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La Monte Young

Trio for Strings (4LP Box)

Format4LP BoxLabelDia FoundationGenreExperimental

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Few copies back in stock. Limited deluxe edition. This vinyl box set is the first-ever official release of La Monte Young’s Trio for Strings (1958), recorded live from the Dream House, a legendary sound-and-light installation by Young, Marian Zazeela, and Jung Hee Choi, and performed by The Theatre of Eternal Music String Ensemble led by Charles Curtis and featuring Curtis, cello; Reynard Rott, cello; Erik Carlson, violin, viola; and Christopher Otto, violin, viola, at Dia:Chelsea in 2015. Featuring a box cover designed by Choi with calligraphy by Zazeela, the collection includes four discs and a 32-page set of liner notes with essays by Young, Zazeela, and Choi.

Details
Cat. number: DIA21TFS
Year: 2022

Release notes

Includes 32 page booklet and download card

Tracklist
Trio For Strings Original Full Length Just Intonation Version (1958-1984-1998-2001-2005-2015) 15 IX 05 ca. 9:21:00 PM - 15 IX 06 ca. 12:23:00 AM NYC
ASide 1 Of 822:34
BSide 2 Of 816:00
CSide 3 Of 824:14
DSide 4 Of 825:54
ESide 5 Of 822:37
FSide 7 Of 825:52
GSide 6 Of 823:24
HSide 8 Of 821:25
Credits
La Monte Young
Composed By, Liner Notes, Written By
Jung Hee Choi
Liner Notes
Marian Zazeela
Liner Notes
The Theatre Of Eternal Music String Ensemble
Performer
Soundohm

“The work that’s credited by Terry Riley as having paved the way for his 1964 composition, “In C”, “Trio for Strings” is arguably the most important minimalist work ever composed.”

Bradford Bailey
3 February 2022
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