Performed by Percussion Group Cincinnati. "John Luther Adams is an Alaskan composer. For Adams, Alaska is not a catalog of ideas and sounds, instead, Alaska is a provocation. For all of its enormity, Alaska leans inward towards essential qualities and purified forces. ...
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special offer, new copy, sealed "The music of American composer Lewis Nielson can be associated with European composers like Helmut Lachenmann or Salvatore Sciarrino, while forging a distinctive approach to form that is at once lyrical, sensitive, and somehow ...
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First recordings of three solo piano pieces, performed by Yvar Mikhashoff; one dedicated to Morton Feldman, one to Cornelius Cardew and one to Julian Beck. First in Mode's series of discs performed by the late Mikhashoff. Beautiful, meditative quality. (label info) more »
1. Vers la lumière II (2017) for 8-channel tape 15:58 Dedicated to the memory of Ana-Maria Avram 2. Héliophonie (2006) for 8-channel tape 50:13 Commissioned to mark the occasion of the total solar eclipse over Greece on 29 March 2006, composed for the astrophysical ...
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"Ryoanji for 4 saxophones & percussion; Five for two saxophones, two bowed pianos & accordion; Four5 for 4 saxophones; Five4 for saxophone quartet; Hymnkus for 2 saxophones, 2 pianos, accordion & 2 percussions - Ulrich Krieger, saxophones; with other saxophonists plus ...
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"Passacaglia, op. 23" (1936-37) for orchestra: The WDR Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Kalitzke, conductor; "Incidental Music" for Molière's 'Le malade imaginaire' (1934) for flute, clarinet, violin, viola and double bass; "Three Smaller Canons, op. 24a" (1936) for viola ...
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Another Sunrise; I Have Had to Learn the Simplest Things Last (for John Cage); Dreaming of Immortality in a Thatched Cottage - Aki Takahashi (piano & harpsichord), Essential Music. more »
'Transicion II': for piano, percussion & 2 magnetic tapes (1958-9). 'Phonophonie': 4 melodramas for two voices & other sound sources (1963-64). 'Transicion II' was an early exploration of what 'live electronics' are now being used to achieve. The score is in individual ...
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"Dancing with Henry: New Discoveries in the Music of Henry Cowell" - Suite for Small Orchestra (1934); Heroic Dance (1931); Sound Form No. 1 (1937); Ritournelles from "Marriage at the Eiffel Tower" (1939); Reel No. 2 (1934); Dance of Sport ("Competitive Sport," 1931); ...
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Marriage at the Eiffel Tower (original septet version, 1949), The Only Jealousy of Emer (1949) for flutes, cello, bass, tack-piano & celesta, Arias from "Young Caesar" (2000) for tenor, soprano & ensemble, Music for Remy (1998) for flute & percussion, Mass to St. ...
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Cage Edition Vol.52, The Works for Percussion 4 - A Flower; The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs; 51'15.657" for a speaking percussionist (realization Whiting); Music for Two (By One) (realization Whiting) - Bonnie Whiting, voice & percussion + Allen OTTE/John CAGE: ...
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"The Works for Percussion 3. D'Arcy Philip Gray, percussion & bass guitar. 'Composed Improvisation' (1990) for bass guitar, snare drum & one-sided drum, 'Child of Tree' (1975) for amplified plant materials. 'One4' (1990) for solo drummer. Composed Improvisation' (1990) ...
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