Monday, February 19, 2007

Afternoon New Music 2/19/07

A set of Morton Feldman pieces, all from the very early 1960s

1) Performer: Ensemble Avantgarde
Album: Morton Feldman: Chamber Music
Label: Wergo
Tracks: For Franz Kline; O'Hara Song; De Kooning

2) Composer: Morton Feldman
Title: Durations I-IV
Album: Duration I-IV
Label: Time Records
Note: this comes from a rare LP in the WKCR collection performed by an ensemble that features David Tudor.

3) Composer: Morton Feldman
Title: Out of Last Pieces
Album: Music of Our Time
perfomed by the New York Philharmonic, cond. Leonard Bernstein
Label: CBS

An amusing track off the same album:

4) Title: Four Improvisations
performed by the New York Philharmonic, cond. Leonard Bernstein
Album: Music of Our Time
Label: CBS

A long set of improvised electronic pieces with electronics from the late 60s:

5) Artist: David Tudor
Title: Rainforest Version I (1968)
Album: Rainforest
Label: Mode

6) Artist: Musica Electronica Viva
Title: Spaceship
Album: MEV/AMM
Label: Time Records

7) Composer: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Title: Kommunion
Album: Kommunion and Intensität from aus den Sieben Tagen
Label: Deutsche Grammaphon

Host: Brian Kane

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