Genesi (Opera In Tre Atti)
Genesi (Opera in Tre Atti)" is a three-act opera composed by Franco Battiato, premiered at the Teatro Regio in Parma on April 26, 1987. This release captures the live recording from subsequent performances in late April and early May 1987, released on CD by Fonit Cetra.
The story unfolds with gods observing humanity's decline and contemplating a new flood, but they send four archangels as human messengers to Earth. The archangels discover a secretive brotherhood devoted to sacred dance and esot…
... über Ursache und Wirkung der Meinungsverschiedenheiten beim Turmbau zu Babel
Mega tip! Even within the sprawling oeuvres of Sven-Åke Johansson and Alexander von Schlippenbach, both known for their innovative rethinking and broadening of artistic categories, the dramatic work "... über Ursache und Wirkung der Meinungsverschiedenheiten beim Turmbau zu Babel" ("... on cause and effect of the disagreements during the building of the Tower of Babel") remains a unique and rare enigma: What is it actually? Johansson has alternately called it a music drama, an opera, and a sings…
Vessels: Spellbook in the House of Hearts
Songs from Vessels: Spellbook in the House of Hearts is a collection of songs from my VR micro-opera cycle Vessels. Each song is a kind of evocative painting, intertwining technology with the sensual, the poetic, and the eerie. Spells 37 and 25, depict a gramophone with a spider at its base and a snake as the speaker.
Irma
Tom Phillips's opera Irma (1969), built from phrases of W.H. Mallock's novel A Human Document, performed by AMM (Rowe, Tilbury, Prévost) with Phil Minton, Lol Coxhill, Elise Lorraine and others at the Union Chapel, London, on 20 May 1988.
Four Thing
"Zach Phillips was a fixture in the Brattleboro scene for a good many years. As a member of Blanche Blanch Blanche and Big French (among others), as well as the creator of many solo projects under various guises, runner of the OSR label, and all around Renaissance handyman, Phillips moved to Brooklyn a while back. Once ensconced there he began playing as half of CE Schneider Topical, and generally stirring up the same kinds of mytery-aktion which had marked his northern existence. Four Thing is …
Private Parts (LP)
Rare original edition on Lovely Music of the first installment of the 1978 revolutionary and extraordinarily beautiful electronic opera for television Private Parts, released in 1978, an essential masterpiece. Yellow cover version.
Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo) (LP)
Original edition on Lovely Music of the third installment of the 1978 revolutionary and extraordinarily beautiful electronic opera for television Private Parts, released in 1981, an essential masterpiece.
Einstein On The Beach (4LP box)
1984 re-issue on CBS of the 4LP box set with the first full recording of the momumental and ground-breaking 1976 Minimalist opera in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Essential. With booklet.
Einstein On The Beach (4CD)
2012 4CD re-issue on Sony of the 1978 4LP box set with the first full recording of the momumental and ground-breaking 1976 Minimalist opera in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Essential. With booklet.
Satyagraha (3LP box)
Original European edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1980 Minimalist opera based on Gandhi's life, released by CBS in 1985. With booklet.
Akhnaten (3LP box)
Original 1987 edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1983 opera based on the Egyptian pharaoh's life, released by CBS in 1987. With booklet.