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The ultimate Cindy Lee vinyl experience: a comprehensive six-album collection that traces the complete artistic journey of Patrick Flegel's visionary project from its earliest experimental expressions to its critically acclaimed apex. This definitive bundle brings together 'Malenkost' (2015), 'Act Of Tenderness' (2015), 'Model Express' (2018), 'What's Tonight To Eternity' (2020), 'Cat O' Nine Tails' (2020), and the magnum opus 'Diamond Jubilee' (2024) — an extraordinary document of one of the mo…

An extraordinary opportunity to acquire the complete W.25th reissue initiative in one definitive collection. This five-album bundle brings together 'Malenkost' (2015), 'Act Of Tenderness' (2015), 'Model Express' (2018), 'What's Tonight To Eternity' (2020), and 'Cat O' Nine Tails' (2020) — a comprehensive survey of Cindy Lee's most elusive and sought-after work, now available together for the first time in beautifully remastered and pressed editions. When Patrick Flegel's Cindy Lee project explod…

condition (record/cover): EX/VG+. One of the rarest artifacts from Italy's most radical composers collective! Formed in Rome in 1964, the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza brought together extraordinary minds - Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morricone, Egisto Macchi, Mario Bertoncini, Walter Branchi, Giovanni Piazza, and Jesús Villa Rojo - in unprecedented experiments with collective improvisation. This 1975 release, their fifth album, captures the ensemble at their sublime best. Delicate ac…

LP with obi strip, incl. booklet. Australian composer Oren Ambarchi and Norwegian guitarist Fredrik Rasten present Dragon's Return, a compelling new score for Eduard Grecner's 1967 Slovak cult film of the same name. Released via Viernulvier Records, this collaboration emerged from a live performance at the Videodroom Festival during Film Fest Ghent in October 2024, where the musicians premiered their improvisational soundtrack alongside the restored black-and-white parable. What began as a singu…

Big tip! Acclaimed New York-based composer Lea Bertucci offers The Oracle, a striking, vocal-focused collection of music that spans six tracks of adventurous sounds steeped in mysticism and imagination, over three years in the making. Her first purely solo endeavor since 2021’s much lauded A Visible Length of Light (Cibachrome Editions), The Oracle breaks new ground within the scope of Bertucci’s singular voice as an artist. The Oracle is an alchemy of contemporary political anxieties illuminated…

condition (record/sleeve): VG+ (occasional pops) / VG- (browning on bottom back cover + general wear) A stunning vocal tour-de-force! Cathy Berberian delivers an extraordinary performance of Luciano Berio's Recital I (For Cathy), a groundbreaking work blending theatrical recitation, operatic singing, and avant-garde vocal techniques. Accompanied by The London Sinfonietta, this 1972 recording captures one of the most innovative voice-and-ensemble pieces of the 20th century. Berberian's interpreti…

condition (record/sleeve): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG (general yellowing + creases on lamination partly peeling off)  Includes 4-page  LP-size insert. Essential Berio! This exceptional Wergo release features Cathy Berberian in a virtuosic performance of Circles (1960), Berio's mesmerizing setting of e.e. cummings poetry for female voice, harp, and two percussionists. The album also includes three of Berio's celebrated Sequenze – solo works that pushed instr…

condition (record/cover): EX/EX Spectacular Berio orchestral works! This RCA release presents three major compositions showcasing the Italian master's command of large-scale ensemble writing. Nones (1954), inspired by W.H. Auden's poem, is a powerful meditation for orchestra. Allelujah II (1958) transforms the voices and gestures of its predecessor into pure instrumental drama. The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1973) displays Berio's characteristic blend of virtuosity, wit, and structur…

condition (record/cover): EX/VG+ (minimal ring wear on back + sticker on front). Berio conducting Berio – with Cathy Berberian! A definitive recording of two essential vocal works by the composer himself. Epifanie (1961-63) is a complex, multi-layered masterpiece for soprano and orchestra, weaving together texts by Proust, Joyce, Machado, Brecht, and Sanguineti in a kaleidoscopic meditation on memory and meaning. Folk Songs (1964) shows Berio's genius for transformation – eleven traditional song…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX (minimal cover wear). Includes 8-page silk-screened insert. Luciano Berio's Laborintus 2 (1965) is an epic sonic labyrinth created for the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. This extraordinary composition weaves together Dante's texts, fragments from T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, and contemporary poetry by Edoardo Sanguineti into a stunning tapestry for voices, instruments, and tape. Featuring speaker, three female voices, eight actors, and ensemble, Laborintus 2 is…

condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG+ (minimal wear and creasing) Includes 6-page LP-size insert. Niccolò Castiglioni (1932-1996), one of Italy's most refined and enigmatic modernist composers, is showcased here in two contrasting vocal works. Le Favole di Esopo (Aesop's Fables) transforms ancient tales into delicate, pointillistic sound-worlds of extraordinary refinement and wit. Salmo XIX brings sacred text to life through Castiglioni's ch…

condition (record/cover): M/EX- (small sticker removal residue on front cover otherwise NM) Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975), pioneer of twelve-tone technique in Italy and one of the 20th century's most lyrical serialists, is presented here in a stunning collection of vocal and instrumental works. Dallapiccola's music combines rigorous dodecaphonic method with Italian melodic sensibility and profound humanism – particularly evident in his settings of texts addressing freedom, oppression, and human…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX Gatefold sleeve with 12-page LP-size booklet stapled in. No libretto. A masterpiece of 20th-century opera! Luigi Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero (The Prisoner, 1944-48) stands as one of the most powerful and harrowing operatic works of the post-war era. Set during the Spanish Inquisition, this one-act drama explores themes of hope, torture, freedom, and ultimate despair with devastating psychological intensity. Dallapiccola employs twelve-tone technique with extraor…

condition (record/cover): M/M (still sealed) Franco Ferrara (1911-1985) was one of the most revered conductors and pedagogues of the 20th century – a musicians' musician whose career was tragically cut short by illness, yet whose influence shaped generations of conductors. This Omaggio (Homage) presents Ferrara's interpretations of contemporary Italian repertoire, showcasing his legendary clarity, precision, and deep musical intelligence. Known for his extraordinary rehearsal technique and profo…

condition (record/cover): EX/EX Gatefold sleeve with original inndersleeve. Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, founded in Rome in 1964, brought together leading contemporary composers including Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morricone, Mario Bertoncini, and John Heineman in a radical collective exploration of structured improvisation. Musica Su Schemi (Music on Schemes) documents their unique approach – using graphic scores and conceptual frameworks to generate spontaneous yet rigorously org…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX. No booklet. Sound paintings by an electroacoustic visionary! Helmut Laberer (1925-2014), Austrian-born composer working in Italy, created these evocative Quadri Sonori (Sound Pictures) / Klangbilder that blur the boundaries between concrete sound, electronic manipulation, and musical gesture. Laberer's approach combines meticulous studio craft with poetic imagination, building sonic landscapes of remarkable color and spatial depth. Working within the fertile Ital…

condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG+ (very light damp staining + light bump near edge + sticker removal residue on front) No insert. A constellation of avant-garde piano! Daniele Lombardi (1946-2018), brilliant Italian pianist, composer, and musicologist, presents a stunning program bridging historical avant-garde and contemporary experimentation. Lombardi was renowned for his fearless interpretations of the most demanding repertoire – from…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX- An essential document of Daniele Lombardi's (1946-2017) virtuosic and visionary piano work! This Edipan release presents a collection of solo piano pieces composed between 1976 and 1979, showcasing Lombardi's unique position at the intersection of multiple avant-garde traditions. A pianist, composer, and musicologist of extraordinary range, Lombardi was equally at home performing Futurist reconstructions, contemporary repertoire, and his own highly original compo…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX Gatefold sleeve. Includes 28-page book. Daniele Lombardi's Grande Notturno A Gargonza (Great Nocturne at Gargonza) is an ambitious "poem of sounds, signs and colored lights" for three pianos and tape/computer music. Recorded live May 18th, 1982 at the medieval Castle of Gargonza in Tuscany, performed by Lombardi, Stefano Fiuzzi, and Riccardo Risaliti. The electronic component was realized in groundbreaking collaboration with Pietro Grossi at the CNUCE of Pisa, usi…

condition (disc/cover): NM/NM. Futurism reborn through digital technology! Daniele Lombardi pays radical homage to Luigi Russolo and the Futurist intonarumori (noise intoners) in this visionary work combining reconstructed noise machines with cutting-edge computer music and digital cut-up techniques. Metropolis reimagines the sonic violence and urban cacophony of early 20th-century Futurism through contemporary electronic means, creating a powerful bridge between historical avant-garde and digit…

