Various Artists
Le Groupe des Six: Selected Works 1915-1945
This 160 minute anthology features selected piano and orchestral works by Les Six composed between 1915 and 1945, including collaborations with Jean Cocteau, Guillaume Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Marcelle Meyer and Denise Duval. Highlights include a digitally remastered cast recording of the Surrealistic opera Les Mamelles de Tirésias, co-created by Francis Poulenc and Apollinaire, and new recordings of Dada-related works performed by Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen.
All selections were re…
Futurpiano
Futurpiano showcases three influential avant-garde composers associated with the Futurist movement, by way of piano music composed between 1913 and 1933.
Arthur-Vincent Lourie was the first Russian Futurist musician, and a signatory of the original St Petersburg Manifesto in 1914. The five Syntheses written that same year offer a form of dodecaphony, while Formes en l'air from 1915 is a Cubo-Futurist conception using an innovative form of notation, dedicated to Pablo Picasso.
Born in the Ukraine…
Par Hasard: Chance Composition 1913-1951
Par Hasard is a unique collection of avant-garde music by Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes and John Cage, all composed during the first half of the 20th century using chance techniques and operations.All selections are performed on piano. Iconic French conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp conceived both of his Musical errata in 1913. One consists of notes drawn at random from a hat; for the second, balls are dropped through a funnel into wagons drawn by a toy train. "Exec…
Underwater Princess Waltz
A Collection of One-page Pieces by Karl Berger, Earle Brown, Alvin Curran, Nick Didkovsky, Joel Ford, Daniel Goode, Clinton McCallum, Larry Polansky and Christian Wolff. Joel Ford, 'Gauss Cannon' (2006). Alvin Curran, 'Underwater Princess Waltz' (1972), 'Her Waltzing with Her' (1972). Nick Didkovsky, 'Mayhem (the hammer)' (2012), 'Mayhem (the arrow)' (2012), 'Mayhem (the blade)' (2012). Christian Wolff, 'Burdocks, Part VII' (1970Ð71). Larry Polansky, 'tween (k-tood #2)' (2002). Clinton McCallum,…
Workshop Concert
Jennifer Allum,violin. Ute Kanngiesser, cello. Grundik Kasyansky, theremin, electronics. Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga, zither. Eddie Prévost, percussion. Daichi Yoshikawa, electronics. At Café Oto on Monday 21 May 2012.
V/A
Collection of 20 unreleased tracks by the likes of ALASTAIR GALBRAITH, BLACK TO COMM, ARP, PIGEONS, IGNATS, ALVARIUS B, WILLIAM TYLER, SUPREME DICKS, FILIPE FELIZARDO, HAMILTON YARNS, & CIRCUIT DES YEUX. It also hosts 3 new collective projects: Mendrugo (feat. JOSEPHINE FOSTER joining forces with husband Victor Herrero, Jose Luis Herrero, Jose Luis Rico & Takuhiko Nochimoto); Raajmahal, the reunion of Pat Murano (NO-NECK BLUES BAND), Carla Baker, & Santa Wolanczyk; & Syracuse Ear, a 1st …
Contemporary Guitar
Originally released in 1966 on the Takoma label, Contemporary Guitar is a beautiful compilation of solo acoustic guitar instrumentals from folk and blues legends such as Bukka White, John Fahey, and Robbie Basho as well as lesser knowns like Max Ochs and Harry Taussig. An essential compilation of American guitar soli.