, 11626.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Cantare con silenzio ; Berceuse ; Libro notturno delle voci, Mario Caroli : flûte, Neuevocalsolisten Stuttgart, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Marco Angius, 1 cd Stradivarius, STR 33987, 2014.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, « Piano Works », Notturno n. 1 ; Notturno n. 3 ; V Sonata ; Perduto in una città d’acque ; I Sonata, Florian Hoelscher, 1 cd Neos, 11124, 2013.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Quartetto n. 7 ; Quartetto n. 8 ; Sei quartetti brevi, Quatuor Prometeo, 1 cd Kairos, 0013212KAI, 2012.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Macbeth, Vocalensemble Nova, Klangforum Wien, direction : Evan Christ, 2 cds Col legno, WWE 2CD 20404, 2012.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Cantiere del poema ; Tre duetti con l’eco ; L’altro Giardino, Anna Radziejewska : mezzo-soprano, l’Ensemble Algoritmo, direction : Marco Angius, 1 cd Stradivarius, STR 33942, 2012.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Luci mie traditrici, Nina Tarandek, Christian Miedl, Roland Schneider, Simon Bode, Ensemble Algoritmo, direction : Marco Angius, Christian Pade : mise en scène, 1 dvd EuroArts, 2012, 5903.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Le stagioni artificiali ; Centauro marino ; Studi per l’intonazione del mare, Ensemble Algoritmo, direction : Marco Angius, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2011, STR 33917.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Canzona di ringraziamento, Irmgard Messin : flûte, 1 cd Hevetia 2011, HV 0049-3-331.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Tu m’uccidi, o crudele, extrait dePagine, dans « Faces », Mac Saxophone Quartet, 1 cd Artesuono, 2011, ART 108.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Quintettino n. 1, dans « Contemporary Reflections », Quasars ensemble, direction : Ivan Buffa, 1 cd Hevetia 2011, HV 0045-2-331.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Venere che le grazie la fioriscono, dans « Inward », Richard Craig : flûte, 1 cd Metier, 2011, MSV28517.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Ai limiti della notte, dans « Matteo: 300 Years of an Italian Cello », Matt Haimovitz violoncelle, 1 cd Oxingale, 2011, 2018.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Luci mie traditrici, Ensemble Algoritmo, direction : Marco Angius, 1 cd Stradivarius 2011, STR 33900.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Sei capricci, dans « Aisha Orazbayeva. Outside », Aisha Orazbayeva : violon, 1 cd Nonclassical, 2011, NONCLSS013.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Aspern Suite, dans « Milano Musica Festival Kurtág-Sciarrino », Petra Hoffmann soprano, Ensemble Recherche, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2011, STR 33890.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Ai limiti della notte, dans « Works for viola solo », Anna Spina : alto, 1 cd Neos 2010, 10920.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Libro notturno delle voci, dans « Donaueschinger Musiktage 2009 », vol. 1, Mario Caroli : flûte, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, direction : Beat Furrer, 1 cd Neos, 2010, 11051.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Il legno e la parola, dans « La parola al legno », Simone Mancuso : percussion, avec des œuvres de John Cage et Giacinto Scelsi, 1 cd Stradivarius 2010, STR 33863.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Lo spazio inverso, Ex Novo Ensemble, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2009, STR 33852.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, *Sui poemi concentrici I, II, III,*ensemble recherche : Martin Fahlenbock : flûte, Shizuyo Oka : clarinette, Melise Mellinger : violon, Barbara Maurer : viole d’amour, Lucas Fels : violoncelle, 3 cds Kairos, 2009, 0012812KAI.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, 12 Madrigali, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, enregistrement de la création mondiale, festival Salzburger Festspiele Reihe Kontinent, 2008, Kollegienkirche Salzburg, 1 cd col legno, 2009, 20287.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Due notturni ; Notturno N. 3 ; Notturno N. 4 ; Due notturni crudeli ; De la nuit, dans « Nuit », Ciro Longobardi : piano, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2009, STR 33835.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Cadenze per il Concerto per pianoforte di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart K. 491, Maurizio Pollini : piano, Wiener Philharmoniker, avec les concertos pour piano de Mozart K. 414 & 491, 1 cd Deutsche Grammophon, 2008, DG 00289 477 7167.
