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Midway through Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic speech at the 1963 March on Washington, a voice rang out from behind him: “Tell them about the dream, Martin!” That voice belonged to Mahalia Jackson, King’s close friend and one of the most revered gospel singers of the 20th century. Glorious Mahalia, a visionary tribute to Jackson’s life by the internationally renowned Kronos Quartet, uses that moment as a springboard to explore the depth of Jackson’s musical craft and its impact on the Civil Ri…

1943 choral work performed by the Gregg Smith Singers and the Brooklyn Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by the composer himself, released by Turnabout in 1976.

1972 split LP on Crystal Records with the pairing of two concertos composed respectively in 1948 and 1969 performed by the Crystal Chamber Orchestra led by Akira Endo.

1972 split LP on CRI with the pairing of two modernist/neoclassical orchestral works composed in the 1940's.

1954 LP on Columbia with Foss' cantata for tenor, narrator, chorus and orchestra plus two other orchestral works composed in the 1940/50's.

1985 LP on Nonesuch with several 20th Century American compostions for flute and piano performed by Carol Wincenc accompanied by composers Lukas Foss and David Del Tredici, and by Samuel Sanders.

1971 composition fusing classical structure with jazz improvisation by Third Stream composer, released in 1978 by Flying Fish.

1973 large-scale oratorio released on unidentified label in 1982.

Two orchestral/choral works composed in 1975 and released on Candide in 1977.

Piano music by the Canadian composer self-released on Apparition Records in 1982.

A 1974 oratorio for soloists, chorus, children's choir, chamber orchestra and organ released on unidentified label in the same year.

Two 1960's compositions for soprano and piano performed by Judith Raskin and Ryan Edwards and released by Desto in 1971.

Four avant-garde chamber works composed in 1973/74 ranging from solo instrument with tape to a small ensemble through duos with piano, released by Avant Records in 1974.

Three avant-garde chamber works composed in 1971/72 for piano and five instrumental ensembles, for violin and two percussionists, and for brass quintet and tape, released by Candide in 1972.

1983 LP on Centrediscs with excerpts from the 11-hours percussion-driven sacred drama by Canadian acoustic ecology pioneer.

1976 composition for ensemble for a film, released on the composer's own Opus One label.

A 1975 string quartet with electronics and a 1981 composition for wind quintet and string quintet, released on Paula in 1983.

1981 LP on Nonesuch with some great late 1970's synthesizer music by Powell plus compositions for soprano and piano and for string quartet by both composers spanning from 1958 to 1977. With insert.

First recordings of two acclaimed orchestral works composed respectively in 1954 and 1945, released on Columbia in 1964.

Two 1979 concertos for violin and orchestra performed by Itzhak Perlman with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa, and released by EMI in 1985.

Contemporary pieces for piano and ensemble composed in the 1970's and released on CRI's "American Contemporary" series in 1976.

A 1958 composition for mixed chorus and chamber ensemble backed with a 1961 string quartet with soprano, released by CRI in 1963.

Three orchestral works composed in the 1950's and 60's and performed by the Minnesota Orchestra conducted by one of the two composers, released on Desto in 1972.

Two late 1950's compositions for piano and orchestra performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Igor Buketoff, released by RCA in 1971.

First recordings of two 9th symphonies composed in the late 1960's performed by The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, released on RCA in 1971.

1971 LP on Advance Recordings with late 1950's / early 60's compositions for piano by the German composer and by the founder of The New Music Ensemble, performed by Robert Floyd.

1976 LP on Advance Recordings with contemporaru compositions for piano, including two paragraphs from Cardew's Treatise, spanning from 1957 to 1972, performed by Ellsworth Snyder.

Contemporary chamber music composed in the 1980's and performed by the Musical Elements ensemble, released on CRI in 1987.

1975 LP on CRI presenting four contemporary instrumental pieces from the 1970's for solo instrument, duo or ensemble with vocals, plus Cross' Three Etudes For Magnetic Tape.

Third volume of Folkways's four-volume "New American Music" series released in 1975, presenting four excellent avant-garde compositions from the 1970's including Rzewski's great and intense Three Songs.

1960's contemporary chamber works by four composers released on Desto in 1971.

1976 LP on Max Schubel’s Opus One label with five compositions for solo instruments or duets by as many composers, including electronic music pioneers J.D. Robb and Alice Shields, spanning from 1966 to 1975.

1982 LP on Max Schubel’s Opus One label with three compositions dating from the 1970's respectively for brass quintet, for percussion and for piano.

1982 LP on Max Schubel’s Opus One label with four contemporary compositions respectively for alto saxophone and timpani, clarinets solo, alto sax solo and piano and tape.

1982 LP on Max Schubel’s Opus One label with three chamber works spanning from 1938 to 1974 respectively for flute and organ, alto flute and percussion, and solo flute.

1987 LP on Max Schubel’s Opus One label presenting three chamber works from the 1980's by expatriate South American composers.

Great selection of 1960's South American experimental music for ensemble performed by a composers/performes group led by Lanza, released on Mainstream avant-garde series curated by Earle Brown in 1973.

In this sonic journey, the cello gets lost and finds itself again within the folds of electronics—like an ancient soul echoing through the chaos of the present. Inspired by the words of Rutilius Namatianus in De Reditu Suo, this work unfolds as a pilgrimage between past and present, between whispered voices and archaic melodies that dissolve and reassemble in the reverberation of primordial frequencies. Distorted Gregorian chants, deep drones, and fragments of lost voices intertwine to form a so…

Big tip! Romanian composer, conductor, and musicologist Iancu Dumitrescu is often described as one of the leading figures of spectral music, yet he has produced a body of powerful works resonating with explosive sound and friction that places him very much in his own universe. Dumitrescu studied under his compatriot, the conductor Sergiu Celibidache, who rarely left behind concert recordings. From him Dumitrescu absorbed phenomenology and conducting techniques, incorporating them into his own co…

Recuperation and reinventing from Elements 2021/22 took quite a long time. Sustainability in writing long pieces became fully questionable. In the meantime, finding joy in creating small forms; powerful and groovy pieces became an obsession which created two fundamentally different cycle of pieces -"Into The Groove" and "Into The Grind". This release represents dualistic concept: could be seen as double EP over two side of vinyl  and it also has double cover as well as two editions: normal black…