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Nuova Consonanza (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/VG+. One of the rarest artifacts from Italy's most radical composers collective! Formed in Rome in 1964, the Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza brought together extraordinary minds - Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morricone, Egisto Macchi, Mario Bertoncini, Walter Branchi, Giovanni Piazza, and Jesús Villa Rojo - in unprecedented experiments with collective improvisation. This 1975 release, their fifth album, captures the ensemble at their sublime best. Delicate ac…
Recital I (For Cathy) (LP)
condition (record/sleeve): VG+ (occasional pops) / VG- (browning on bottom back cover + general wear) A stunning vocal tour-de-force! Cathy Berberian delivers an extraordinary performance of Luciano Berio's Recital I (For Cathy), a groundbreaking work blending theatrical recitation, operatic singing, and avant-garde vocal techniques. Accompanied by The London Sinfonietta, this 1972 recording captures one of the most innovative voice-and-ensemble pieces of the 20th century. Berberian's interpreti…
Circles / Sequenza I, III, V (LP)
condition (record/sleeve): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG (general yellowing + creases on lamination partly peeling off) Includes 4-page LP-size insert. Essential Berio! This exceptional Wergo release features Cathy Berberian in a virtuosic performance of Circles (1960), Berio's mesmerizing setting of e.e. cummings poetry for female voice, harp, and two percussionists. The album also includes three of Berio's celebrated Sequenze – solo works that pushed instr…
Nones / Allelujah II / Concerto For Two Pianos (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/EX Spectacular Berio orchestral works! This RCA release presents three major compositions showcasing the Italian master's command of large-scale ensemble writing. Nones (1954), inspired by W.H. Auden's poem, is a powerful meditation for orchestra. Allelujah II (1958) transforms the voices and gestures of its predecessor into pure instrumental drama. The Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1973) displays Berio's characteristic blend of virtuosity, wit, and structur…
Luciano Berio Conducts His "Epifanie" And "Folk Songs" (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/VG+ (minimal ring wear on back + sticker on front). Berio conducting Berio – with Cathy Berberian! A definitive recording of two essential vocal works by the composer himself. Epifanie (1961-63) is a complex, multi-layered masterpiece for soprano and orchestra, weaving together texts by Proust, Joyce, Machado, Brecht, and Sanguineti in a kaleidoscopic meditation on memory and meaning. Folk Songs (1964) shows Berio's genius for transformation – eleven traditional song…
Laborintus 2 (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX (minimal cover wear). Includes 8-page silk-screened insert. Luciano Berio's Laborintus 2 (1965) is an epic sonic labyrinth created for the 700th anniversary of Dante's birth. This extraordinary composition weaves together Dante's texts, fragments from T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, and contemporary poetry by Edoardo Sanguineti into a stunning tapestry for voices, instruments, and tape. Featuring speaker, three female voices, eight actors, and ensemble, Laborintus 2 is…
Le Favole Di Esopo / Salmo XIX (LP)
condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG+ (minimal wear and creasing) Includes 6-page LP-size insert. Niccolò Castiglioni (1932-1996), one of Italy's most refined and enigmatic modernist composers, is showcased here in two contrasting vocal works. Le Favole di Esopo (Aesop's Fables) transforms ancient tales into delicate, pointillistic sound-worlds of extraordinary refinement and wit. Salmo XIX brings sacred text to life through Castiglioni's ch…
Luigi Dallapiccola (LP)
condition (record/cover): M/EX- (small sticker removal residue on front cover otherwise NM) Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975), pioneer of twelve-tone technique in Italy and one of the 20th century's most lyrical serialists, is presented here in a stunning collection of vocal and instrumental works. Dallapiccola's music combines rigorous dodecaphonic method with Italian melodic sensibility and profound humanism – particularly evident in his settings of texts addressing freedom, oppression, and human…
Il Prigioniero (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX Gatefold sleeve with 12-page LP-size booklet stapled in. No libretto. A masterpiece of 20th-century opera! Luigi Dallapiccola's Il Prigioniero (The Prisoner, 1944-48) stands as one of the most powerful and harrowing operatic works of the post-war era. Set during the Spanish Inquisition, this one-act drama explores themes of hope, torture, freedom, and ultimate despair with devastating psychological intensity. Dallapiccola employs twelve-tone technique with extraor…
Omaggio A Franco Ferrara (LP)
condition (record/cover): M/M (still sealed) Franco Ferrara (1911-1985) was one of the most revered conductors and pedagogues of the 20th century – a musicians' musician whose career was tragically cut short by illness, yet whose influence shaped generations of conductors. This Omaggio (Homage) presents Ferrara's interpretations of contemporary Italian repertoire, showcasing his legendary clarity, precision, and deep musical intelligence. Known for his extraordinary rehearsal technique and profo…