condition (record/cover): NM/VG+ (tiny stains on front) Gatefold sleeve with original innersleve. Walter Marchetti (1931-2015), co-founder of the legendary ZAJ collective in Madrid alongside Juan Hidalgo, presents three visionary works bridging concrete music, home-made electronics, and conceptual provocation. J'aimerais jouer avec un piano qui aurait une grosse queue (I would like to play with a piano that has a big tail, 1974-75) is a witty and subversive piano action documented at the Venice …

condition (record/cover): EX/VG+ (light wear) No insert. Roughly and dearly! Giuseppe Morrocchi (b. 1940), enigmatic Italian composer and pianist from San Casciano in Val di Pesa, delivers a striking collection of piano works that balance rawness with tenderness. The album's evocative title – Suonando Rudemente Caramente (Playing Roughly Dearly) – perfectly captures Morrocchi's distinctive aesthetic: a post-modern sensibility that embraces both harsh gesture and lyrical intimacy. Working at the …

condition (record/cover): M/EX Includes 4-page LP-size insert. This essential Deutsche Grammophon release presents two defining works by Luigi Nono (1924-1990), towering figure of post-war Italian modernism. .....sofferte onde serene... (1976), dedicated to Pollini and his wife Marilisa, is a haunting meditation for piano and magnetic tape, recorded at Munich's Herkulessaal. Inspired by the bells of Venice's Giudecca and marked by personal tragedy, the work achieves profound beauty through the d…

condition (record/cover): EX/EX. Luigi Nono's shattering Como una ola de fuerza y luz (1971-72) mourns Luciano Cruz, young leader of Chile's Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR), who died tragically at 27. This monumental work for soprano, piano, orchestra, and magnetic tape – dedicated "para vivir" (that he may live) – unleashes waves of orchestral violence, haunting tape interventions, and piercing vocal lines from texts by Argentine poet Julio Huasi. Maurizio Pollini's piano cuts through with ha…

condition (record/cover): M/EX Includes 8-page LP-size insert. Luigi Nono's Das atmende Klarsein (1980-83) inaugurates the composer's final creative phase – a profound turn toward fragility, spatial listening, and live electronics. Composed for bass flute, small choir, and live electronics in intense collaboration with flutist Roberto Fabbriciani at Freiburg's legendary Experimentalstudio of the Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung, this visionary work explores the very limits of perception. Texts drawn fr…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX . Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003), towering figure of Italian 20th-century composition and teacher of Franco Donatoni, Aldo Clementi e Cornelius Cardew, and Morricone, presents four exquisite works for guitar and chamber ensemble composed between 1959 and 1977. Suoni Notturni (1959), dedicated to painter Afro Basaldella, evokes phantasmagorical nocturnal atmospheres inspired by Basaldella's painting Notturno. Seconda Serenata-Trio (1962) blends guitar with harp and …

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condition (disc/cover): NM/NM . Teresa Procaccini (b. 1934), distinguished composer and longtime professor of composition at Rome's Accademia di Santa Cecilia, presents her percussion works in this focused collection. Winner of the Viotti Competition, Casella Prize, and San Francisco International String Quartet Competition, Procaccini has created a vast catalog of over 150 works blending neoclassical values with bold rhythmic invention inspired by Bartók and Stravinsky. Her percussion writing e…

condition (disc/cover): NM/NM . A prolific composer with over 150 compositions spanning opera, orchestral, chamber, and band music, Procaccini has developed a distinctive voice balancing neoclassical values with modern expression. Trained under Fernando Germani (organ) and Virgilio Mortari (composition), her chamber music showcases sophisticated formal construction, lyrical melodic invention, and rhythmic vitality inspired by Bartók and Stravinsky. These works feature diverse instrumental combin…

condition (disc/cover): NM/NM. Teresa Procaccini (b. 1934) showcases her mastery of concertante writing in this spectacular collection featuring guitar, piano, and orchestra. Performed by the exceptional duo of guitarist Lapo Vannucci and pianist Luca Torrigiani with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra under Nicola Giuliani, the program includes Procaccini's Concerto for Guitar, Piano and Orchestra Op. 246 (2017) – a work of joyful vivaciousness, lyrical intimacy, and elegant wit. The central Andan…

