Two Continuum Pieces

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Leftfield. Using Instruments as Diverse as Springs, a Tank, Tubular Drums, a Jerry Can and Wires, Pierre Berthet Has Created Two Purely Acoustic, Continuum Process Pieces, Full of Drones and Natural Percussion.

Tracks:

Indulo - March - Allegro
Polyphonic Etude - Allegro comodo
Three Wedding Dances: The Cart Is At The Gate - Allegro
Three Wedding Dances: Quickly Come Here Pretty - Andantino
Three Wedding Dances: Circling Dance - Allegro
Sonatina: Allegro
Sonatina: Andante
Sonatina: Vivace
Allegro
Capriccio No. 1 - Allegretto capriccioso
Invention - Risoluto
Capriccio No. 2 - Allegro robusto
Monument
Selbstportrait mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei)
In zart fliessender Bewegung
Passacaglia ungherese - Andante
Hungarian Rock - Vivacissimo molto ritmico
Continuum - Prestissimo
Ricercare - Omaggio a Girolamo Frescobaldi
Two Studies For Organ: Harmonies - Rubato, sempre legatissimo
Two Studies For Organ: Coulee - Prestissimo, sempre legato
Volumina

Customer Reviews:

More 'sci-fi' inspired music.......2006-08-31

This 6th installment of the Gyorgy Ligeti Edition contains one (Harmonies) of Ligeti's three pieces used by Stanley Kubrick in the '2001' soundtrack. For that reason alone, this CD is a bit more interesting than some of the others in this series. To me, as a representative of the average listener who happens to like a very broad range of musical styles, this CD is more interesting than Ligeti's string compositions, but not as interesting as his choral works.

Part of the attraction may be the mystery of exactly what instrument is it which is performing some of these pieces. This mystery is simply not there when the pieces are done by violins and their relatives.

While the mystery instumentation is nothing more than an organ, the performers make this hoary monster do a lot more than I am used to hearing in my local church.

The whole series is a wealth of 'new' or 'alternate' music, but this disk is just a bit more rewarding than some of the others.

Piano pieces are lesser works, but the rest is fantastic.......2004-03-22

Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 6 "Keyboard Works", a installment of Sony's attempt to present Ligeti's collected works, includes the composer's pieces for harpsichord and organ, as well as a number of piano works which were not previously included in Gyorgy Ligeti Edition 3 "Piano Works". As on that third volume, the piano works are performed by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, whom Ligeti considers the ideal pianist for his works, and this time accompanied by Irina Kataeva. Elisabeth Chojnacka performs on harpsicord, and Zsigmond Szathmary on organ.

Some of "Five Pieces for Piano Four-Hands" are among the earliest of Ligeti's works, written when the composer was a mere 20 years old. All these early piano pieces are rather immature, a simple exploration of an instrument Ligeti encountered later in life than usual. Some, like "Three Wedding Dances" show much progress, but are rooted in peasant folk rhythms and bear little resemblance to the Ligeti of later years. I am a great fan of Ligeti, but frankly these first piano works are dull. One notable exception is the sequence "Capriccio No.1-Invention-Capriccio No. 2" which, although written in 1947, is reminiscent of Ligeti's superb "Musica Ricercata" series for piano featured on volume 3.

"Three Pieces for Two Pianos" dates from twenty-five years later, when Ligeti had already made his micropolyphonic breakthrough (and was in some cases beginning to abandon it). The halting, jerking "Monument" is, I think, the first appearance on this disc of the Ligeti we all know and love. "Selbstportrait mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei)" is a tribute to the two American minimalist composers and includes a brief allusion to Chopin's music, which Ligeti considers protominimalist. It is indicated to be played "Presto: so schnell und so gleichmaessig wie moeglich", and Aimard and Kataeva really handle the unforgivingly flowing nature of the piece.

The three harpsichord pieces are quite interesting because they are generally unknown. The highlight is "Hungarian Rock" (1978), a frenetic piece which sounds like video-game music gone horribly wrong. Chojnacka really shines here and on the following "Continuum" (1968), which in its eerie micropolyphony stands with the best of his works of the 1960's.