Organum Quadruplum - Ipotesi A - L'Opera Abbandonata (LP)
condition (disc/cover): M/M (still sealed) One of the holy grails of Italian electronic music! Vittorio Gelmetti (1926-2005) was a self-taught maverick who remained fiercely independent from the official avant-garde establishment while creating some of the most radical electroacoustic works of the 1960s and 70s. This exceedingly rare LP—essentially a private pressing on Premier, a label otherwise devoted to "liscio" dance music—documents three landmark pieces that defined his vision of "music ma…
Musica Su Schemi (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/EX Gatefold sleeve with original inndersleeve. Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza, founded in Rome in 1964, brought together leading contemporary composers including Franco Evangelisti, Ennio Morricone, Mario Bertoncini, and John Heineman in a radical collective exploration of structured improvisation. Musica Su Schemi (Music on Schemes) documents their unique approach – using graphic scores and conceptual frameworks to generate spontaneous yet rigorously org…
Quadri Sonori - Klangbilder (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX. No booklet. Sound paintings by an electroacoustic visionary! Helmut Laberer (1925-2014), Austrian-born composer working in Italy, created these evocative Quadri Sonori (Sound Pictures) / Klangbilder that blur the boundaries between concrete sound, electronic manipulation, and musical gesture. Laberer's approach combines meticulous studio craft with poetic imagination, building sonic landscapes of remarkable color and spatial depth. Working within the fertile Ital…
Costellazione (LP)
condition (record/cover): VG (record looks near mint but has surface noise throughout) / VG+ (very light damp staining + light bump near edge + sticker removal residue on front) No insert. A constellation of avant-garde piano! Daniele Lombardi (1946-2018), brilliant Italian pianist, composer, and musicologist, presents a stunning program bridging historical avant-garde and contemporary experimentation. Lombardi was renowned for his fearless interpretations of the most demanding repertoire – from…
Per Pianoforte 1976/79 (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX- An essential document of Daniele Lombardi's (1946-2017) virtuosic and visionary piano work! This Edipan release presents a collection of solo piano pieces composed between 1976 and 1979, showcasing Lombardi's unique position at the intersection of multiple avant-garde traditions. A pianist, composer, and musicologist of extraordinary range, Lombardi was equally at home performing Futurist reconstructions, contemporary repertoire, and his own highly original compo…
Grande Notturno A Gargonza (Poema Di Suoni, Segni E Luci Colorate Per Tre Pianoforti E Tape/Computer Music) (2LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/EX Gatefold sleeve. Includes 28-page book. Daniele Lombardi's Grande Notturno A Gargonza (Great Nocturne at Gargonza) is an ambitious "poem of sounds, signs and colored lights" for three pianos and tape/computer music. Recorded live May 18th, 1982 at the medieval Castle of Gargonza in Tuscany, performed by Lombardi, Stefano Fiuzzi, and Riccardo Risaliti. The electronic component was realized in groundbreaking collaboration with Pietro Grossi at the CNUCE of Pisa, usi…
Metropolis - Per Intonarumori E Computer Music (CD)
condition (disc/cover): NM/NM. Futurism reborn through digital technology! Daniele Lombardi pays radical homage to Luigi Russolo and the Futurist intonarumori (noise intoners) in this visionary work combining reconstructed noise machines with cutting-edge computer music and digital cut-up techniques. Metropolis reimagines the sonic violence and urban cacophony of early 20th-century Futurism through contemporary electronic means, creating a powerful bridge between historical avant-garde and digit…
In Terram Utopicam (LP)
condition (record/cover): NM/VG+ (tiny stains on front) Gatefold sleeve with original innersleve. Walter Marchetti (1931-2015), co-founder of the legendary ZAJ collective in Madrid alongside Juan Hidalgo, presents three visionary works bridging concrete music, home-made electronics, and conceptual provocation. J'aimerais jouer avec un piano qui aurait une grosse queue (I would like to play with a piano that has a big tail, 1974-75) is a witty and subversive piano action documented at the Venice …
Suonando Rudemente Caramente (LP)
condition (record/cover): EX/VG+ (light wear) No insert. Roughly and dearly! Giuseppe Morrocchi (b. 1940), enigmatic Italian composer and pianist from San Casciano in Val di Pesa, delivers a striking collection of piano works that balance rawness with tenderness. The album's evocative title – Suonando Rudemente Caramente (Playing Roughly Dearly) – perfectly captures Morrocchi's distinctive aesthetic: a post-modern sensibility that embraces both harsh gesture and lyrical intimacy. Working at the …
.....Sofferte Onde Serene... / A Floresta È Jovem E Cheja De Vida (LP)
condition (record/cover): M/EX Includes 4-page LP-size insert. This essential Deutsche Grammophon release presents two defining works by Luigi Nono (1924-1990), towering figure of post-war Italian modernism. .....sofferte onde serene... (1976), dedicated to Pollini and his wife Marilisa, is a haunting meditation for piano and magnetic tape, recorded at Munich's Herkulessaal. Inspired by the bells of Venice's Giudecca and marked by personal tragedy, the work achieves profound beauty through the d…