20th Century Contemporary World
November Steps / Et exspecto resurrectionem (LP)
Appropriate pairing of two orchestral avant-garde masterpieces composed in the 1960's on Philip's 1970 LP in the "Collection Trésors Classiques".
Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)
Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor, John Cage and Malcom Goldstein!
Anagram For Strings / Geography & Music (LP)
Rare 2005 release on Slowscan in an edition of 150 numbered copies (with three cover variations of 50 each) on clear vinyl. It couples a 1961 piece with a 1979 piece by the Japanese Fluxus composer, with an all-star performing group including Takehisa Kosugi, David Tudor, John Cage and Malcom Goldstein!
Piano Space (3LP box)
Great 3LP box set with one of the most complete panoramas of experimental piano music of the 20th century, beautifully performed by Aki Takahashi and released on CP² Recordings in 1976. Compositions by Toru Takemitsu, Joji Yuasa, Keijiro Satoh, Yori-Aki Matsudaira, Shuko Mizuno, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Maki Ishii, Shigeaki Saegusa, Jo Kondo, Yuji Takahashi, Anton Webern, Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Sylvano Bussotti, John Cage. With insert.
Piano Space 1 (LP)
1978 LP on Angel with a selection of experimental piano compositions from the box set with the same title, focusing on pieces by Japaniese composers from the 1970's, perfromed by Aki Takahashi.
Michio Kai Plays The Avant-Garde Flute Pieces (LP)
Beautiful 1979 album on ALM of 1970's experimental solo flute music (except for a piano/flute duo) by Japanese composers played by Michio Kai.
Japanese Composers (LP)
"Not for sale" LP released in 1981 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, the first volume of their Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, here for piano, cello and piano, flute, and percussion. With insert.
Japanese Composers Vol.13 (LP)
13th volume of the Japanese Composers series presenting avant-garde compositions by less represented Japanese composers, released in 1987 by The Japan Federation of Composers Inc, with pieces for two pianos, violin, cello and piano, solo cello, and string quartet composed in the 1970's and 80's. With insert.
Horizontes / Preludio A Colon / Concertino Pour Piano En 1/3 De Ton (LP)
1963 LP on Philips' "Modern Music Series" presenting three micro-tonal pieces for solo piano, small ensemble and orchestra by the Mexican composer, spanning from 1922 to 1958.
Kompositie 1972 / Kompositie 1979 / Ontketening II (LP)
Great album with three excellent electro-acoustic pieces by the Dutch composer realized between 1972 and 1984 and released on Composers' Voice in 1988.
Translucent II / Phases / Soft Song / Toccare / Serène (LP)
1981 LP on Composers' Voice presenting five pieces for orchestra and tape or solo instrument and tape composed by the Dutch composer between 1974 and 1980.
Symphony No. 1 / Septet (LP)
1978 LP on Composers' Voice with two pivotal compositions by the Dutch composer from respectively 1978 and 1957.
Hoketus Balans (2LP)
1986 double album on Composers' Voice that is a sort of manifesto of the Dutch brand of radical minimalism by its most representative composers, with pieces spanning from 1977 to 1984.
Opus 65 (LP)
A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1965.
Opus 66 (LP)
A panorama of Dutch 1960's contemporary music with four compositions for orchestra and ensemble, released on Radio Nederland "Opus" series in 1966. With insert.
Geluid <=> Kijken (3 flexi-discs + book)
Rare and beautiful catalogue published in occasion of the Sound<=>Sight exhibition held at Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum in 1971, containing three flexi-discs with the three artists' electronic music produced for the installations.
Greening / Doria / Epitaffio (LP)
1979 album on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series presenting three seminal and beautiful orchestral works (one with tape) by the Norwegian composer spanning from 1963 to 1975.
Shades Of Burgundy (LP)
Rare self-released 1982 album of electronic / sound collage / musique concrète compositions by American-born South African composer.
Canto Ecuménico / Litania / Homo Sapiens (LP)
Great electronic music produced in the 1970's at GRM or at his private studio by Portuguese composer, released in 1980 on Imavox’s “Discoteca Básica Nacional” series.
4±3=1 Elektronikan (LP)
Rare and very strange 1975 electronic album on Edigsa with Basque traditional songs translated to an early synth in a very particular way.