Ligeti's organ pieces are subtle and I'm not sure I "get" them yet. "Ricercare" (1951) is Ligeti's first exploration of the instrument. "Harmonies" (1967) is rather reminiscent of the Ligeti's "Atmospheres" in its waves of sound and concentration on pure timbre, and the following "Coulee" continues this in a considerably higher range.

The organ pieces, and the disc, end with "Volumina" (1961/62), one of Ligeti's earliest hits in the West. This is one of Ligeti's finest works, and the sound quality of this performance is much better than the 1968 recording recently reissued by Deutsche Grammaphon. (This is in itself surprising, as DG's reissues usually sound better than more recent recordings.) It might even be a better performance, as I find it difficult to judge the earlier recording because of its inaudibility.

The booklet contains, as usual, notes written by Ligeti himself and, as always, they are full of enlightening anecdotes and humorous remarks. Here you can read about how the first rehearsal "Volumina" burnt out the organ of Gothenburg's cathedral, and how--in a parenthetical remark that could be dead serious or a joke--Ligeti "will be overcome by revenge fantasies" forever eagainst the repressive regimes of Hungary.

While I think Ligeti is the greatest living composer, and the two series collecting his works are certainly worth getting, the unexciting piano pieces make this a lesser installment in Gyorgy Ligeti Edition. This should wait until one already has, for example, the first volume "String Quartets" or the second "A Capella Choral Works."

Some gems in this uneven keyboard music collection.......2003-11-26

Volume 6 of Sony's Ligeti Edition is largely devoted to piano pieces not included in Volume 3 (Etudes, Musica ricercata), along with his harpsichord and organ pieces. This means that it doesn't have as consistently high a standard of music, but there's still enough meat here to keep the listener interested.

The disc starts with a collection of previously unrecorded early pieces for two pianos. Most of them aren't particularly interesting, but the Polyphonic Etude (written as early as 1943) is a striking premonition of Ligeti's later preoccupations. For that matter, fans of the Musica ricercata (or the Six Bagatelles) will recognize the first two movements of the 1950 Sonatina. Kataeva and Aimard bring off these minor pieces with aplomb.

Following this, we hear the Invention (a rather dry attempt at writing hyper-chromatic Bach) and the two somewhat Bartokian Capriccios. Again, these are minor Ligeti; Kataeva's recording of them probably isn't quite as good as Ullen's on BIS (fill-ups to his underrated reading of the first two books of Etudes), but it's still perfectly acceptable.

After this, we reach mature Ligeti. The three pieces for two pianos are amongst the closest Ligeti got to American minimalism--indeed the middle movement is somewhat clumsily entitled Selbsportrait mit Reich und Riley (und Chopin ist auch dabei). Kataeva and Aimard play well here, without entirely erasing memories of the Kontarsky brothers on a now-reissued recording for DG.

No complaints at all about Elisabeth Chojnacka's rendition of the harpsichord pieces. The mean-tone tunings of the Passacaglia ungherese and Hungarian Rock counterpoint their intentionally bland rhythm. The gem amongst the three pieces, though, is Continuum, a frantic toccata throwing up strange patterns and illusions, which comes off wonderfully here.

The four organ pieces end this disc. The Ricercare (the organ version of the last piece in Musica ricercata) is a gloomy chromatic Frescobaldi pastiche, while Harmonies is an apparently simplistic set of chords distorted by tampering with the organ's pressure mechanism. Coulee, by contrast, is an organ version of Continuum, which sounds remarkably different from the original. Last of all, is the graphically scored tone-cluster piece Volumina. This is a phenomenal, apocalyptic piece, a clear ancestor of the Requiem, and is exceedingly powerful in live performance. Unfortunately, I don't feel Zsigmond Szathmary's performance here comes close to matching Gerd Zacher on DG or the phenomenal Hans-Ola Ericsson on BIS (my own favourite for the complete organ works, coupled with an excellent Schoenberg Variations on a Recitative).

Despite reservations, then, this disc is still worth considering--particularly as Sony's website indicates that the company is in the process of deleting the entire Ligeti Edition.

brilliant music.......2003-06-17

just listen to the five pieces for piano four hands, and you will know what i'm talking about. I'm going to try and get all this editions of ligeti.

