Research Catalog

Title

The composer-performer [sound recording].

Publication

[New York] : Composers Recordings, Inc., [1994]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
• Partch, Harry, 1901-1974.
• Fine, Irving, 1914-1962.
• Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.
• Helps, Robert
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
• Albright, William
• Walker, George, 1922-2018.
• Sollberger, Harvey
• Curtis-Smith, C. (Curtis), 1941-2014.
• Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022.
• Tower, Joan, 1938-
• Klucevsek, Guy
• Gordon, Michael, 1956-
• Jordanova, Victoria
• Tan, Dun, 1957-
• Shields, Alice, 1943-

Description

1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

Forty years of discovery 1954-1994

Uniform Title

Forty years of discovery, 1954-1994.

Subject

• Music > 20th century

Note

• Previously released material.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Joseph R. Dalton (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• All selections recorded from 1950-1993, primarily in New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Ann Arbor and San Francisco.

Contents

• Aeolian harp ; The banshee / Henry Cowell (Henry Cowell, piano) (3:18) -- The letter : [excerpt] / Harry Partch (Harry Partch, intoning voice ; Ben Johnston, Betty Johnston, Donald Pippin, Harry Partch, instruments) (5:18) -- Waltz-gavotte : from Music for piano / Irving Fine (Irving Fine, piano) (2:44) -- Fantasy in space : for tape recorder / Otto Luening (Otto Luening, 4 over-dubbed flutes) (2:21) -- Image / Robert Helps (Robert Helps, piano) (2:57) -- Praises and prayers. My master hath a garden ; and, Before sleeping / Virgil Thomson (Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano ; Virgil Thomson, piano) (3:43) -- Fanfare from Organbook (1967) / William Albright (William Albright, organ) (2:39) -- Spatials : variations for piano / George Walker (George Walker, piano) (3:26) -- Divertimento for flute, cello and piano. Movements 1 & 2 / Harvey Sollberger (Harvey Sollberger, flute ; Fred Sherry, violoncello ; Charles Wuorinen, piano) (3:31) -- Five sonorous inventions. Second invention / Curtis Curtis-Smith (Gerald Fischbach, violin ; Curtis Curtis-Smith, bowed piano) (3:41) --
• (cont.): The Nantucket songs. The dance ; Nantucket ; Go, lovely rose / Ned Rorem (Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano ; Ned Rorem, piano) (4:13) -- Petroushskates / Joan Tower (Da Capo Chamber Players) (5:35) -- Samba D hiccup / Guy Klucevsek (Guy Klucevsek, accordion) (5:24) -- Strange quiet. Part I / Michael Gordon (Michael Gordon Philharmonic) (5:24) -- Requiem for Bosnia : an improvisation for broken piano, harp and child's voice : excerpt / Victoria Jordanova (Victoria Jordanova, broken piano and harp) (4:59) -- Nine songs : ritual opera. Water spirit / Tan Dun (Tan Dun, voice, percussion and conductor ; Nine Songs Ensemble and Chorus) (4:58) -- Apocalypse : an electronic opera. Organ screaming : excerpt ; and, Dawn wind / Alice Shields (Alice Shields, voice and electronics) (5:27).

Call Number

*LDC 11664 (F)

LCCN

9043806702

OCLC

• 35405288
• NYPG96-R1590

Title

The composer-performer [sound recording].

Imprint

[New York] : Composers Recordings, Inc., [1994]

Series

Forty years of discovery 1954-1994

Forty years of discovery, 1954-1994.

Performer

Various performers and ensembles.

Event

All selections recorded from 1950-1993, primarily in New York City, Boston, Washington DC, Ann Arbor and San Francisco.

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Added Author

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Aeolian harp.

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. Banshee.

Partch, Harry, 1901-1974. Letter.

Fine, Irving, 1914-1962. Music, piano. Waltz-gavotte.

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996. Fantasy in space.

Helps, Robert. Image.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Praises and prayers.

Albright, William. Organbook, no. 1. Fanfare.

Walker, George, 1922-2018. Spatials.

Sollberger, Harvey. Divertimenti, piano, flute, violincello.

Curtis-Smith, C. (Curtis), 1941-2014. Sonorous inventions.

Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. Nantucket songs.

Tower, Joan, 1938-

Klucevsek, Guy. Samba D hiccup.

Gordon, Michael, 1956- Strange quiet Part I.

Jordanova, Victoria. Requiem for Bosnia.

Tan, Dun, 1957- Nine songs. Water spirit.

Shields, Alice, 1943- Apocalypse.

Other Standard Identifier

9043806702

Publisher No.

CD 670 CRI

Research Call Number

*LDC 11664 (F) Program notes on file.