condition (record/cover): NM / NM
Grey sleeve. Black labels.

Three composers from three distinct European and Asian contexts, gathered on a Philips LP that reflects the internationalism of the early 1970s new music world - a world in which a Slovenian composer, a Japanese composer based in Europe, and a Dutch composer could share a record label and a context with genuine coherence. Milan Stibilj (born 1929) brought to Slovenian composition a post-serial sophistication formed partly by study with Ligeti; his Épervier de ta Faiblesse ("Sparrowhawk of your Weakness") is a work of sustained lyrical intensity, the title's Surrealist resonance giving some indication of its tonal world.

Makoto Shinohara (1931-2019) had moved to Europe in the late 1950s, studying with Messiaen and Stockhausen, and developed a compositional language that synthesized Japanese sensibility for sound as event with the structural concerns of the European avant-garde; his Alternances deploys these resources with a concentration that makes each sonority count. Peter Schat (1935-2003), one of the most significant Dutch composers of the post-war generation, brought to his contribution the combination of political urgency and formal rigor that characterizes his best work. Philips, 836.991 DSY.