Music In Twelve Parts - Parts 1 & 2 (LP)
First UK edition on Caroline with textured sleeve of the first recording of the first two parts of the landmark early 1970's monumental Minimalist composition, released in 1976.
Einstein On The Beach (4LP box)
1984 re-issue on CBS of the 4LP box set with the first full recording of the momumental and ground-breaking 1976 Minimalist opera in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Essential. With booklet.
Einstein On The Beach (4CD)
2012 4CD re-issue on Sony of the 1978 4LP box set with the first full recording of the momumental and ground-breaking 1976 Minimalist opera in collaboration with Robert Wilson. Essential. With booklet.
Glassworks (LP)
Original European edition on CBS of the 1982 chamber music composition with a more accessible approach to Minimalsm by one of its main composers, resulting in absolutely lovely music.
Glassworks (LP)
Original European edition on CBS of the 1982 chamber music composition with a more accessible approach to Minimalsm by one of its main composers, resulting in absolutely lovely music.
Satyagraha (3LP box)
Original European edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1980 Minimalist opera based on Gandhi's life, released by CBS in 1985. With booklet.
Songs From Liquid Days (LP)
Original European edition on FM/CBS of the 1986 album of songs co-written with Paul Simon, Suzanne Vega, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson and performed by Linda Ronstadt, Bernard Fowler, the Roches and Kronos Quartet among others.
DancePieces (LP)
Original European edition on FM/CBS of the 1987 album with the music for the ballets by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp.
Akhnaten (3LP box)
Original 1987 edition of the 3LP box set with the brilliant 1983 opera based on the Egyptian pharaoh's life, released by CBS in 1987. With booklet.
Music In Twelve Parts (6LP box)
Ultra-rare vinyl edition of the first release of the full early 1970's landmark colossal Minimalist compostion, recorded partly in 1975 and partly in 1983, issued as a massive 6LP box set with albums with individual covers by Venture/Virgin in 1988. …
Dance Nos. 1-5 (2LP)
Original Dutch-only vinyl edition of the excellent 1988 double album on CBS with the minimalist music for the 1979 ballet by Lucinda Childs and Sol LeWitt.
1000 Airplanes On The Roof (LP)
1989 US LP edition on Virgin of the science fiction music drama for winds, brass, vocals (Linda Rondstadt) and electronics.
The Art Of Joan La Barbara (LP)
Fantastic album with the great singer performing with her extended vocal technique and electronics three compositions for voice, instruments and electronics by herself plus one piece for voice, cellos, English horn and synthesizer by Subotnick, relea…
Frieze For Four Pianos / Pulse Music III (LP)
Rare 1987 LP on Edition Michael Frauenlob Bauer pairing a superb 1979 electronic piece with aminimalist and playful 1974 compoaition for four pianos. Never re-issued on either Lp or CD.
Music For 18 Musicians (LP)
Rare mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of one of the most beautiful and evocative Minimalist pieces ever, composed in 1976. Essential Minimalism.
Octet / Music For A Large Ensemble / Violin Phase (LP)
Mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of the 1980 LP with two late 1970's beautiful classic Minimalist compositions for large and small ensamble, plus one for solo violin from 1967. Essential Minimalism.
Tehillim (LP)
Mid-1980's re-issue on ECM New Series of the 1982 LP with the 1981 composition developing from Minimalist origins into a new personal style. With insert.
The Desert Music (LP)
Original German edition of the 1985 LP on Nonesuch of the 1983 pulsing cantata for voices and orchestra.
Movie
*150 copies limited edition* Filmmaking and music-making share a common element of worldbuilding. Whole cloth, environments are raised in which a perspective can be placed; the viewer, the listener, is taken on a ride into the unknown for a time. Mov…
Cadenza On The Night Plain And Other String Quartets (2LP)
2LP set released by Gramavision in 1985 with the string quartets in collaboration with the Kronos Quartet moving beyond the Minimalism of the early period. Includes catalogue.