Mario Bertoncini
One of the most adventurous composers and performers of the Italian avant garde scene, member of the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, great performer of the music of John Cage, Bertoncini started in the early ‘70s to design spectacular and visually fascinating “sound sculptures”, based on the aeolian sound principle.
Mario Bertoncini
Blackearth Percussion Group (LP)
Great 1974 album on Opus One with six compositions for percussion (and prepared piano), including Cage's Amores and a rare recording of a Bertoncini piece. Never re-issued on either LP or CD. With inserts.
Improvisationen (LP)
The magnificent group of Egisto Macchi, Ennio Morricone, Franco Evangelisti, John Heineman, Mario Bertoncini and Walter Branchi on DGG's famed "Avantgarde" contemporary/electronic music series including a rare electronic piece, released in 1969. Esse…
Nuova Consonanza (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/VG+. One of the rarest artifacts from Italy's most radical composers collective! Formed in Rome in 1964, the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza brought together extraordinary minds - Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morr…
E 2 - Electronic Music Box
* Edition of 36 * Time for a new quite limited Die Schachtel edition, a very special deluxe box that contains five LP releases sold out since long (two by Teresa Rampazzi and one each by Gruppo NPS, Mario Bertoncini, and Arke Sinth) in addition to a …
Arpe Eolie
Few copies back in stock, sold-out at source. First ever vinyl release of the works by Italian maestro Mario Bertoncini, relentless experimental composer, philosopher, artist and builder of sounds (as well as former member of the "Gruppo di Improvvis…
Cartridge Music, Cifre, Four Systems
Works performed and arranged by Italian composer and Nuova Consonanza member Mario Bertoncini in 1970. Includes pieces by Cage ("Cartridge Music" for amplified "small sounds"), Earl Brown ("Four Systems" for prepared piano), and Bertoncini ("Cifre" f…
Sonatas and Interludes
This landmark recording of John Cage’s prepared piano works performed by Mario Bertoncini was recorded back in December 1991. The sonatas are divided into four groups, each divided by the less overtly structured, rhapsodic interlude pieces. Bertoncin…
