MCGUIRE, JOHN - WORKS FOR INSTRUMENTS (2CD)

"Cadence Music" (1982-85) for 21 instruments, by Ensemble Modern. "Exchanges" (1998-2002) for string quartet and soprano, by Quatuor Pellegrini and Julia Rempe. "Decay" (1967-70) for 8 horns, by Christine Chapman "Frieze" (1969-74) for 4 claviers (H. Kretzschmar, P. Alvarez, I. Roelcke, E-J. Kim). "Music for horns, pianos and cymbals" (1981) by ensemble musikFabrik. "Instrumental compositions by "post-minimalist" John McGuire who took classes with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Gottfried Michael Koenig, among others. Each of the compositions of American composer John McGuire describes, in its own way, a multi-dimensional sonic space which the listener can take in from various vantage points and, in so doing, experience the very same sound in different guises." (label info)