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Siemens-Studio Für Elektronische Musik
Easily among the most important documents of electronic music's early history, Siemens-Studio Für Elektronische Musik assembles 19 compositions created between the late 1950s and mid-1960s at the legendary Siemens Studio for Electronic Music in Munich - the first programmable recording studio ever built - under the artistic direction of Josef Anton Riedl. Originally issued on CD in 1998 by the Siemens Kultur Programm and compiled by Riedl himself, this remarkable collection gathers works by Herb…
20th Century Percussion Music (LP)
Four solo percussion pieces spanning from the 1950's to the 1970's performed by Tristan Fry and released on Classics For Pleasure in 1975.
Offrandes / Tempi Concertati / D'Un Opéra De Voyage (LP)
Four avant-garde chamber pieces composed between 1921 and 1967 conducted by Gilbert Amy, released on Disques Adès in 1968.
Nirvana Mandala (LP)
European edition released on Philips in 1980 of the two cosmic symphonic masterpieces composed in 1959 and 1960 fusing Western avant-garde and the Buddhist world.
Segnali Per Sei Dimensioni (LP)
1982 LP on RCA presenting the Italian composer's early chamber music experiments for solo instruments, duos and ensemble.
Canti Del Capricorno (LP)
First album with the full cicle of songs by the outstanding and influential Italian composer sung by their dedicatee, privately recorded in 1969 (featuring Alvin Curran) and 1981 and released by Wergo in 1987.
Four Principles On Ireland And Other Pieces (LP)
Compositions based on the revolutionary songs of different countries performed on the piano by the composer himself, released on Cramps' unparallelled "Nova Musicha" experimental music series in 1974.
Musica Española Contemporanea (LP)
A diverse selection of avant-garde pieces for ensemble (one with tape) composed in the 1960s and 70's by Spanish composers (two of which with albums on Cramps' landmark "Nova musicha" series) and influenced by the Darmstad school or John Cage, released on Movieplay's "Música Española Contemporánea" series in 1978.
We (Nosotros) (LP)
German edition released in 1971 on Polydor of the weird and great 1969 plunderphonic / musique concrète composition by the Spanish composer.
Electronic Music (LP)
Rare album with three wonderful electronic pieces realized by the Noewegian composer between 1968 and 1970, released by Philips in 1974.
Piano Horizon (LP)
Beautiful 1981 album on ALM of 1970's experimental keyboard music by two Japanese composers performed by Akemi Satomi, including the stunning Erixatione for multi-tracked electric pianos. With insert.
Asterism / Requiem / Green / The Dorian Horizon (LP)
1970 album on RCA which is the best introduction to the Japanese composer's beautiful orchestral music of the 1960's, conducted by Seiji Ozawa. Essential.
Elektro Akustische-Musik (LP)
Great sparse electro-acoustic compositions realized around 1980 by Germany-based Argentinian composer and released by Edition RZ in 1982.
New Music From Australia (LP)
Scultohorp's superb 1965 orchestral composition accompanied by 1961's passionate piece for violin, percussion and string orchestra, backed with Le Gallienne's 1956 composition for string orchestra, woodwind and two horns, released on Odyssey's "Music Of Our Time" series directed by David Behrman.
Requiem (LP)
Dissonant and dense requiem composed in 1983 and released on Amadeo's "Österreichische Musik Der Gegenwart" contemporary music series in 1985. With insert.
Musikprotokoll '82 - Steirischer Herbst
1948 celebrated chamber piece by Shoenberg's pupil backed with his 1965 partita for organ, released in 1983 on ORF's "Musikprotokoll" contemporary music series.
Sonatinas By Belgian Composers (LP)
Three compositions from the early 1960's mixing avant-garde techniques and sacred tradition released in 1962 on Cantate.
Expériences Bimes (3LP box)
Lavish and rare 3LP box set released in 2010 by the infallible Metapho label containing
previously unreleased recordings by highly underrated Belgian electronic music pioneer, an amazing selection of concrete, electronic and experimental instrumental works spanning over a period of 40 years.
Difonium / Studie V / Mimodrama (LP)
Absolutely great Belgian electro-acoustic music produced at IPEM between 1964 and 1974 and released on Alpha in 1975.
Discurso Aos Objetos / Balada Unidimensional (12"EP)
Excellent Brazilian electro-acoustic music EP by Grupo Um member, released in 1984 on UT. With insert.