From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Wed, Aug 26th 1998, 18:28
From Arthur B. Purvis Sent Wed, Aug 26th 1998, 18:28
Decca Records in Europe is issuing a 2cd set of all of edgar varese's
music. Hopefully the american version will come out at some point, so it
won't cost $50.
If you don't know who Varese is, you really, really should.
Here's the track list.
CD 1
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Tuning Up (reconstruction and editing by Chou Wen-chung)
Amériques, original version (prepared from the original
manuscript by Chou Wen-chung)
Poème électronique
Arcana [same recording as on the 1994 CD]
Nocturnal (edited and completed by Chou Wen-chung)
Un grand sommeil noir (orchestration by Antony Beaumont)
CD 2
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Un grand sommeil noir, original version
Offrandes
Hyperprism (revised by Richard Saks)
Octandre
Intégrales (revised and edited by Chou Wen-chung)
Ecuatorial (corrections from the original manuscript
by Chou Wen-chung)
Ionisation
Density 21.5
Déserts [version with tape interpolations]
Dance for Burgess (completed by Chou Wen-chung)
Soloists; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (CD 1); ASKO
Ensemble (CD 2); Richard Chailly. Decca 460 208-2.
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