condition (record/cover): VG+ (light surface noise throughout) / EX+ . A pioneering voice in Italian contemporary music! Irma Ravinale (1937-2013), distinguished composer and educator, studied with Goffredo Petrassi at Rome's Conservatory of Santa Cecilia, Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and Karlheinz Stockhausen in Cologne. This rare LP presents Jointly, a significant work from a composer who bridged Italian tradition with international avant-garde. A member of the International Honour Committee of F…

condition (disc/cover): M/M. Enrico Renna (b. 1952, Salento) is a significant Italian contemporary composer who studied with Umberto Rotondi in Milan and with Luigi Nono. This self-titled CD presents chamber, symphonic, electronic, and theatrical works by a composer whose music has been performed throughout Europe and the United States.

condition (record/cover): M/M (still sealed) Gateford sleeve. Includes 16-page LP-size book. Alberto Savinio (1891-1952), born Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico, was the polymorphous younger brother of Giorgio de Chirico – painter, writer, musician, composer, and co-founder of the Scuola Metafisica. This rare Cramps/Multhipla LP (1978) documents the 1976 Milan realization of Les chants de la mi-mort (Songs of the Half-Death), Savinio's 1914 avant-garde operetta originally staged in Apollinaire…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX- Gateford sleeve. Includes 16-page LP-size book. Alberto Savinio (1891-1952), born Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico, was the polymorphous younger brother of Giorgio de Chirico – painter, writer, musician, composer, and co-founder of the Scuola Metafisica. This rare Cramps/Multhipla LP (1978) documents the 1976 Milan realization of Les chants de la mi-mort (Songs of the Half-Death), Savinio's 1914 avant-garde operetta originally staged in Apollinaire's Les Soiré…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX Gatefold sleeve.  Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), one of the most enigmatic figures of 20th-century music, presents four essential works exploring his revolutionary approach to sound. Scelsi's radical music focuses on the microtonal universe within single pitches – sound as living, breathing matter rather than melodic material. Quattro Pezzi (su una nota sola) showcases his groundbreaking chamber orchestra aesthetic built on single notes. Pranam II creates ritual int…

condition (record/cover): NM/NM Gatefold sleeve. A profound exploration of sacred music by one of Italy's most enigmatic composers! Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988), whose work remained largely unknown until late in his career, created a unique compositional language centered on microtonal explorations and the inner life of single sounds. This rare Fy release presents his sacred works, revealing Scelsi's deeply spiritual approach to composition. Moving beyond traditional harmonic structures, these pi…

condition (record/cover): NM/EX- (very small white tag on front) Distinguished violist Aldo Bennici presents works by five towering figures of the Italian avant-garde: Salvatore Sciarrino, Sylvano Bussotti, Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, and Franco Donatoni. This collection represents the finest contemporary viola writing from Italy's post-war generation of composers, each exploring the instrument's expressive possibilities through distinctive compositional languages. From Sciarrino's delicate so…

condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG (2" stripe on front + spine wear + minimal ring wear). Distinguished oboist Lothar Faber presents world premiere recordings of works commissioned specifically for him by leading Italian composers and international figures. The program features Francesco Valdambrini's Dioie, Yoritsuné Matsudaira's Somakash, Lawrence Singer's Musica A 2, Giuseppe Sinopoli's Numquid, Bruno Maderna's Aulodia, and Bruno Bartol…

condition (disc/cover): NM/NM A significant release featuring works by composer Luca Mosca (born 1957)! Mosca, who studied with Franco Donatoni at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and later with Gérard Grisey in Paris, developed a distinctive compositional voice that synthesizes Italian post-war modernism with French spectral influences. Contemporary Italian music for piano by: Arduino Gottardo, Bruno Cerchio, Nicloas Bacri, Elisabetta Brusa, Alessandro Lucchetti, Paolo Ugoletti, Riccard…

condition (record/cover): VG+ (surface noise) / EX (minimal spine wear) Gatefold sleeve. An essential collaboration between two titans of contemporary music interpretation! Severino Gazzelloni (1919-1992), the legendary Italian flutist who redefined the instrument's possibilities in the post-war avant-garde, joins forces with Aloys Kontarsky (1931-2017), the German pianist renowned for his definitive interpretations of Stockhausen, Boulez, and the European serialist repertoire. This Time Records…