Delightful.......2003-05-04

A delightful introduction to Ligeti, for me--very accessible and winning, from student work for piano that recalls Stravinsky, to "Self-Portrait with Reich and Riley" (one reason I bought this) to "Volumina" (the other reason). A wonderfully diverse keyboard CD, from simple to profound. If it's not Ligeti's most momentous work, I wouldn't fault the CD: the performers are excellent, and so's the engineering.

Henry Cowell: Instrumental, Chamber and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

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An overview of Cowell's various compositional styles - but not always his most innovative and interesting music
About Time

Henry Cowell: Instrumental, Chamber and Vocal Music, Vol. 1

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Henry Cowell: Persian Set
Henry Cowell: Works for Orchestra

ASIN: B00076SHHA
Release Date: 2005-02-22

Tracks:

Deep Color
The Fairy Answer
Fabric
Tiger
Con Moto-Allegro
Lento
Allegro Moderato
Molto Vivace
'A Sharp Where You'd Expect A Natural'
'Hark! From The Pit A Fearsome Sound'
'Who Wrote This Fiendish 'Rite Of Spring'?'
Largo
Allegretto
Andante Tranquillo
Allegro Marcato
Andante Calmato
Presto
Polyphonica, For Small Orchestra
The Banshee
The Leprechaun
The Fairy Bells

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An overview of Cowell's various compositional styles - but not always his most innovative and interesting music.......2007-03-25

This disc - a Naxos re-release of a recording made in 1990 and first published by Musical Heritage Society - provides a good overview of Cowell's various compositional styles - but not always his most innovative and interesting music.

The sunny Quartet for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord (1954) would make a fine companion piece to Manuel de Fallas's Concerto for Harpsichord. Its neo-classical style (including a Bach-derived melody erupting at 1:40 in the 1st movement and a kind of medieval court dance at 0:50 in the finale) and somewhat rarefied textures are close to Falla's, but without the Spaniard's unique compositional voice. It is the kind of music that Poulenc, Milhaud, Sauguet or Françaix at their lightest could have written. "Polyphonica" (1930) is a short (3:45) study in dissonant counterpoint, again sounding quite neo-classical in its perky sonorities and rhythmic sprightliness.

The 6-movement Suite for Violin and Piano from 1925 again is modeled after the baroque suite. While the piano part (especially in the 1st and 5th movements) has some of the traits so characteristic of Cowell's compositions for the instrument, like deep sounding tone clusters, the violin melodies are mostly Bach-derived, making it all sound like the kind of Bach transcription so much in favor in the fifties. The suite's concept reminds me of George Antheil's 2nd violin and piano sonata (see my review of George Antheil: Violin Sonatas 1, 2 & 4), in which the violin part is supposed to represent the trite music of past and present and the piano, the pounding, dissonant music of the future - but Antheil's composition is much more original, provocative and fun than Cowell's. In the same style, Stravinsky's Suite Italienne (an arrangement of his Ballet Pulcinella after music attributed - at the time of the composition - to Pergolesi) is also a more endearing composition. Violinist Mia Wu's pitch is not always perfect and her tone verges on the sour.

The three "Anti-Modernist" (e.g. anti modern music) Newspaper poems that Cowell set to music in 1938 are hilarious - and there is obviously a personal message in their selection by the composer: the first, written in 1884, castigates the "clang, clash, clatter, clatter, clang and clash" of... Wagner's music, the second, from 1909, denounces the "Symphonic cyclones", the unchained "dogs of war", "the wild sarrusophones", the heckelphone suggesting "the crack of doom", the earthquake-producing "tonitruone" in... Richard Strauss' operas, and the last, in 1924, berates the "crash, clash, cling, clang, bing, bang, bing" - "what right had he to write the thing?" - of... Stravinsky's "fiendish" Rite of Spring! So Cowell makes it clear that new and innovative music like his own is always first decried and accused of being mere noise, before gaining universal acceptance (which sadly is not yet really the case with his). That said, the three songs are somewhat disappointing, in that they are couched in a musical idiom that is far removed from Cowell's customary "crashes, clashes and bangs", but quite traditional, full of grand Romantic gestures. Mezzo Ellen Lang acquits herself serviceably but with a voice of no particular bloom.

