Toshi Ichiyanagi, Toru Takemitsu, Iannis Xenakis, Gyorgy Ligeti

2009 release ** "Japan-for-U.S. CD reissue of Varèse Sarabande LP configuration (VX 81060), featuring contemporary, avant-garde classical performances, recorded live at Tokyo's Nissei Theatre in 1966 by the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Seiji Ozawa and Hiroshi Wakasugi, featuring performances of the works of nineteen separate composers, of which four were selected for this particular release. The packaging features an eight-page booklet with liner notes "based upon notes by Kuniharu Akiyama," and color front and back covers, the former featuring a reproduction of a photograph of Mars as taken by Viking Orbiter II in 1976, and the latter featuring a reproduction of a painting by an unidentified artist.”