Osvaldo Golijov
(2002) Yiddishbbuk (St. Lawrence String Quartet) / V0
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VA Dada et la Musique
(2005) Various Artists - Dada et la Musique / V0
Produced by the Centre Pompidou in France, specifically to be sold at the recent Dada exhibit there. Includes some classic original works (Schwitters, George Antheil), Raoul Hausmann); the majority are new recordings of original dada works by an European ensemble directed by Johny Fritz. "The Dadaists did their best, by means of agitation and sheer noise, to knock down the idols of an Old World, which had not hesitated to plunge the people of Europe into the bloodiest of wars. But, as they were artists in their inner souls despite their negation of art itself, they could not completely stifle their general movement of destruction to produce works of art. Whether it be in the derisive gluing together of the pieces they had broken asunder, whether it be in the resolute trampling out of all aesthetics. This album proposes several examples of what deliberate cacophony was able to produce in the way of poetry and music, not only in the Dadaist circle, but also among those composers who, at one moment of another in their development, identified themselves with the Dadaist movement." Includes works by: Satie, Germaine Albert-Birot, Hugo Ball, Honegger, Tristan Tzara, Cyril Scott, Jean Arp, Schonberg, Poulenc, Kurt Schwitters, George Antheil, Marinetti, Vincente Huidobro, Milhaud, Max Ernst, Raoul Haussman, Erwin Schulhoff, Richard Huelsenbeck.
Paul Bowles
Black Star At The Point Of Darkness (1991)
"Recorded in Tangier especially for Sub Rosa, this album is a unique kaleidoscope of Paul Bowles' talents. The writer, musician, musicologist and wanderer is here in the full diversity of his work. We hear his voice reading poems and short stories, his recordings of ritual Morrocan music and, what he himself considers one of his most accomplished works, the Six Preludes for Piano performed by Jean-Luc Fafchamps in a sensitive contemporary interpretation. As the wind howls over the roof at noon, do not be afraid, the Invisible Spectator will be at your side." - Sub Rosa
Guillaume de Machaut
(1993) The Mirror Of Narcissus (1300-1377) / V0
performed by: Gothic Voices (info)
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Toru Takemitsu
Corona - Tokyo Realization (Jim O'rourke) / V2
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Complete Works for Solo Guitar (Andrea Dieci) / V0
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Riverrun; Water-Ways; Rain Coming; Rain Spell; Tree Line / 320k
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Coral Island / V0
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Orchestral Works (Nexus, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair) / 320k
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Chamber Music / V0
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Works for Flute and Guitar / 192k
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The Complete Solo Piano Music / V2
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Arnold Schoenberg
Toru Takemitsu (Played by Jim O'Rourke) - Tokyo Realization
(2006) Toru Takemitsu (Played by Jim O'Rourke) - Tokyo Realization (a.k.a 'Translate Takemitsu') / V2
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Japanese-only release of two performances of Toru Takemitsu's 1962 composition "Corona", performed by Jim O'Rourke. "Toru Takemitsu (1931-1996) was a self-taught Japanese composer who combined elements of Eastern and Western music and philosophy to create a unique sound world. Some of his early influences were the sonorities of Debussy, and Messiaen's use of nature imagery and modal scales. There is a certain influence of Webern in Takemitsu's use of silence, and Cage in his compositional philosophy, but his overall style is uniquely his own. Takemitsu believed in music as a means of ordering or contextualizing everyday sound in order to make it meaningful or comprehensible. His philosophy of "sound as life" lay behind his incorporation of natural sounds, as well as his desire to juxtapose and reconcile opposing elements such as Orient and Occident, sound and silence, and tradition and innovation. From the beginning, Takemitsu wrote highly experimental music involving improvisation, graphic notation, unusual combinations of instruments and recorded sounds. The result is music of great beauty and originality. It is usually slowly paced and quiet, but also capable of great intensity. The variety, quantity and consistency of Takemitsu's output are remarkable considering that he never worked within any kind of conventional framework or genre. In addition to the several hundred independent works of music, he scored over ninety films and published twenty books."-Steven Coburn, All Music
1. Corona for Pianist(s) Written by Toru Takemitsu: Tokyo Realizaton 1 (26:19)
2. Corona for Pianist(s) Written by Toru Takemitsu: Tokyo Realizaton 2 (25:05)
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