20th Century Contemporary World
The Triumph Of Time / Chronometer (LP)
The British composer's powerful 1972 orchestral composition backed with his fantastic 1971 electronic piece in collaboration with Peter Zinovieff, released on Argo's "Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Series" contemporary music series in 1975.
Verses For Ensembles / Nenia - The Death Of Orpheus / The Fields Of Sorrow (LP)
Three great compositions for orchestra or ensemble from the late 1960's / early 1970's, released on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series in 1974. With insert.
Symphonies Nos. 10 & 21 (LP)
The quite odd 10th Symphony by the British composer paired with the more accessible 21st, released on Unicorn in 1980. With insert.
Scratch Music (book)
Very rare introduction to Scrath Music edited by Cardew including "scores" by the composer himself, Lou Gare, David Jackman, Christopher Hobbs, Howard Skempton, Tom Phillips and many other British musicians and artists, published by Latimer in 1972.
Dark Angels / Songs Of Remembrance (LP)
Two dark chamber works from the mid-1970's by one British and one American composer, released on Nonesuch in 1977.
Points And Dances From ‘Taverner’ / Second Fantasia On John Taverner's ‘In Nomine’ (LP)
1970's instrumental dances and keyboard pieces from the opera for instrumental ensemble, directed by the composer himself and released on Argo's "Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Series" in 1973. With insert.
Eight Songs For A Mad King (LP)
1969 monodrama requiring extended vocal and instrumental techniques, released on Unicorn in 1980.
Revelation And Fall / Collages (LP)
Davies' 1966 expressionist orchestral materpiece paired with Gerhard's 1960 eerie symphony for orchestra and tape, released on Angel's "Music Today" contemporary music series in 1968.
Revelation And Fall / Collages (LP)
Italian edition of the Angel/HWM album with Davies' 1966 expressionist orchestral materpiece paired with Gerhard's 1960 eerie composition for orchestra and tape, released on EMI's "modern Classics" series in the early 1970's. With insert.
Transit (LP)
1975 New Complexity masterpiece for chamber ensemble and six solo voices, released on Decca's "Headline" contemporary music series in 1978. With insert.
Sonatas For String Quartet (LP)
1967 New Complexity landmark composition for string quartet, released on RCA in 1978.
Sonatas For String Quartet (LP)
1967 New Complexity landmark composition for string quartet, released on RCA in 1978.
Brian Ferneyhough Rencontre Pierre-Yves Artaud (LP)
Two versions each of two outstandingly complex composition for flute by the British composer in collaboration with Pierre-Yves Artaud, released by Stil Discothèque in 1984. With insert.
Time And Motion Study II / Piano Control / Smog (LP)
Great electro-acoustic split LP with a 1976 piece for singing cellists and live-electronics by the British composer backed with a 1974 piece piano and synthesizer and a 1971 piece for trombone and orchestra, released on Bärenreiter-Musicaphon's "Basler Komponisten / New Music From Basle" contemporary music series in 1978.
The Law Of The Quadrille Is Clear / String Quartet No 3 (LP)
Two chamber works composed in the late 1970's by Geman-born British composer released on Wergo UK in 1983.
Music For Organ (LP)
Several beautiful organ works from the 1960's by the Welsh composer performed by Christopher Herrick and released by L'Oiseau-Lyre in 1975. With insert.
Life Studies (LP)
1976 complex and expressive composition for string orchestra by the British composer in the acclaimed performance by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner, released by Argo in 1979
Phoenix Mass / Paean / The World's Winter (LP)
Three compositions respectively for chorus and brass ensemble, piano, and soprano and chamber ensemble spanning from 1965 to 1976, released by BBC Records in 1977.
Symphony No. 7 In C Op. 88 / Soliloquy For Cello & Orchestra Op. 57 (LP)
Two orchestral compositions by the British composer respectively from 1957 and 1944, released on Lyrita in 1979.
Six Studies Of Francis Bacon And Variants (LP)
A 1968 work for orchestra inspired by Francis Bacon surrealist paintings by the Dutch/British film composer and conductor, released on Chandos in 1980.