EARLE BROWN - A Life in Music, Vol. 1 AMADEO ROLDÁN (1900-1939): Ritmicas Nos. 5 & 6, LOU HARRISON (1917-2003): Canticle No. 1, WILLIAM RUSSELL (1905-1992): 3 Dance Movements, 3 Cuban Pieces, HENRY COWELL (1897-1965): Ostinato Pianissimo, JOHN CAGE (1912-1992): Amores, CAGE & HARRISON: Double Music (The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble; Paul Price, John Cage. Original 1961 Time Records release.), KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (1928-2007): Zyklus for 1 Percussionist (Christoph Caskel), Refrain for 3 Performers (Aloys Kontarsky [piano, wood blocks], Bernhard Kontarsky [celeste, antique cymbals], Caskel [vibraphone, cowbells, glockenspiel], MAURICIO KAGEL (1931-2008): Transición II for Piano, Percussion and 2 Magnetic Tapes (David Tudor [piano], Caskel [percussion]. Original 1961 Time Records LP release.), Live Electronic Music Improvised: Spacecraft (Musica Elettronica Viva - Alan Bryant, Alvin Curran, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum, Ivan Vandor), [no title] (AMM - Cornelius Cardew, Lou Gare, Christopher Hobbs, Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe. Original 1970 Mainstream LP release).
Catalogue Number: 01L111
Label: Wergo
Reference: WER 6928 2
Format: CD
Price: $47.98
Description: Each of these two three-disc sets reproduces the contents of LPs put out in Earle Brown's Contemporary Sound Series in 1961-63 and in 1970-73. Everything here was on the cutting edge of modern music at the time; some composers became world-famous, others, like the short-lived Roldán or his contemporary Russell never did. Wergo, unusually, offers them at what passes as mid-price for them (single disc Wergos are $22.98, remember!) and the sets come with both a box-sized booklet with a note on this series (there will be six volumes in all) while the individual CDs come with their original LP notes and with the original LP covers and back-covers faithfully reproduced on the fronts and backs of the booklets. 3 CDs.