- *Salvatore SCIARRINO, *Fauno che fischia a un merlo;D’un faune;La perfezione di uno spirito sottile;Toccata e Fuga in re minore BWV 565, Mario Caroli : flûte, Ernestine Stoop : harpe, Tomoko Mukayiama : piano, Françoise Kubler : voix, Christian Dierstein : cloches, 1 cd Attacca 2008, 28118.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, « Orchestral Works » :Variazioni ;Allegoria della notte ; Frammento e adagio; Morte di Borromini ;I fuochi oltre la ragione ; Recitativo oscuro ; Il suono e il tacere ; Shadow of sound, Orchestre symphonique national de la RAI, direction : Tito Ceccherini, Francesco Dillon : violoncelle, Marco Rogliano : violon, Mario Caroli : flûte, Moni Ovadia : voix, Daniele Pollini : piano, 3 cds Kairos 2008, 0012802KAI.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Efebo con radio;* Il giornale della necropoli ; Autoritratto nella notte ; Storie di altre storie*, Sonia Turchetta : voix, Teodoro Anzellotti : accordéon, Orchestre symphonique de la WDR de Cologne, direction : Kazushi Ono, Lucas Vis (pourIl giornale della necropoli), 1 cd Winter & winter, 2008, 910 144-2.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Lohengrin ; Vento d’ombra ; Due notturni crudeli, Marianne Pousseur : voix, Alfonso Alberti : piano, ensemble Risognanze, direction : Tito Ceccherini, 1 cd col legno, 2008, 20264.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Vagabonde blu, dans « Virtuoso Accordion », Mikko Luoma : accordéon, 1 cd Bridge, 2007, 9221.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Do parolette al zorno ; Sento che’l cor me manca ; Mi credeva d’esser sola ; Tasé suso frasconazza ; Nina no so che farve ; Pettegole se dise ; Le gatarigole ; Ghe sta dito a la mia Nina, dans « Canzoni da battello del settecento veneziano », Donella Del Monaco : voix, avec des chansons anonymes du dix-huitième siècle, 1 cd OpusAvantra Studium 2007, Opus 09.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, String quartet No. 7, Quartet Excelsior : Yuka Nishino, Momoko Yamada : violons, Yukiko Yoshida : alto, Hajime Otomo : violocelle, 1 cd Jey music, Tokyo, 2007.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Vagabonde blu, dans « Chanson discrète », Teodoro Anzellotti : accordéon, 1 cd Winter & winter, 2007, 910-124 – 2.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Immagine fenicia, dans « Repeat! », Manuel Zurria : flûte, Die Schachtel Zeit, 2007 CD C01.
- *Salvatore SCIARRINO,*« Nocturnes. Complete piano works 1994-2001 » :V Sonata, con 5 finali diversi(final de Salsbourg) ;Due notturni;Notturno n. 3;Notturno n. 4; Due notturni crudeli ; Polveri laterali ;V Sonata, con 5 finali diversi (final définitif), Nicolas Hodges : piano, 1 cd Metronome, 2007, MET CD 1077.
- *Salvatore *SCIARRINO, « L’opera per flauto dolce » :Fra i testi dedicati alle nubi;Morte tamburo;L’orologio di Bergson;Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi?;Canzona di ringraziamento;Immagine fenicia, Tosiya Suzuki : flûte à bec, 1 cd MusicScape, 2006, MSCD-0021.
