Various Artists
The American Avant-Garde in the 20th Century
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Following on from our popular primer A Young Person's Guide to the Avant-Garde, LTM now offers a more comprehensive overview of American avant-garde music in the 20th century.
Commencing with early pioneers Charles Ives and George Antheil (including the celebrated, Futuristic Ballet Mechanique of 1924), this chronological double disc collection also includes pieces by émigré arrivals in the New World such as Leo Ornstein, Dane Rudhyar and Edgard Varèse, as well homegrown composers including Henry Cowell, Carl Ruggles and Roger Sessions.
The second half of the double disc set offers works by a number of even more modern modernists, notably Morton Feldman, Harry Partch and the immortal John Cage, whose groundbreaking Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano is presented in its entirety.
With a generous playing time of 140 minutes, this fascinating double CD set contains an illustrated booklet with detailed historical notes.
Release notes
Dates of composition appended to the track titles: 1-1: 1906; 1-2: 1913; 1-3: 1916; 1-4: 1922/23; 1-5: 1922; 1-6: 1924; 1-7 to 1-10: 1928; 1-11: 1929-31; 1-12: 1940; 1-13: 1951; 1-15: 1938; 2-1 to 2-19: 1946-48; 2-20: 1955; 2-21: 1960 1-3 This performance [...] was recorded in 1963. 1-6 This version [...] was recorded in 1955. 1-13 Recorded 1959. 2-1 to 2-19 This recording [...] dates from 1950. Compiled [...] for LTM (2012). Design and packaging [...] at Aleph Studio. The…
| 1-1 | Central Park In The Dark | 9:22 | |
| 1-2 | Suicide In An Airplane | 3:42 | |
| 1-3 | Dynamic Motion | 3:18 | |
| 1-4 | Sonata Sauvage | 9:48 | |
| 1-5 | Angels | 3:18 | |
| 1-6 | Ballet Mécanique | 17:16 | |
| Tetragram #8 (Primavera) | |||
| 1-7 | I. With Delicacy | 1:02 | |
| 1-8 | II. Allegretto | 1:48 | |
| 1-9 | III. Adagio | 3:44 | |
| 1-10 | IV. Lyrical And Joyful, But With Simplicity | 3:33 | |
| 1-11 | Ionization | 4:53 | |
| 1-12 | From My Diary (Poco Adagio) | 8:45 | |
| 1-13 | Piece For Four Pianos | 7:18 | |
| Sonatas And Interludes | |||
| 2-1 | Sonata I | 3:08 | |
| 2-2 | Sonata II | 2:29 | |
| 2-3 | Sonata III | 2:46 | |
| 2-4 | Sonata IV | 3:11 | |
| 2-5 | First Interlude | 3:47 | |
| 2-6 | Sonata V | 1:32 | |
| 2-7 | Sonata VI | 2:25 | |
| 2-8 | Sonata VII | 2:36 | |
| 2-9 | Sonata VIII | 2:58 | |
| 2-10 | Second Interlude | 4:20 | |
| 2-11 | Third Interlude | 3:07 | |
| 2-12 | Sonata IX | 4:06 | |
| 2-13 | Sonata X | 3:36 | |
| 2-14 | Sonata XI | 3:29 | |
| 2-15 | Sonata XII | 4:17 | |
| 2-16 | Fourth Interlude | 2:48 | |
| 2-17 | Sonata XIII | 4:07 | |
| 2-18 | Sonata XIV And XV | 7:11 | |
| 2-19 | Sonata XVI | 5:02 | |
| 2-20 | Ulysses At The Edge | 6:42 | |
| 2-21 | Recalling All Active Agents | 1:25 | |
- James Nice
- Compiled By
- Carl Glover
- Design [Design And Packaging]
