Now
1989 release **
Marubatoo (13:05) John Wyre Fauna (13:17) William CahnCymbal (11:55) Bob BeckerRain Tree (11:10) Toru TakemitsuRemembrance (9:36) Robin Engelman
"This is a fine collection of pieces performed by one of the premier percussion ensembles in the world. The Canadian quintet Nexus approaches the notion of the percussion ensemble with an ear for innovation and a discipline for virtuosity. Nowhere is this clearer in this disc than on the album's centerpiece, "Cymbal," by group leader Bob…
Orbits • Western Springs • Hieroglyphics 3
1999 release ** "In 1950 Henry Brant began to write spatial music of a particular kind in which the planned positioning of the performers throughout the hall, as well as on stage, is an essential factor in the composing scheme. This procedure, which limits and defines the contrasted music assigned to each performing group, takes as its point of departure the ideas of Charles Ives. Brant's principal works since 1950 are all spatial; his catalogue now comprises nearly 100 such works, each for a di…
Orchestral Space
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 Kun…
The Henry Brant Collection, Vol. 2
2004 release ** Let no-one say that Henry Brant, America’s senior experimental composer, doesn’t have a sense of humor. If Charles Ives had been into Monty Python it would not have reached the heights of epic grandeur and inspired lunacy heard on this second volume of Henry Brant works. Here are three concertos: a triple concerto for Oberlin College’s zaniest, a violin concerto for Daniel Kobialka (violin wizard of the San Francisco Symphony), and a double bass concerto for Lewis Paer (who has r…
Tàmmitam Percussion Ensemble
1990 release (RARE) **
Ionisation (1933) Edgar Varèse 5:58Trio (1936) John Cage 3:56Canticle (1939) Lou Harrison 4:13Polifonica Monodia Ritmica (1951) Luigi Nono 8:50Gloria E Morte (Words By Marco Luzzi) Guido Facchin 1978 11:21Concerto Da Camera(1986) Roberto Beccaci 9:43Pavone, Mulo, Volpe (1987) Saverio Tasca 5:00Il Respiro Della Notte (Liric By Elena Budini) Luigi Celeghin (1989) 3:55Omaggio A Giocando Duchamp Vinci Leonardo Alfredo Tisocco (1975)
The Best Of Nexus
1989 release **
This compact disc contains excerpts from the following releases, recorded between 1976 and 1986.
1. NEXUS RAGTYME CONCERT (UMB DD2)
2. MUSIC OF NEXUS (NE01)
3. NEXUS AND EARLE BIRNEY – 3 record set – (NE 02, 03 & 04)
4. CHANGES (NE05)
5. NEXUS PLAYS THE NOVELTY MUSIC OF GEORGE HAMILTON GREEN (NE 10273)
Minimalist
1990 release ** "This superb collection of works by 20th century minimalist composers spotlights works written for string orchestra. It opens with John Adams' Shaker Loops, a piece with strings set on rapid tremolo throughout -- creating a beautiful, shimmering quality counterbalanced by an aggressive scrubbing sound. Steve Reich's Eight Lines -- a reworking of his incredible 1979 work Octet, scored this time for string orchestra and piano -- is a real gem. The orchestra moves like a well-oiled …
Musiques Trans Alpines Vol. 2
1990 release ** Music by young French-Italian composers or performers of contemporary music: Griffith Rose, Enrico Correggia, Fabrizio De Rossi Re, Giulio Castagnoli, Mauro Cardi.
The California EAR Unit
1989 release ** Chamber works: Louis Andriesses, Hoketus; Elliott Carter, Enchanted Preludes, Espirit Rude, Esprit Doux; Karlheinz Stockhausen, Dr. K Sextet; Michael Torke, The Yellow Pages; Rand Steiger, Quintessence; Arthur Jarvinen, Egytian Two Step. Personnel: Erika Duke, Lorna Elder, Arthur Jarvinen, Amy Knoles, Robin Lorentz, Gaylord Mowry, James Rorig, Rand Steiger, Dorothy Stone, Tony Holmes, Teresa Tunnicliff.
