Masterworks of the 20th Century - Boulez, Cage, Crumb, Ives, Nono, Partch, Schuller, Stravinsky, Takemitsu; Leinsdorf, Maderna, Ozawa, Minton, Kirkpatrick

Masterworks of the 20th Century

Compilation by Boulez, Cage, Crumb, Ives, Nono, Partch, Schuller, Stravinsky, Takemitsu; Leinsdorf, Maderna, Ozawa, Minton, Kirkpatrick

Released July 2015

classical electronic experimental

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Le marteau sans maître: I. Avant l'Artisanat furieux
Pierre Boulez
1:49
2
Le marteau sans maître: II. Commentaire I de Bourreaux de solitude
Pierre Boulez
4:07
3
Le marteau sans maître: III. L'Artisanat furieux
Pierre Boulez
2:30
4
Le marteau sans maître: IV. Commentaire II de Bourreaux de solitude
Pierre Boulez
4:37
5
Le marteau sans maître: V. Bel édifice et les pressentiments I
Pierre Boulez
3:55
6
Le marteau sans maître: VI. Bourreaux de solitude
Pierre Boulez
4:15
7
Le marteau sans maître: VII. Après l'Artisanat furieux
Pierre Boulez
1:05
8
Le Marteau sans Maître: VIII. Commentaire III de Bourreaux de solitude
Pierre Boulez
5:48
9
Le marteau sans maître: IX. Bel édifice et les pressentiments II
Pierre Boulez
8:05
10
Livre pour cordes: 1a Variation
Pierre Boulez
6:37
11
Livre pour cordes: 1b Mouvement
Pierre Boulez
4:01
CD 2
1
Asterism for Piano and Orchestra
Tōru Takemitsu
11:45
2
Requiem for String Orchestra
Tōru Takemitsu
7:46
3
Green (November Steps II) for Orchestra
Tōru Takemitsu
5:41
4
The Dorian Horizon for 17 Strings
Tōru Takemitsu
9:03
CD 3
1
Agon
Igor Stravinsky
20:36
2
7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra: Antique Harmonies
Gunther Schuller
2:22
3
7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra: Abstract Trio
Gunther Schuller
1:39
4
7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra: Little Blue Devil
Gunther Schuller
3:03
5
7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra: The Twittering Machine
Gunther Schuller
2:07
6
7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra: 5. Arab Village
Gunther Schuller
6:51
7
7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra: An Eerie Moment
Gunther Schuller
2:03
8
7 Studies on Themes of Paul Klee for Orchestra: Pastorale
Gunther Schuller
2:55
CD 4
1
Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60": I. Emerson
Charles Ives
13:36
2
Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60": II. Hawthorne
Charles Ives
10:06
3
Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60": III. The Alcotts
Charles Ives
4:41
4
Piano Sonata no. 2 "Concord, Mass., 1840-60": IV. Thoreau
Charles Ives
9:43
5
Emerson (end of exposition)
Charles Ives
2:01
6
Emerson (most of recapitulation)
Charles Ives
4:00
7
Hawthorne (fragment)
Charles Ives
0:13
8
The Alcotts (complete)
Charles Ives
4:53
9
Emerson Transcription No. 1 with Interpolated Improvisations
Charles Ives
5:19
10
Emerson Transcription No. 3 with Interpolated Improvisations
Charles Ives
2:33
CD 5
1
Voice of the Whale (Vox Balaenae) for Three Masked Players
George Crumb
20:18
2
Night of the Four Moons: I. La luna está muerta, muerta
George Crumb
2:38
3
Night of the Four Moons: II. Cuando sale la luna
George Crumb
3:36
4
Night of the Four Moons: III. Otro Adán oscuro está soñando
George Crumb
2:53
5
Night of the Four Moons: IV. ¡Huye luna, luna, luna !
George Crumb
8:26
6
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 1, I. Morning Music (Genesis II)
George Crumb
2:32
7
