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FERRARI, LUC - CHANSONS POUR LE CORPS / ET SI TOUT ENTIERE MAINTENANT (CD - USED m-/m-)

Includes "Chansons Pour Le Corps" (1988-94; for voice, clarinets, percussion, piano and synthesizer; Elise Caron, voice), and "Et Si Tout Entiere Maintenant" (1986-87; symphonic tale for voice, orchestral sound and tape; with texts by Collette Fellous; Anne See, voice; ...
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CURRAN, ALVIN - FOR CORNELIUS / LAST ACTS OF JULIEN BECK / SCHTETL VARIATIONS (CD)

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)
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XENAKIS, IANNIS - WORKS FOR PIANO (CD - USED m-/m-)

AKI TAKAHASHI, PIANO "This Reissue now contains an added piece: the first recording of Xenakis's 12 minute '6 Chansons,' charming early miniatures written while Xenakis was studying in Paris with Messiaen and Milhaud. They provide a glimpse at Xenakis's early musical ...
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DENYER, FRANK - FAINT TRACES (CD - USED m-/m-)

The Barton Workshop: Chamber Works 1973-2001
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PAPE, GERARD - HELIOPHONIE: ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS VOL. I (CD)

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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CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR SAXOPHONE 1 (CD - USED m-/m-)

"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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WOLPE, STEFAN - IN JERUSALEM (CD - USED m-/vg++)

"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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ZIMMERMANN, WALTER - LOKALE MUSIK (3CD - USED m-/m-)

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ECKERT, GERALD - ON THE EDGES (CD)

ensemble reflexion K
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GARLAND, PETER - ANOTHER SUNRISE (CD)

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.
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BERIO, LUCIANO - THE GREAT WORKS FOR VOICE (CD)

Folk Songs; Circles; Chamber Music; O King; Sequenza III - Christine Shadeberg with Musicians' Accord.
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KAGEL, MAURICIO - TRANSICION II / PHONOPHONIE (CD)

'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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COWELL, HENRY - DANCING WITH HENRY: NEW DISCOVERIES IN THE MUSIC OF HENRY COWELL (CD)

"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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HARRISON, LOU - WORKS 1939-2000 (CD)

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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SCELSI, GIACINTO - THE PIANO WORKS 4 (CD)

Hispania "Triptyque pour piano" (1939); Suite No. 5 "Il Circo" (1935); Suite No. 6 "I Capricci di Ty" (1939) - Stephen Clarke, piano
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FERRARI, LUC - VISAGE 2, APRÈS PRESQUE RIEN, MADAME DE SHANGHAI (CD)

""Visage 2" (1955-56) for brass, piano and percussion. Musiques Nouvelles. Jean-Paul Dessy, conductor. First recording. "Après presque rien" (2004) for fourteen instruments and two samplers. Art Zoyd, samplers. Musiques Nouvelles. Jean-Paul Dessy, conductor. First ...
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CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 4: MUSIC FOR SPEAKING PERCUSSIONIST (CD)

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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CAGE, JOHN - THE NUMBER PIECES 6 (CD)

Vol. 44 - The Number Pieces 6 - Five; Seven; Thirteen - Essential Music
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CAGE, JOHN - THE PIANO WORKS 7 (CD)

Volume 34: The Piano Works 7 - Chess Pieces, Sonatas and Interludes, Chess Serenade; Margaret Leng Tan, piano & prepared piano.
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CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 5: FOUR WALLS, SOLILOQUY, 3 EASY PIECES (CD)

Factory pressed CDr edition - The Works for Piano 5 - Soliloquy; Three Easy Pieces; Four Walls - Haydée Schvartz, piano, Jack Bruce, voice
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CAGE, JOHN - THE PIANO WORKS 2 - SONATAS AND INTERLUDES FOR PREPARED PIANO (CD)

Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano-Philipp Vandré (first recording using a Steinway "O" piano as intended).
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CAGE, JOHN - FREEMAN ETUDES, BOOKS ONE AND TWO (CD)

IRVINE ARDITTI, VIOLIN
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CAGE, JOHN - WORKS FOR PERCUSSION 3 (CD)

"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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CAGE, JOHN - THE WORKS FOR PIANO 4 (CD)

"Until recently at Cage's publisher in New York, C.F. Peters, there was a box of works which Cage had held off publishing or had simply forgotten about. Among them were the dance pieces, Triple Paced and Ad Lib, Jazz Study and the film score, Works of Calder, all ...
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CAGE, JOHN - THE ORCHESTRAL WORKS 3 (CD)

Factory pressed CDr edition "Cage scored 108 for the largest number of players in any of the Number Pieces -- its duration of 43'30" makes an oblique reference to his groundbreaking 4'33' (1952). 108 can be played on its own or with either of two solo works from the ...
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