Composition / Avant-Garde

Four compositions for cello and piano by the four British composers spanning from 1956 to 1971, released on L'Oiseau-Lyre in 1977.

Four avant-garde works for brass band composed in the 1970's and performed by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band conducted by Elgar Howarth, released on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series in 1977. With insert.

Four solo percussion pieces spanning from the 1950's to the 1970's performed by Tristan Fry and released on Classics For Pleasure in 1975.

Three compositions for tenor and orchestra performed by Peter Pears and the London Sinfonietta conducted by the respective composers, released on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series in 1974. With insert.

Eleven compositions for the 80th Birthday of Dr. Alfred A. Kalmus by some of the most representative composers of avant-garde (David Bedford, Hugh Wood, Pierre Boulez, Richard Rodney Bennett, Luciano Berio, Cristobal Halffter, Roman Haubenstock-Ramati, Harrison Birtwistle, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bernard Rands, Henri Pousseur) released on Universal Edition in 1976.

Compositions for string quartet spanning from 1949 to 1965 released on Mainstream's avant-garde series directed by Earle Brown.

Four avant-garde chamber pieces composed between 1921 and 1967 conducted by Gilbert Amy, released on Disques Adès in 1968.

Two quartets composed respectively in 1910 and 1926 superbly performed by Lasalle Quartett and released in DGG's "Alban Berg Edition / Gallery Series" in 1986. With insert.

Four important works for solo instruments (flute, voice, trombone) and for female voice, harp and 2 percussionists, spanning from 1958 to 1966, performed by Cathy Berberian and Vinko Globokar a.o., released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the 70's. With insert.

1973 recital conducted by the composer himself released in the UK on RCA Red Seal in the same year. With insert.

Several vocal pieces spanning from 1952 to 1972 performed by the London Sinfonietta conducted by the composer himself, released by RCA Red Seal in 1975. With insert.

Two great vocal pieces from the mid-1970's performed by the Swingle Singers conducted by the composer himself and released on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series in 1976. With insert.

Three orchestral pieces spanning from 1956 to 1973 conducted by the composer himself and by Pierre Boulez, released on RCA Red Seal in 1976.

Full recording released in 1973 as a lavish 3LP box set by RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana of the composer's opera completed in 1968, a summa of his art. With original innersleeves and two booklets.

3LP set with book-like sleeve released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the mid 1970's with 1971 recordings of several compositions spanning from 1924 to 1957 plus Eisler talking about Hölderlin in 1961.

Three rich orchestral (one with magnetic tape and one plus chorus) compositions from the 1960's released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in the 70's. With insert.

Contemporary brass music by five composers performed by The Brass Ring, released by Crystal Records in 1986.

1971's apocalyptic oratorio for chorus, speaker, tape and grand orchestra backed with 1970's concerto for violin and orchestra, released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in 1973. With insert.

Four 1970's sparse compositions for orchestra, ensembles and piano released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in 1973. With insert (with notes by Peter Michael Hamel).

Two quite astonishing 1970's composition respectively for string quartet and 2 guitars, performed with extremely extended techniques, released by Col Legno in 1986 in a numbered and signed limited edition.

Three superb composition spanning from 1967 to 1976, respectively for clarinet and orchestra, 12 voices and 4 percussionists, grand orchestra, featuring Michael Ranta and Sigfried Fink among the performers, released on Wergo in 1985.

Three timbrally amazing compositions for solo instrument (piano, cello) and string quartet from the late 1960's / early 1970's released by Edition RZ in 1990. With insert.

Two timbrally rich pieces composed in the early 1980's and beautifully performed by the Ensemble Modern conducted by Peter Eötvös, released on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi in 1985.

Three breath-takingly beautiful compositions from the early 1970's released on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series in 1976. With insert.

1979 recording of Ligeti's only opera composed in 1977, released on Wergo in 1980 and never re-issued either on vinyl or CD. With insert.

1979 recording of Ligeti's only opera composed in 1977, released on Wergo in 1980 and never re-issued either on vinyl or CD. With insert.

Four brilliant compositions from the 1960's for chamber ensembles (and singers) performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez, released on DGG in 1983.

Avant-garde pieces for two pianos composed between 1956 and 1976, performed by Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky and released on DGG in 1980. Promotional copy, with insert.

Avant-garde pieces for two pianos composed between 1956 and 1976, performed by Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky and released on DGG in 1980. With insert.

Three string quartets composed in the 1960's and unsurpassedly performed by the Lasalle Quartett, released on DGG's famed "Avantgarde" contemporary/electronic music series in 1970.

Massive 4LP box set self-released by Ensemble 13 performing several works from the 1970's and 80's by the prolific and influential composer.

Benchmark 5LP box set with the higly praised recordings by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Atherton, released on Decca in 1974. With insert.

The epochal 1912 melodrama plus five other compositions performed by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Atherton and released on Decca's Ace Of Diamonds in 1977.

Three compositions by the father of the Second Viennese School performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez, Jessye Norman and John Shirley-Quirk, released by CBS Masterworks in 1982. With insert.

First edition on Wergo of "Version 1965" of the massive 1960's work for solo soprano, four mixed choirs, and thirteen instrumentalists (four trumpets, four trombones, three percussionists, and two electric keyboards) released on Wergo's great "Studio Reihe Neuer Musik" experimental music series in 1967.

1977 DGG LP with recent recordings of compositions form the early 1950's respectively for alto and chamber orchestra, violin and piano, orchestra, and piano and percussion. With insert.

Two landmark mid-1950's compositions by two of the 20th century most influential composers released in 1968 on Odyssey's "Music Of Our Time" contemporary music series directed by David Behrman.

2LP set in the distinctive Hat Art box released in 1984 with the distinguished pianist playing some Stockhausen's early piano pieces from the 1950's plus Braxton's 1982 composition. With postcard.

Four historical compositions for orchestra soanning from 1908 to 1930 performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Herbert von Karajan and released on DGG in 1974.

Four compositions by the most representative composers of the Second Viennese School performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, released on CBS' "Masterworks Portrait" series in 1983.