John Cage, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, George Crumb, Lejaren Hiller, Christian Wolff, Stefan Wolpe, Jacob Druckman, Leon KirchnerFeaturing: Concord String Quartet
The Avant Garde String Quartet In The U.S.A. (3LP box)
Cage's beautiful and unusual 1950 string quartet in a monumental compilation released as a 3LP box set by Vox in 1973 with a who's who of the American avant-garde, including Crumb's and Kirchner's outstanding quartets with electric amplification and electronics, with impeccable performances by the Concord String Quartet. With insert.
condition (records/box): NM / VG+ (light discoloration on front) Insert included.
A formidable survey of American avant-garde string quartet writing, issued by Vox as a three-LP box. The roster - John Cage, Earle Brown, Morton Feldman, George Crumb, Lejaren Hiller, Christian Wolff, Stefan Wolpe, Jacob Druckman, Leon Kirchner - maps the full range of postwar American compositional thought, from the chance-based procedures of the New York School to the more structurally determined approaches of the academic avant-garde. Remarkable that a single ensemble and a single label held this breadth of material in a coherent frame.
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Cat. number: SVBX 5306
Year: 1973