Ultimately, the most interesting pieces on this disc are those in which Cowell the experimenter and innovator is more in evidence: the four piano pieces (but the 1963 composer-performed selection of 19 of them on a Smithsonian/Folkways CD of Piano Music is a better choice for this essential part of Cowell's output, despite the disc's sonic insufficiencies) and the Irish Suite for "String piano" (as Cowell called it) and Small Orchestra - actually an arrangement in form of a concerto of three of the solo string piano pieces, and a fascinating etude in mysterious sonorities.

About Time.......2006-01-09

It is indeed about time that we get recordings of this American Master's work. His centennial passed in 1997 with all too little fanfare and many of his works unavailable to the listening public.
But leave it to the wonderful folks at NAXOS to bring such essential music from unjust obscurity and make it available at such friendly prices.
The venerable new music ensemble "Continuum" has recorded much obscure, difficult (at least to perform) and essential American music. Past recordings have included the works of Ives, Babbitt, Kirchner, Seeger, Wolpe, etc. And NAXOS is planning to re-release their recording of music by the expatriate genius Conlon Nancarrow as well.
This disc and its companion volume 2 (both apparently re-releases)contain great performances of this listenable repertoire by a composer whose work inspired the likes of John Cage, Lou Harrison, Aaron Copland, Roger Sessions and a host of significant composers. His experimental work gave rise to new musical techniques he later outlined in his seminal book "New Musical Resources".
These chamber works come from a range of times in Cowell's career and are representative of his talents in the chamber and solo repertoire.
Joel Sachs and Cheryl Seltzer along with their colleagues have given us great musicianship and fine recordings. Anyone interested in American classical music of the early and mid-twentieth century will not be disappointed. These discs belong in your collection.

Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1

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A good budget introduction to Nancarrow's "live" music

Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1

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Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Violin Concerto; Rituals

ASIN: B0009JMELU
Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

Piece No.1 For Small Orchestra
Toccata For Violin And Player Piano
Prelude And Blues
Study No.15
Tango?
Presto
Moderato
Allegro Molto
Trio Movement
Allegro Molto
Andante Moderato
Prestissimo
Piece No.2 For Small Orchestra

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A good budget introduction to Nancarrow's "live" music.......2005-08-01

Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997), one of the greatest of the American musical mavericks, is primarily known for a huge collection of studies for player piano (available on Wergo) which were a significant influence on major later 20th century figures such as Ligeti. This disc (which originally appeared on Musical Heritage Society) is a sensible choice for Naxos to reissue on their American Classics series, as by concentrating on music for live instruments it helps round out the image of the composer, as well as providing an accessible introduction to his work for those who don't want to drop $60 on the player piano studies. Much of the music on this disc is early Nancarrow, but Naxos do score by including two late works, the piano piece Tango? and the Second Piece for Small Orchestra, which was written for Continuum, the ensemble performing on this disc.

The First Piece for Small Orchestra dates from 1943, and is not atypical of the American music of that time. Containing references to jazz--an enduring influence on Nancarrow--as well as occasional neoclassical figurations, it is energetically populist, and appealing if not particularly deep. The Toccata for Violin and Player Piano is a 1980s revision of a 1935 work, with the turbocharged piano line played by player piano to allow for faster performance. Also from 1935 is the Prelude and Blues for piano, with an energetic polyrhythmic Prelude (hinting at the directions Nancarrow's work would take) followed by a rather less individualistic Blues. In this performance, the Prelude has been arranged for piano four hands by the performers--one assumes due to the severe technical difficulties in the original.

Also included on the discs are two transcriptions for piano four hands by the American experimental music specialist Yvar Mikhashoff. The 15th player piano study--a ferociously complex canon--would be unplayable live with two hands, and though while the brief three-movement Piano Sonatina is possible to play, it's understandable that this performance uses Mikhashoff's transcription. Meanwhile, Tango? contrasts quizzical canonic writing and exuberantly populist styles, while the Trio Movement for clarinet, bassoon and piano is an intriguing fragment from 1942 (some more of the trio has since been discovered, and it would be interesting to hear more of the piece).

