This page lists all recordings of Octandre, by Edgard Varèse (1885-1965) on CD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Varèse: The Complete Works
“Riccardo Chailly's 1996 account [of Amériques] is unlike any of its competitors in that it reconstructed for the first time Varèse's original version of the score from 1918-21, which uses a vast orchestra featuring 27 woodwind and 29 brass instruments - even a cyclone whistle. The recording certainly packs a punch, but the Concertgebouw players also revel in the many subtleties that colour the composer's unique orchestration. It comes as part of a two-disc release that features all of Varèse's surviving music - small in quantity but big on impact.” Matthew Rye, The Telegraph, 24th August 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Avante-garde Favourites of the 20th Century
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| |  | Milano Musica Festival Live Volume 2: Xenakis, Varèse, RomitelliLive Recording by RAI RADIO 3 from the Verdi Hall at the Milan Conservatory
This Vol. II that Stradivarius dedicates to Milano Musica Festival, includes four chamber compositions by Iannis Xenakis: each of the four belonging to a different period of his artistic activity; the famous Octandre by Edgar Varèse, one of the pillars of 20th-century music; and Mediterraneo by Fausto Romitelli (1963-2004), an untimely death, one of the most significant composers of the present European generation. This important release by the Dutch mezzo soprano Marieke Koster and the prestigious Asko Ensemble, an outstanding contemporary music ensemble founded in 1965, is here directed by Stefan Asbury. “absolutely a reference point in the contemporary scene” Claudio Strinati, Il Venerdì-Repubblica, April 2nd 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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“There are better accounts of some of these pieces (virtually the complete Varèse canon), but Nagano doesn't sell the music short, and the recording copes equally well with the massive sonorities of Arcana and the intimacies of Octandre or Densité 21.5.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2005 *** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Varèse - The Complete Works
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“The recording is excellent, the performers by the Polish Radio Symphony gusty and muscular” Sunday Times, 12th August 2001 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | IonisationMusic of Varèse, Penderecki, Ligeti
Luxembourg Radio Orchestra, Ensemble "Die Reihe", Kohon String Quartet | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Tenney: In Memoriam
What James Tenney does have in common with the composers to whom he has dedicated his FORMs, however, is not a specific approach to dynamics, but to sound. And precisely this inquiring interest in sound, both as a physical phenomenon and as regards its perception, was a constant leitmotif that pervaded the whole American avant-garde in the 20th century. To a certain extent, it could even be seen as a decisive characteristic distinguishing the American avant-garde from its European counterpart, which was more structurally and historically oriented. — Raoul Mörchen | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Le Domaine Musical 1956-1967 (Vol. 1)
Includes an exclusive interview of Pierre Boulez by Claude Samuel on 14th September 2005, and the very first recording of 'Le Marteau sans maitre' by VEGA records in 1956. “The intricacies of Stockhausen's Kontrapunkte now seem contrived by the pungent timbral interplay of Zeitmasze still compels - as does David Tudor in the convolutions of Klavierstück VI. Characterful works by Pousseur illumine a now-neglected figure, while those by Berio, Kagel and Nono are among the best of their era. Boulez is represented by grimly determined accounts of the Flute Sonatina and Structures I and by Loriod's formidable Second Sonata - galvanising its violent contrasts with a sweeping intensity.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2006 | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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Gramophone Awards 1999
Penguin Guide