★Gramavision
Arditti
1990 release ** "Arditti", presents a typically challenging Arditti programme, beginning with Beethoven's Grosse Fuge (1826), which comes over well from their modernist standpoint. Conlon Nancarrow's String Quartet No. 3 (1987) comes next - Nancarrow…
Rainforest IV (LP)
Original 1981 mint copies of the first edition of Tudor's electronic environment masterpiece from 1973 published by the legendary Edition Block.
Ragas Of Morning & Night
Rare first release of a 1968 recording of ecstatic ragas by La Monte Young and Terry Riley's teacher, produced by Young.
The Second Dream Of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer From The Four Dreams Of China
Very rare US edition with calligraphy by Marian Zazeela on the CD label and 16-page booklet.
The Well-Tuned Piano
Very rare original 1987 box-set including 28-page book and subscription card. A true minimalistic totem.
Cadenza On The Night Plain and Other String Quartets
After years of composing for piano and electronic media and more jazz-based ensembles, David Harrington of the Kronos Quartet convinced Terry Riley to try his hand at a work for the recently formed ensemble (DH is the 1st violinist). This marked the …