Various Artists

Featuring: Krzysztof Penderecki, Kazuo Fukushima, Luigi Nono, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati

condition (record/cover): VG+ (record looks near mint but has some surface noise) / VG+ (small tag on front + light wear) Political consciousness meets avant-garde innovation. This Italian RCA Red Seal release dedicates itself to the victims of Hiroshima through landmark compositions of social protest and sonic experimentation. Bruno Maderna (1920-1973), conductor and co-founder of Milan's Studio di Fonologia, leads the Soloists of the Rome Symphony Orchestra with flutist Severino Gazzelloni in pioneering electroacoustic works. Maderna's Musica su due dimensioni (1952) – for flute, cymbals and tape – stands as one of the earliest examples of live electronics combined with acoustic instruments, premiered at the Darmstadt Summer Courses. Aura (1967) represents his mature orchestral period.

Frederic Rzewski (1938-2021), American composer-pianist and member of Musica Elettronica Viva, performs his minimalist works Coming Together and Attica (both 1972), composed in response to the Attica prison uprising of 1971. Using texts from letters by inmates Sam Melville and Richard X. Clark, Rzewski created driving, repetitive structures that merge political testimony with hypnotic force.

Severino Gazzelloni, principal interpreter of Italian contemporary music, brings his virtuosic precision to these demanding scores. This album documents the intersection of Italian post-war experimentalism with American political minimalism – united in their dedication to peace and social justice.