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Contemporary Sound Series, Vol. 1

Christoph Caskel (percussion), David Tudor (piano), Aloys Kontarsky (piano, wood blocks) & Bernhard Kontarsky (celeste, antique cymbals)

The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble, Musica elettronica viva & AMM, John Cage & Paul Price

Wergo is planning to release the 18 LPs in six instalments, and the first volume gives a good sense of the variety of what Brown recorded. The first disc, Concert Percussion for Orchestra, concentrates... — The Guardian, 4th September 2009, 3 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 24th Aug 2009
  • Catalogue No: WER69282
  • Label: Wergo
  • Series: Earle Brown's Contemporary Sound Series
  • Length: 1 hour 56 minutes
  • Gramophone Magazine
    March 2010
    Re-issue of the Month

3 CDs

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Contents

Roldán: Ritmica No. 6, Tiempo de Rhumba

Work length1:50
$1.00
$1.40
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
  • Paul Price

Roldán: Ritmica No. 5, Tiempo de Son

Work length2:33
$1.00
$1.40
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
  • Paul Price

Harrison, L: Canticle No. 1

Work length4:09
$1.00
$1.40
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
  • Paul Price

Russell, W: Three Dance Movements

Work length4:41
$3.00
$4.20
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
  • John Cage

I. Waltz

Track length1:42
$1.00
$1.40

II. March

Track length1:42
$1.00
$1.40

III. Fox Trot

Track length1:17
$1.00
$1.40

Cowell, H: Ostinato Pianissimo

Work length3:28
$1.00
$1.40
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
  • Paul Price

Russell, W: Three Cuban Pieces

Work length2:32
$3.00
$4.20
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble

I. Havannera

Track length0:56
$1.00
$1.40

II. Rhumba

Track length0:46
$1.00
$1.40

III. Tiempo de Son

Track length0:50
$1.00
$1.40

John Cage, Lou Harrison: Double Music

Work length5:51
$1.00
$1.40
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble
  • John Cage

Cage: Amores

Work length10:13
$4.00
$5.60
  • The Manhattan Percussion Ensemble

I. Solo for Prepared Piano

Track length1:27
$1.00
$1.40

II. Trio (Nine Tom-Toms, Pod Rattle)

Track length2:54
$1.00
$1.40

III. Trio (Seven Wood Blocks, not Chinese)

Track length1:24
$1.00
$1.40

IV. Solo for Prepared Piano

Track length4:28
$1.00
$1.40

Stockhausen: Zyklus for one percussionist

Work length11:52
$2.00
$2.80
  • Christoph Caskel

Stockhausen: Refrain for three performers

Work length8:17
$1.50
$2.10
  • Aloys Kontarsky, Bernhard Kontarsky, Christoph Caskel

Kagel: Transición II

Work length17:31
Album only
Album only
  • David Tudor, Christoph Caskel

MEV - Musica Elettronica Viva: Spacecraft

Work length19:51
Album only
Album only
  • MEV - Musica Elettronica Viva, Alan Bryant (programmer), Alvin Curran (programmer), Frederic Rzewski (programmer), Ivan Vandor (programmer), Richard Teitelbaum (programmer)

AMM: AMM

Work length23:14
Album only
Album only
  • AMM, Christopher Hobbs (programmer), Cornelius Cardew (programmer), Eddie Prévost (programmer), Keith Rowe (programmer), Lou Gare (programmer)

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