The two most important works on the disc come at the end of it. The First String Quartet already has minor-classic status, having been taken up by both the Kronos and Arditti Quartets. Written in 1945, it was to be Nancarrow's last work for live performers for nearly 40 years (the difficulty of his music had lead to few performances, mostly unsatisfactory). In a three-movement fast-slow-fast form, this quartet contains much of Nancarrow's mature style, if in only partially-developed form: contrapuntal complexity, simultaneous playing of multiple lines in different meters, and the constant influence of jazz. These preoccupations are summed up in the 1986 Second Piece for Small Orchestra, a vigorous bipartite exploration of virtuoso ensemble playing that will inevitably remind many of a more tonal Ligeti.

It's unfortunate that these 45 minutes of music is all there is on the disc, as there are a number of late Nancarrow works--mostly written after this recording was made in 1989--which are either unrecorded or near-impossible to find. Still, the price is certainly right, and it's hard to see lovers of contemporary music wanting to pass this disc up.

Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces; Five Take-offs; Hallowe'en; Sunrise

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Visionary Ives

Charles Ives: Three Quarter-Tone Pieces; Five Take-offs; Hallowe'en; Sunrise

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Ives: Holidays Symphony

ASIN: B0007ORDZ4
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

The Housatonic At Stockbridge
Soliloquy, Or A Study In 7ths And Other Things
On The Antipodes
The Gong On The Hook And Ladder (Original Version)
Hallowe'en
In Re Con Moto Et Al
Sunrise
Remembrance
Aeschylus And Sophocles
The Seen And Unseen? (Sweet And Tough)
Rough And Ready Et Al. And/Or The Jumping Frog
Song Without (Good) Words
Scene Episode
Bad Resolutions And Good WAN!
Largo
Allegro
Chorale

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Visionary Ives.......2005-06-01

This review is dedicated to the memory of Bob Zeidler who shared on this site his love for and knowledge of the music of Charles Ives.

The Naxos "American Classics" series offers an unparalleled opportunity to get to know the music of the great American composer, Charles Ives (1874-1954). Prior CDs in the series focused on Ives's larger works, such as the symphonies, violin sonatas, and the Concord piano sonata. In contrast to the earlier releases, this CD includes a mix of shorter works performed by Continuum, a wonderful group of musicians based in New York City specializing in the performance of modern music. The CD had been released some years ago on Musical Heritage Society, and the release on Naxos was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Charles Ives Society, Inc. There is every reason to be grateful.

Much of the music on this disk will be unfamiliar to many listeners, and it bristles with difficulties. Yet, unlike the case with other avant garde music, there is an unmistakable joyousness to these pieces -- a zest for life, a feeling for the United States and its potential, and a transcendent vision. An inspiring CD indeed!

There are three broad sections to this disk. The first section consists of nine short unrelated pieces, beginning with Ives's well-known song "The Housatonic at Stockbridge." The section also includes an eloquent short song, "Remembrance" which Ives wrote upon the death of his father, his mentor and inspiration. The works on this section are filled with raucousness and lyricism, often at the same time. Besides the two works mentioned, the highlights include "Halloween, for chamber ensemble, which begins quietly and works itself into a frenzy, and Ives's song "Sunrise" for voice, piano, and violin obligato which was his last completed work.

The second section on the program consists of Ives's "Five Take-Offs" for solo piano performed here by Joel Sachs, co-director of Continuum. Ives composed these pieces in 1909, but they remained unperformed until 1968. These pieces juxtapose with great effect the traditional and the outrageous. The first piece, "The Seen and the Unseen", for example contrasts a line with an almost blusey feel (shared by other pieces on the CD) with a background of clangorous chords in the piano. The next piece, called "Jumping Frog" again begins quietly but works itself up to a frenetic pace over a huge piano accompaniment. The third piece, "Songs without (Good) Words" draws on Mendelsohn for inspiration. It remains quiet and lyrical throughout while the harmonies become more complex. The final two pieces, "Some Episode" and "Bad Resolution and Good WAN" are mostly reflective and quiet, with the exception of a riotous passage at the close -- the good resolution.

The third work on this CD is Ives at his knottiest. The "Three Quarter-Tone Pieces" dates from 1924 and was composed for two pianos tuned one-quarter-tone apart. This is again the language of the blues as well as the language of modernity. The pianists here are Cheryl Seltzer and Joel Sachs, the co-directors of Continuum. The opening Largo contrasts deep banging chords on the piano against light swirling figures in the treble. The second movement, "allegro" has a ragtime feel as clashing chords alternate with swirling filigree in the pianos' upper register.
The finale, "Chorale" works itself into an intense climax based upon themes from "America" with a hint of "La Marseilles" at the end for good measure. This is invigorating, difficult and rewarding music.

