This page lists all recordings of Offrandes, 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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| |  | Edgard Varèse: Kontinent
Varèse: | Ionisation for percussion ensemble of 13 players Offrandes soprano and chamber orchestra Hyperprism for 9 winds and percussionist Ecuatorial for bass voice, 8 brass, piano, organ 2 ondes Martenot and 6 percussionists Amériques for orchestra Intégrales for 11 winds and 8 percussionists |
Born in Paris in 1883, Varèse studied composition and piano with d’Indy and Widor. Later he moved to Berlin and built strong links with R. Strauss and Busoni. The earliest work known is Ameriques, a composition for large orchestra written in 1921 and recorded here. He developed a wholly new cosmos of sounds, characterized by a multitude of dissonant chords and a complex rhythmic polyphony. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 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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| |  | Varèse - Orchestral Works Volume 1
“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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| |  | Boulez conducts Webern, Carter, Varese & Berio
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Gramophone Awards 1999
Penguin Guide