Sounds of New Music / Various

Artista: Sounds of New Music / Various

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: FOWY

Catalogo: 6160

Faixas: 1.1 Bahnfahrt
1.2 Symphony of Machines
1.3 Dnieprostrot
1.4 Dance
1.5 Ionization
1.6 Aeolian Harp
1.7 Banshee
1.8 Sonic Contours
1.9 Fantasy in Space
1.10 Symphonies in Sonic Vibration-Spectrum No. 1
1.11 Transposition
1.12 Reverberation
1.13 Compositionion
1.14 Underwater Waltz
1.15 Natural Pipes
1.16 Natural Pipes
1.17 Natural Pipes
1.18 Sonata for Loudspeakers

Sounds of New Music is a collection of 18 compositions from the 1920s to the mid-1950s representing attempts at a new means of musical expression. Some use familiar instruments in new ways, while others experiment with new instruments; the formats of the compositions range from structured musical scores written for orchestra to electronically altered music using tape-recording devices. Composers include Edgard Varese, Henry Cowell, and John Cage, whose Dance is played on a transformed Steinway piano that gives the music an almost primitive quality. Liner notes describing the new music feature a substantial article on Concrete Music.