The CD is somewhat short (less than 50 minutes). It will introduce the listener to some of the wilder creations of America's greatest composer.

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Valuable Recording of Invaluable Music

Ligeti: Trio; Continuum

Manufacturer: Wergo Germany
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ASIN: B000025R0C
Release Date: 1993-12-08

Tracks:

Trio: I. Andantino con tenerezza - Saschko Gawriloff/Herman Baumann/Eckart Besch
Trio: II. Vivacissimo molto ritmico - Saschko Gawriloff/Herman Baumann/Eckart Besch
Trio: III. Alla marcia - Saschko Gawriloff/Herman Baumann/Eckart Besch
Trio: IV. Lamento. Adagio - Saschko Gawriloff/Herman Baumann/Eckart Besch
Passacaglia ungherese - Elisabeth Chojnacka
Hungarian Rock - Elisabeth Chojnacka
Continuum - Elisabeth Chojnacka
Monument, Selbstportrait, Bewegung: Monument - Antonio Ballista/Bruno Canino
Monument, Selbstportrait, Bewegung: Selbsportrait mit Reich und Riley - Antonio Ballista/Bruno Canino
Monument, Selbstportrait, Bewegung: In zart fliessender Bewegung - Antonio Ballista/Bruno Canino

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Valuable Recording of Invaluable Music.......2007-03-08

I recently performed the Ligeti Horn Trio (1st piece on this CD), and found this particular recording to be very intersting and helpful in understanding Mr. Ligeti's music. The pieces for harpsichord on this CD were truly unbelievable, but the Horn Trio is without a doubt one of the most important pieces written in the last 50 years and this is a good performance of the work. I would strongly recommend this CD.

Ruth Crawford Seeger: Violin Sonata; Piano Pieces; Two Ricercari; Sandburg Songs

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Ruth Crawford Seeger: Violin Sonata; Piano Pieces; Two Ricercari; Sandburg Songs

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ASIN: B0009SQCAK
Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

Adagio Religioso/Giocoso - Allegro Non Troppo
Andante Tristo
Allegro Con Brio
Vibrante, Agitato
Buoyant
Mistico, Intenso: Allegro
Sacco, Vanzetti
Chinaman, Laundryman
Prelude No. 1 - Andante
Prelude No. 9 - Tranquillo
Study In Mixed Accents
Scherzando
Andante
Allegro
Moderato, Ritmico
Freely
Andante Cantando
Con Brio
Rat Riddles
Prayers Of Steel
In Tall Grass

Ligeti: Musica Ricercata; String quartet No1

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Ligeti: Musica Ricercata; String quartet No1

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ASIN: B00000166O
Release Date: 1994-03-25

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Calmo, Con Tenerezza - Elgar Howarth
Double Con: Allegro Corrente - Elgar Howarth
San Francisco Polyphony - Symphony Orchestra
'Metamorphoses Nocturnes' - Voces Intimae String Quartet
Continuum - Eva Nordwall
I. Sostenuto-Stringendo-Prestissimo-Sostenuto
II. Mesto. Parlando-Piu Mosso-Tempo I
III. Allegro Con Spirito
IV. Tempo Di Valse (Poco Animato)
V. Rubato, Lamentoso
VI. Allegro Un Poco Capriccioso
VII. Quieto (Poco Rubato). Cantabile. Molto Legato
VIII. Preso Energico
IX. Adagio. Mesto-Allegro Maesto-Piu Mosso. Agitato-Tempo I
X. Vivace. Capriccioso
XI. Andante Misurato E Tranquillo

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Balfour Gardiner: Piano Music

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ASIN: B000003X0T
Release Date: 1993-08-25

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Two Continuum Pieces
Pierre Berthet
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ASIN: B00005A47T
Release Date: 2004-01-01

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Leftfield. Using Instruments as Diverse as Springs, a Tank, Tubular Drums, a Jerry Can and Wires, Pierre Berthet Has Created Two Purely Acoustic, Continuum Process Pieces, Full of Drones and Natural Percussion.

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