Lush Laments For Lazy Mammal
2025 stock ** "British compositions dominate Lush Laments for Lazy Mammal. Both Gavin Bryars (born in Yorkshire, 1943) and Laurence Crane (born in Oxford, 1961) belong to the classic experimental scene in England, a scene that developed in the wake of the conceptual New York School music in the 1960s. The Englishmen draw inspiration from composers such as Cage and Feldman, as well as from earlier cult figures such as Eric Satie, who anticipated genres such as minimalism and ambient as far back a…
Flöte Plus
1992 release **
Felix Werder - Three Night Pieces Op. 121 (1972) Klaus Hinrich Stahmer - König Wiedehopf (1981) Frank Michael - Trio Op. 58 (1985) Wolfgang Hildemann - Suoni Serale XI/XII (1989/90) Klaus Hinrich Stahmer - Hallo - Georg Philipp! (1981) Wilfried Jentzsch - Paysages FI G Für Flöte Und Computerklänge (1984)
Flute, Alto Flute, Piccolo Flute – Hanna PatzeltFlute, Bass Flute, Alto Flute – Winfried Meier-EhratFlute, Piccolo Flute, Bass Flute – Frank MichaelGuitar – Andre…
Live 2
1990 release **
In Illo Tempore / Je Vis - Je Meurs / Nomos Protos
1990 release ** ""In illo tempore" composed 1979 and recorded June 3-4, 1983 at WDR, Köln, Germany. "Je vis - Je meurs" composed 1979-80 and recorded November 15-16, 1984 at WDR, Köln, Germany. "Nomos protos" composed 1986-87 for piano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, horn, posaune, percussion, two violins, bratsche, cello and double bass. Recorded April 23, 1988 at Nedeltschev Sound-Studio."
Oeuvres de Stroe, Roy, Devillers
1992 release (RARE) **
Aurel Stroe: L'Enfant et le Diable (Voix, instruments, percussions)Camille Roy: Discontinuo (Violoncelle, piano)Jean-BaptisteDevillers: Ucello le poil (Voix, percussions, instruments)
Ensemble Aleph
Duetti / Widmung / Huit Duos
1992 release **
Luciano Berio: DuettiBruno Maderna: WidmungGyörgy Kurtag: Eight Duos
Maryvonne Le Dizès (Violin)Christophe Poiget (Violin)Michel Cerutti (Cymbalum)Alain Damiens (Conductor)
Autori Italiani Contemporanei
1991 release (VERY RARE) ** Rarely performed Italian contemporary compositions for guitar by Bruno Maderna, Goffredo Petrassi, Franco Margola, Carlo Mosso, Lorenzo Ferrero, Gilberto Bosco, Heitor Villa Lobos, Giulio Castagnoli, Fabio Vacchi, Daniele Bertotto, Davide Ficco.
Intolleranza 1960
2025 stock ** "Intolleranza 1960 was Luigi Nono's first work for the opera stage and is a flaming protest against intolerance and oppression and the violation of human dignity. The year in the title refers to the time of the work's origin. Nono himself said of this work that it "did mark a beginning for me, but in no sense did it constitute a tabula rasa or in response to 'divine inspiration'". It was commissioned for the 1961 Venice Biennale by its director Mario Labroca. The first performance …
Music Group De Ereprijs
1989 release **
Jeroen van Dijk - De tijd betrapt 11:54Chiel Meijering - Zou het pijn doen 09:09Huub de Vriend - Reggae 04:05Hans de Jong - Diaspora 07:02Charles E. Ives - Overture and March 1776 03:21.Dolf de Kinkelder - De Verloedering 2 13:29Mauricio Kagel - Fünf Märsche um den Sieg zu verfehlen 07:43
De Staat
1991 release ** "Dutch composer Louis Andriessen is often spoken of as one of the great neglected minimalists. But his work tends to be far less strictly minimalist than that of early Steve Reich or Philip Glass and much more akin to the grab bag ethos of John Adams. In fact, much of "De Staat," a single movement composition with text drawn from Plato's The Republic written from 1973-1976, echoes Adams both in the favored tonalities and in the mix of minimalist styles. The work, as performed by …