Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)
Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor, John Cage and Malcom Goldstein!
Piano Space (3LP box)
Great 3LP box set with one of the most complete panoramas of experimental piano music of the 20th century, beautifully performed by Aki Takahashi and released on CP² Recordings in 1976. Compositions by Toru Takemitsu, Joji Yuasa, Keijiro Satoh, Yori-Aki Matsudaira, Shuko Mizuno, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Maki Ishii, Shigeaki Saegusa, Jo Kondo, Yuji Takahashi, Anton Webern, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage. With insert.
Piano Space 1 (LP)
1978 LP on Angel with a selection of experimental piano compositions from the box set with the same title, focusing on pieces by Japaniese composers from the 1970's, perfromed by Aki Takahashi.
Piano Horizon (LP)
Beautiful 1981 album on ALM of 1970's experimental keyboard music by two Japanese composers performed by Akemi Satomi, including the stunning Erixatione for multi-tracked electric pianos. With insert.
Michio Kai Plays The Avant-Garde Flute Pieces (LP)
Beautiful 1979 album on ALM of 1970's experimental solo flute music (except for a piano/flute duo) by Japanese composers played by Michio Kai.
Japanese Composers (LP)
"Not for sale" LP released in 1981 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, the first volume of their Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, here for piano, cello and piano, flute, and percussion. With insert.
Japanese Composers Vol.13 (LP)
13th volume of the Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, released in 1987 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, with pieces for two pianos, violin, cello and piano, solo cello, and string quartet composed in the 1970's and 80's. With insert.
Horizontes / Preludio A Colon / Concertino Pour Piano En 1/3 De Ton (LP)
1963 LP on Philips' "Modern Music Series" presenting three micro-tonal pieces for solo piano, small ensemble and orchestra by the Mexican composer, spanning from 1922 to 1958.
Translucent II / Phases / Soft Song / Toccare / Serène (LP)
1981 LP on Composers' Voice presenting five pieces for orchestra and tape or solo instrument and tape composed by the Dutch composer between 1974 and 1980.
Symphony No. 1 / Septet (LP)
1978 LP on Composers' Voice with two pivotal compositions by the Dutch composer from respectively 1978 and 1957.
Hoketus Balans (2LP)
1986 double album on Composers' Voice that is a sort of manifesto of the Dutch brand of radical minimalism by its most representative composers, with pieces spanning from 1977 to 1984.
Opus 65 (LP)
A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1965.
Opus 66 (LP)
A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1966. With insert.
Greening / Doria / Epitaffio (LP)
1979 album on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series presenting three seminal and beautiful orchestral works (one with tape) by the Norwegian composer spanning from 1963 to 1975.
Iniciativas / Ejercicio Para Cuarteto / Modulos III / Tombeau Pour Orchestre (LP)
Four post-serialist and aleatoric pieces composed by the Spanish composer in the 1960's, relased on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" avant-garde and electronic music series in 1969. With insert.
Xavier Joaquín Interpreta Obras De Xenakis, Taïra Y Lewin-Richter (LP)
1982 LP on Hemisferio presenting three pieces for percussion (one with magneti tape) by three different composers spanning from 1972 to 1975, performed by Xavier Joaquín.
Tinell / Concert Equinoccial / Tocatina (LP)
Three excellent compositions for percussion and magnetic tape by the two Spanish composers performed by the Percussions De Barcelona and released on Musica Per A Anna in 1988.
Tea Party / Mysteria / Rosa Rosae (LP)
Three avant-garde chamber works composed in the late 1960's by Spanish student at Darmstadt and member of Walter Marchetti and Juan Hidalgo's Zaj group, released on Clave's "Colección de Música Contemporánea" experimental music series in 1973.
Musica Española Contemporanea (LP)
A diverse selection of avant-garde pieces for ensemble (one with tape) composed in the 1960s and 70's by Spanish composers (two of which with albums on Cramps' landmark "Nova musicha" series) and influenced by the Darmstad school or John Cage, released on Movieplay's "Música Española Contemporánea" series in 1978.
Piano Español Contemporaneo (LP)
A panorama of Spanish contemporary piano music of the 1970's and 80's performed by Humberto Quagliata, released by Polimusica in 1988. Compositions by Miguel Alonso, Ramón Barce, Francisco Cano, Tomás Marco, Alfredo Aracil, Manuel Balboa, Daniel Stefani. With insert.