Various Artists
A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde
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A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde is an accessible, comprehensive primer that surveys modernism and music in the 20th century, offering Futurist noise, dreamy Surrealism, Dada tone poetry, serialism, prepared pianos, musique concrète and early electronic composition.
With a generous playing time of 145 minutes, this deluxe double CD set is presented in a handsome 6 panel digipack, containing an illustrated booklet with detailed historical notes.
Release notes
Dates of composition appended to the track titles: 1-1: 1893; 1-2, 1-3, 1-9, 2-3: 1913; 1-4, 2-4: 1915; 1-5, 1-6: 1924; 1-7: 1925; 1-8, 2-5, 2-7: 1923; 1-10: 1918; 1-11, 1-12: 1920; 1-13: 1929; 1-14: 1932; 1-15: 1938; 2-1: 1906; 2-2: 1911; 2-6: 1927; 2-8: 1952; 2-9: 1956; 2-10: 1958; 2-11: 1961 1-1 Published by Sacem/G. Ricordi & Co. 1-8 Published by G. Schirmer Ltd. 1-9 This recording appears courtesy of Riksconcerter/Caprice Records, Sweden. 1-10 Published by Sacem/Chester Music. 1-13…
| 1-1 | Vexations (Detail) | 3:09 | |
| 1-2 | Suicide In An Airplane | 3:44 | |
| 1-3 | Risveglio Di Una Città | 0:31 | |
| 1-4 | Sogni, Intermezzo Da L'Aviatore Dro | 11:36 | |
| 1-5 | Corale | 1:58 | |
| 1-6 | La Battaglia Di Adrianopoli | 3:01 | |
| 1-7 | Dance Of The Monkeys | 2:45 | |
| 1-8 | Mechanisms | 12:35 | |
| 1-9 | Musical Erratum | 10:06 | |
| 1-10 | Mouvements Perpétuels | 5:40 | |
| 1-11 | Pas De La Chicorée Frisée | 4:04 | |
| 1-12 | La Nourrice Américaine | 3:08 | |
| 1-13 | La Toison D'Or | 2:54 | |
| 1-14 | Die Sonata In Urlauten | 3:27 | |
| 1-15 | Description Of A Dream | 3:19 | |
| 2-1 | The Unanswered Question | 6:05 | |
| 2-2 | Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke | 5:56 | |
| The Rite Of Spring (Extract) | |||
| 2-3.1 | Introduction | 3:28 | |
| 2-3.2 | The Augurs Of Spring - Dance Of The Young Girls | 3:18 | |
| 2-3.3 | Mock Abduction | 1:17 | |
| 2-4 | Tanz Op. 10 | 4:59 | |
| 2-5 | Pacific 231 | 6:05 | |
| 2-6 | Iron Foundry | 2:59 | |
| 2-7 | The Aeolian Harp | 3:45 | |
| 2-8 | 4'33" | 5:00 | |
| 2-9 | Gesang Der Jünglinge | 13:03 | |
| 2-10 | Poème Électronique | 8:08 | |
| 2-11 | Atmosphères | 9:04 | |
- James Nice
- Compiled By, Liner Notes
- Carl Glover
- Design [Design And Packaging]
- Dominique Brethes
- Mastered By
- Peter Mertens
- Other [Verdant Piano]
- Peter Staessens
- Photography By [Verdant Piano]
