Messe / Gleichnisse / Epistelmotetten (LP)
Three compositions from the early 1960's mixing avant-garde techniques and sacred tradition released in 1962 on Cantate.
Prometeo (3LP box)
Scarce Italian edition on Acanta / Fonit Cetra of the 1975 3LP box set with the full recording of Orff's 1968 powerful piece of music-theatre sung in Greek and with AN extensive array of percussion. With insert.
Canti Del Capricorno (LP)
First album with the full cicle of songs by the outstanding and influential Italian composer sung by their dedicatee, privately recorded in 1969 (featuring Alvin Curran) and 1981 and released by Wergo in 1987.
Segnali Per Sei Dimensioni (LP)
1982 LP on RCA presenting the Italian composer's early chamber music experiments for solo instruments, duos and ensemble.
Nirvãna-Symphonie (LP)
Majestic fusion of avant-garde and traditional Buddhist chanting and bells, the composer's 1958 cosmic masterpiece released in 1962 on Time's "Series 2000" contemporary music series directed by Earle Brown, with cover by Yoko Ono.
Nirvana Mandala (LP)
European edition released on Philips in 1980 of the two cosmic symphonic masterpieces composed in 1959 and 1960 fusing Western avant-garde and the Buddhist world.
Bacchanale / Phonologie Symphonique / Music For Symphony Orchestra / Triptique For String Orchestra (LP)
1971 Italian edition on La Voce Del Padrone's "Modern classics" series of the Angel/Toshiba LP with four orchestra compositions composed in the 1950's blending Western avant-garde with Japanese tradition. With insert.
Symphonie / Deux Tableaux Pour Orchestre '65 (LP)
Two orchestral works from the mid-1960's blending Western avant-garde with Japanese tradition, released on Philips' "Modern Music Series" in 1971.
Asterism / Requiem / Green / The Dorian Horizon (LP)
1970 album on RCA which is the best introduction to the Japanese composer's beautiful orchestral music of the 1960's, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Essential.
Quatrain / A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden (LP)
Classic 1980 DGG release with two of the Japanese composer's most acclaimed and accessible compositions from the 1970's.
November Steps / Et exspecto resurrectionem (LP)
Appropriate pairing of two orchestral avant-garde masterpieces composed in the 1960's on Philip's 1970 LP in the "Collection Trésors Classiques".
Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)
Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor, John Cage and Malcom Goldstein!
Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)
Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor, John Cage and Malcom Goldstein!
Piano Space (3LP box)
Great 3LP box set with one of the most complete panoramas of experimental piano music of the 20th century, beautifully performed by Aki Takahashi and released on CP² Recordings in 1976. Compositions by Toru Takemitsu, Joji Yuasa, Keijiro Satoh, Yori-Aki Matsudaira, Shuko Mizuno, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Maki Ishii, Shigeaki Saegusa, Jo Kondo, Yuji Takahashi, Anton Webern, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage. With insert.
Piano Space 1 (LP)
1978 LP on Angel with a selection of experimental piano compositions from the box set with the same title, focusing on pieces by Japaniese composers from the 1970's, perfromed by Aki Takahashi.
Piano Horizon (LP)
Beautiful 1981 album on ALM of 1970's experimental keyboard music by two Japanese composers performed by Akemi Satomi, including the stunning Erixatione for multi-tracked electric pianos. With insert.
Michio Kai Plays The Avant-Garde Flute Pieces (LP)
Beautiful 1979 album on ALM of 1970's experimental solo flute music (except for a piano/flute duo) by Japanese composers played by Michio Kai.
Japanese Composers (LP)
"Not for sale" LP released in 1981 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, the first volume of their Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, here for piano, cello and piano, flute, and percussion. With insert.
Japanese Composers Vol.13 (LP)
13th volume of the Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, released in 1987 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, with pieces for two pianos, violin, cello and piano, solo cello, and string quartet composed in the 1970's and 80's. With insert.
Horizontes / Preludio A Colon / Concertino Pour Piano En 1/3 De Ton (LP)
1963 LP on Philips' "Modern Music Series" presenting three micro-tonal pieces for solo piano, small ensemble and orchestra by the Mexican composer, spanning from 1922 to 1958.