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 1, II. The Mystic Chord
George Crumb
2:26
8
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 1, III. Rain-Death Variations
George Crumb
1:34
9
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 1, IV. Twin Suns (Doppelgänger aus der Ewigkeit)
George Crumb
3:32
10
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 2, V. Ghost Nocturne for the Druids of Stonehenge (Night-Spell II)
George Crumb
3:04
11
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 2, VI. Gargoyles
George Crumb
1:10
12
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 2, VII. Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica)
George Crumb
1:33
13
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 2, VIII. A Prophecy of Nostradamus
George Crumb
2:29
14
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 3, IX. Cosmic Wind
George Crumb
2:20
15
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 3, X. Voices from "Corona Borealis"
George Crumb
3:23
16
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 3, XI. Litany of the Galactic Bells
George Crumb
2:34
17
Makrokosmos, Vol. II - Twelve Fantasy-Pieces after the Zodiac for Amplified Piano: Part 3, XII. Agnus Dei
George Crumb
4:05
CD 6: The World of Harry Partch
1
Daphne of the Dunes
Harry Partch
17:28
2
Barstow - Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California
Harry Partch
9:20
3
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini from Plectra & Percussion Dances:
Harry Partch
16:19
4
Partch in Prologue, Adapted Viola
Harry Partch
3:55
5
Chromelodeon I
Harry Partch
2:29
6
Kithara I
Harry Partch
1:08
7
Castor & Pollux (Harmonic Canon II)
Harry Partch
0:48
8
Diamond Marimba
Harry Partch
1:28
9
Bass Marimba
Harry Partch
1:21
10
Cloud-Chamber Bowls
Harry Partch
1:50
11
Spoils of War
Harry Partch
1:57
12
Surrogate Kithara
Harry Partch
1:24
13
Kithara II
Harry Partch
1:20
14
Boo
Harry Partch
1:55
15
Harmonic Canon I
Harry Partch
1:15
16
Zymo-Xyl
Harry Partch
1:43
17
Mazda Marimba
Harry Partch
1:35
18
Gourd Tree & Cone Gong
Harry Partch
1:49
19
Hand Instruments, Partch in Epilogue
Harry Partch
3:04
CD 7: Extended Voices
1
Sound Patterns
Pauline Oliveros
4:00
2
North American Time Capsule 1967
Alvin Lucier
10:16
3
Solos for Voice 2
John Cage
12:49
4
She Was a Visitor
Robert Ashley
5:50
5
Extended Voices
Toshi Ichyanagi
11:04
6
Chorus and Instruments II
Morton Feldman
5:05
7
Christian Wolff in Cambridge
Morton Feldman
3:48
CD 8
1
Akrata
Iannis Xenakis
11:59
2
Syzygy
David Del Tredici
24:18
3
Zyklus for a percussionist (no. 9) :
Karlheinz Stockhausen
11:36
4
Fontana Mix - Feed
John Cage
10:14
5
Lux Aeterna for 5 Masked Musicians
George Crumb
13:25
CD 9
1
Stereo Electronic Music No. 1
Bülent Arel
10:30
2
Leiyla and the Poet
Halim El‐Dabh
5:18
3
Prologue: Enuma Elish (from 3 scenes from The Creation)
Vladimir Ussachevsky
8:13
4
Composition for Synthesizer
Milton Babbitt
10:36
5
Electronic Study No. 1
Mario Davidovsky
5:50
6
Gargoyles
Otto Luening
9:22
7
Ensembles for Synthesizer
Milton Babbitt
10:41
CD 10
1
Sonatine for Flute and Piano
Pierre Boulez
13:03
2
Interpolation: Mobile for Flute (1, 2 and 3)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati
4:53
3
Concerto no. 1 for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra
Bruno Maderna
18:52
4
Y Su Sangre Ya Viene Cantando
Luigi Nono
16:22
5
Serenade I for Flute and 14 Instruments
Luciano Berio
10:42