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Siemens-Studio Für Elektronische Musik
Easily among the most important documents of electronic music's early history, Siemens-Studio Für Elektronische Musik assembles 19 compositions created between the late 1950s and mid-1960s at the legendary Siemens Studio for Electronic Music in Munich - the first programmable recording studio ever built - under the artistic direction of Josef Anton Riedl. Originally issued on CD in 1998 by the Siemens Kultur Programm and compiled by Riedl himself, this remarkable collection gathers works by Herb…
Anna Ricci Interpreta Obras De Andrés Lewin-Richter (LP)
Excellent 1982 LP on Hemisferio presenting the electro-acoustic collaborations between the Spanish composer and mezzo-soprano Anna Ricci. A companium album to Musica Electroacústica.
Orgel Bronslur Och Trombon (LP)
An organ mass and five compositions for organ and the ancient sounds of the bronslur (bronze lure) or the trombone, released by Proprius in 1985. With insert.
De' Metalli / Claustrophonie / Nachspiel / Vier Kanzonen / Two Nonsense Verses, An Epigram And A Madrigal / Three Piano Pieces / Ad Libitum (LP)
Seven compositions for solo instrument, duos and orchestra, by the Swiss composer, spanning from 1963 to 1979,released on Bärenreiter-Musicaphon's "Basler Komponisten / New Music From Basle" contemporary music series in 1979.
Sonatas For String Quartet (LP)
1967 New Complexity landmark composition for string quartet, released on RCA in 1978.
Geluid <=> Kijken (3 flexi-discs + book)
Rare and beautiful catalogue published in occasion of the Sound<=>Sight exhibition held at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum in 1971, containing three flexi-discs with the three artists' electronic music produced for the installations.
Symphonie / Deux Tableaux Pour Orchestre '65 (LP)
Two orchestral works from the mid-1960's blending Western avant-garde with Japanese tradition, released on Philips' "Modern Music Series" in 1971.
Elektronmusikens material och estetik (LP)
1968 educational LP on Nordiska Musikförlaget with the Danish composer's introduction to electronic music theory. With insert.
Musikprotokoll '82 - Steirischer Herbst
1948 celebrated chamber piece by Shoenberg's pupil backed with his 1965 partita for organ, released in 1983 on ORF's "Musikprotokoll" contemporary music series.
Time And Motion Study II / Piano Control / Smog (LP)
Great electro-acoustic split LP with a 1976 piece for singing cellists and live-electronics by the British composer backed with a 1974 piece piano and synthesizer and a 1971 piece for trombone and orchestra, released on Bärenreiter-Musicaphon's "Basler Komponisten / New Music From Basle" contemporary music series in 1978.
New Music From Australia (LP)
Scultohorp's superb 1965 orchestral composition accompanied by 1961's passionate piece for violin, percussion and string orchestra, backed with Le Gallienne's 1956 composition for string orchestra, woodwind and two horns, released on Odyssey's "Music Of Our Time" series directed by David Behrman.
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.
20th Century Percussion Music (LP)
Four solo percussion pieces spanning from the 1950's to the 1970's performed by Tristan Fry and released on Classics For Pleasure in 1975.
Offrandes / Tempi Concertati / D'Un Opéra De Voyage (LP)
Four avant-garde chamber pieces composed between 1921 and 1967 conducted by Gilbert Amy, released on Disques Adès in 1968.
Nirvana Mandala (LP)
European edition released on Philips in 1980 of the two cosmic symphonic masterpieces composed in 1959 and 1960 fusing Western avant-garde and the Buddhist world.
Segnali Per Sei Dimensioni (LP)
1982 LP on RCA presenting the Italian composer's early chamber music experiments for solo instruments, duos and ensemble.
Canti Del Capricorno (LP)
First album with the full cicle of songs by the outstanding and influential Italian composer sung by their dedicatee, privately recorded in 1969 (featuring Alvin Curran) and 1981 and released by Wergo in 1987.
Four Principles On Ireland And Other Pieces (LP)
Compositions based on the revolutionary songs of different countries performed on the piano by the composer himself, released on Cramps' unparallelled "Nova Musicha" experimental music series in 1974.
We (Nosotros) (LP)
German edition released in 1971 on Polydor of the weird and great 1969 plunderphonic / musique concrète composition by the Spanish composer.
Electronic Music (LP)
Rare album with three wonderful electronic pieces realized by the Noewegian composer between 1968 and 1970, released by Philips in 1974.