- **Salvatore SCIARRINO, Cadenze per il Concerto per pianoforte di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart K. 467, avec les concertos pour piano de Mozart K. 453 et 467, Maurizio Pollini : piano, Wiener Philharmoniker, 1 cd Deutsche Grammophon, 2006, DG 00289 477 5795.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Vanitas, dans « La voce contemporanea in Italia », Tiziana Scandaletti : soprano, Riccardo Piacentini : piano, 1 cd collectif Stradivarius, 2006, STR 33743.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Archeologia del telefono, Mathilde Hoursiangou : piano, Andreas Lindenbaum : violoncelle, Annette Bik : violon, dans « Donaueschinger Musiktage 2005 », avec des œuvres de Marco Stroppa, Lars Petter Hagen et Klaus Ospald, 1 cd col legno, 2006, 20246.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Quaderno di strada, Otto Katzameier : baryton-basse, Klangforum Wien, direction : Sylvain Cambreling, 1 cd Kairos, 2005, KAI 0012482.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Fiato ; Raffigurar Narciso al fonte ; Silenzio degli oracoli ; Motivo degli oggetti di vetro ; Perfezione di uno spirito gentile, Sonia Turchetta : mezzo-soprano, ensemble Alter Ego, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2005, STR 33647.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, La Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono, Lost Cloud Quartet, 1 cd col legno, 2004, LEGN 20701.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Immagine di Arpocrate ; capriccio per violino, Massimiliano Damerini : piano, Georg Monch : violon, Orchestra Rai di Roma, direction : Gianluigi Gelmetti, 1 cd Warner Fonit - Italia, 2004, CET 5050467122420.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Pagine ; Canzoniere di Scarlatti, quatuor de saxophones Xasax, 1 cd Zig Zag Territoires, 2004, ZZT 031001.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Due arie notturni dal campo di Alessandro Scarlatti, comprenant aussi Esercizi di tre stili et Terribile e spaventosa soria del principe di Venosa, Carola Gai, voix, Lost cloud Quartet, Jonathan Faralli : percussion, Alda Caiello : soprano, Mario Caroli : flûte, 1 cd Zig Zag Territoires, 2004, ZZT 040802.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Un fruscìo lungo trent’anni, Quatuor de percussion de Cologne (Schlagquartett Köln), 1 cd Zeitklang, 2004, EZ 16018.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, In nomine nominis, dans « In Nomine: The Witten In Nomine Broken Consort Book », Ensemble Recherche, 2 cd Kairos, 2004, 0012442KAI.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Luci mie traditrici, Ensemble Risognanze, direction : Tito Ceccherini, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2003, STR 33645.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, « L’opera per flauto vol. I » : All’aure in una Lontananza ; Hermes;* Come vengono prodotti gli incantesimi? ; Canzona di ringraziamento ; Venere che le Grazie la fioriscono ; L’orizzonte luminoso di Aton*, Mario Caroli : flûte, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2002, STR 33598.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, « L’opera per flauto vol. II » : Fra i testi dedicati alle nubi ; Addio case del vento ; Orologio di Bergson ; Morte tamburo ; Immagine fenicia ; Lettera degli antipodi portata dal vento ; L’orizzonte luminoso di Aton, Mario Caroli, flûte, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2002, STR 33599.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Tre canti senza pietre et L’alibi della Parola dans « Fuoco e ghiaccio », avec des œuvres de Carlo Gesualdo et Ivan Fedele, ensemble Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2002, STR 33629.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Perduto in una città d’acque ; Notturno crudele N. 2: furia, metallo, dans « Nothing is real », Marino Formenti piano, 1 cd col legno WWE 2003, 20223.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Luci mie traditrici, Annette Stricker : soprano, Otto Katzameier : basse, Kai Wessel : contre-tenor, Simon Jaunin : baryton, Klangforum Wien, direction : Beat Furrer, 1 cd Kairos, 2001, KAI 0012222.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Studi per l’intonazione del mare, Michel Van Goethem : contre-ténor, Mario Caroli, Michele Marasco, Gianpaolo Pretto, Manuel Zurria : flûtes solistes, Daniele Berdini, Marco Bontempo, Gianluca Pugnaloni, Leonardo Sbaffi : saxophones solistes, Jonathan Faralli : percussion, direction : Marco Angius, 1 cd Stradivarius, 2001, STR 33583.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, « Codex purpureus » : Spazio inverso ; Muro d’orizzonte ; Omaggio a Burri ; Codex purpureus ; Introduzione all’oscuro, ensemble Recherche, direction : Ryan Kwame, 1 cd Kairos, 2001, KAI 0012132.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Notturni et Sonate, dans « Salvatore Sciarrino live at Ars Musica 2000 » Shai Wosner, Oscar Pizzo, Nicolas Hodges, piano, 1 cd Cyprès, 2001, CYPR 5603.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Infinito nero ; Le voci sottovetro, Sonia Turchetta : mezzo-soprano, Carlo Sini : voix, ensemble Recherche, 1 cd Kairos, 2000, KAI 0012022.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Aspern suite, Susanna Rigacci : soprano, Contempoensemble, direction : Mauro Ceccanti, 1 cd Arts - Italia, 2000, ARTS 47591.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Perduto in una città d’acque, dans « Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstad 1998 », 2 cds col legno, 2000, LEGN 20055.
- Salvatore SCIARRINO, Esplorazione del bianco, ensemble Alter Ego, 1 cd Stradivarius, 1999, STR 3353.