Various Artists - Masterworks Of The 20th Century

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Dziesięciopłytowy zestaw pt. „Masterworks of the 20th Century” przedstawia słuchaczowi najlepsze wykonania dzieł Charlesa Ivesa, Strawińskiego, Bouleza, Takemitsu, Xenaxisa i wielu innych. Każde z tych nagrań jest swoistym arcydziełem wykonawczym idealnie wpisującym się w stylistykę i narracje wykonawczą kompozytora.

Lista utworów:

Pierre Boulez
Le marteau sans maître
I. Avant l'Artisanat furieux"
II. Commentaire I de "bourreaux de solitude"
III. L'Artisanat furieux
IV. Commentaire II de Bourreaux de solitude
V. Bel édifice et les pressentiments I
VI Bourreaux de solitude
VII. Aprčs l'artisanat furieux
VIII. Commentaire III de Bourreaux de solitude
IX. Bel édifice et les pressentiments II
Livre pour Cordes
1a Variation
1 b Mouvement
Toru Takemitsu
Asterism for Piano and Orchestra
Requiem for String Orchestra
Green For Orchestra (November Steps II)
The Dorian Horizon for 17 Strings
Igor Stravinsky
Agon
Gunther Schuller
Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee
1. Antique Harmonies
2. Abstract Trio
3. Little Blue Devil
4. The Twittering Machine
5. Arab Village
6. An Eerie Moment
7. Pastorale
Charles Ives
Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord, Mass. , 1840-60"
I. Emerson
II. Hawthorne
III. The Alcotts
IV. Thoreau
Emerson (end of exposition)
Emerson (most of recapitulation)
Hawthorne (fragment)
The Alcotts (complete)
Emerson Transcription No. 1 with Interpolated Improvisations
Emerson Transcription No. 3 with Interpolated Improvisations
George Crumb
Voice of the Whale (Vox Balaenae) - for Three Masked Players
Vocalise (. . . . for the beginning of time)
Variations on Sea-Time
a) Sea-theme
b) Archeozoic (Variation I)
c) Proterozoic (Variation II)
d) Paleozoic (Variation III)
e) Mesozoic (Variation IV)
f) Cenozoic (Variation V)
Sea Nocturne (. . . . for the end of time)
Night of the Four Moons - based on fragments from Federico García Lorca
I. La luna está muerta, muerta . . . (The moon is dead, dead . . . . )
II. Cuando sale la luna . . . . (When the moon rises . . . . )
III. Otro Adán oscuro está sońando . . . (Another obscure Adam dreams . . . . )
IV. ˇHuye luna, luna, luna ! . . . . (Run away moon, moon, moon ! . . . . )
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano
Part 1, I. Morning Music (Genesis II)
Part 1, II. The Mystic Chord
Part 1, III. Rain-Death Variations
Part 1, IV. Twin Suns (Doppelgänger aus der Ewigkeit)
Part 2, V. Ghost Nocturne for the Druids of Stonehenge (Night-Spell II)
Part 2, VI. Gargoyles
Part 2, VII. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica)
Part 2, VIII. A Prophecy of Nostradamus
Part 3, IX. Cosmic Wind
Part 3, X. Voices from "Corona Borealis"
Part 3, XI. Litany of the Galactic Bells
Part 3, XII. Agnus Dei
Harry Partch
Daphne of the Dunes
Barstow - Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini from Plectra & Percussion Dances
Partch in Prologue, Adapted Viola
Chromelodeon I
Kithara
Harmonic Canon II
Diamond Marimba
Bass Marimba
Cloud-Chamber Bowls
Spoils of War
Surrogate Kithara
Kithara II
Boo
Harmonic Canon I
Zymo-Xyl
Mazda Marimba
Gourd Tree & Cone Gong
Hand Instruments, Partch in Epilogue
Pauline Oliveros
Sound Patterns
Alvin Lucier
North American Time Capsule 1967
John Cage
Solos for Voice 2
Robert Ashley
She Was a Visitor
Toshi Ichyanagi
Extended Voices
Morton Feldman
Chorus and Instruments (II)
Christian Wolff in Cambridge
Iannis Xenakis
Akrata
David Del Tredici
Syzygy
Karlheinz Stockhausen
No. 9 Zyklus for One Percussionist
John Cage
Fontana Mix – Feed
George Crumb
Lux Aeterna
Bülent Arel
Stereo Electronic Music No. 1
Halim El-Dabh
Leiyla and the Poet
Vladimir Ussachevsky
Creation – Prologue
Milton Babbitt
Composition for Synthesizer
Mario Davidovsky
Electronic Study No. 1
Otto Luening
Gargoyles
Milton Babbitt
Ensembles for Synthesizer
Pierre Boulez
Sonatine for Flute
Roman Ramati-Haubenstock
Interpolation, Mobile for Flute (1, 2 and 3)
Bruno Maderna
Concerto for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra
Luigi Nono
Y Su Sangre Ya Viene Cantando
Luciano Berio
Serenade I for Flute and 14 Instruments