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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"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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""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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"First recording. Howard Skempton's music strikes a chord with many listeners through its deceptive simplicity, beauty and accessible nature. A student of Cornelius Cardew, Skempton was greatly influenced by Satie, Cage and Feldman. This CD of miniatures intersperses ...
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Factory pressed CDr edition - "Crucial reissue of the most important, sonically devastating Xenakis electronic work (previously issued by the now defunct Montaigne label). "New stereo mix from the original master tape. La legende d'Eer is a powerful 7-channel ...
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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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"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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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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