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This program presents cutting-edge music by composers who have emerged from (or rebelled against) the Classical tradition over the last century. The focus is on iconoclasts and innovators; those whom the mainstream media, including Classical radio, typically neglect. The emphasis is on the most recent decades, but some programs feature the musical pioneers who cleared the paths for those who followed. Comments or suggestions are welcome. Contact Imaginary Landscapes.
Rick also co-hosts The Cutting Edge, a program of adventurous jazz and improvised music.
This program presents cutting-edge music by composers who have emerged from (or rebelled against) the Classical tradition over the last century. The focus is on iconoclasts and innovators; those whom the mainstream media, including Classical radio, typically neglect. The emphasis is on the most recent decades, but some programs feature the musical pioneers who cleared the paths for those who followed. Comments or suggestions are welcome. Contact Imaginary Landscapes.
Rick also co-hosts The Cutting Edge, a program of adventurous jazz and improvised music.
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RUSSIAN COMPOSERS, Part 2: FREE AT LAST
Rodion Shchedrin - Piano Concerto No. 3 (1973) - Piano Concertos (Melodiya)
Alfred Schnittke - Concerto for Oboe, Harp & String Orchestra (1971) - Schnittke: 3 Concertos (BIS)
Vyacheslav Artiomov - Mattinates (1981) - Songs, Hymns & Dreams (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Symphony No. 4 (1987) - Symphonies (Megadisc)
Sofia Gubaidulina - Trio for Violin, Viola & Violoncello (1988) - Sofia Gubaidulina (cpo)
Yuri Kasparov - Concerto for Oboe & Orchestra (1988) - The Music of Yuri Kasparov (Olympia)
See last week's note regarding the spelling of these composers' names.
Rodion Shchedrin - Piano Concerto No. 3 (1973) - Piano Concertos (Melodiya)
Alfred Schnittke - Concerto for Oboe, Harp & String Orchestra (1971) - Schnittke: 3 Concertos (BIS)
Vyacheslav Artiomov - Mattinates (1981) - Songs, Hymns & Dreams (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Symphony No. 4 (1987) - Symphonies (Megadisc)
Sofia Gubaidulina - Trio for Violin, Viola & Violoncello (1988) - Sofia Gubaidulina (cpo)
Yuri Kasparov - Concerto for Oboe & Orchestra (1988) - The Music of Yuri Kasparov (Olympia)
See last week's note regarding the spelling of these composers' names.
RUSSIAN COMPOSERS, Part 1: REVOLUTION & REBIRTH
Arthur Lourie - Quatres poemes (1912) - Rediscovering the Russian Avant-Garde (GM Recordings)
Nikolai Roslavetz - String Quartet No. 1 (1913) - Russian Quartets of the 20th Century (Beaux)
Alexander Mosolov - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1924) - Mossolov (Dante)
Alexander Mosolov - Zavod (Iron/Steel Foundry) (1928) - Sounds of New Music (Folkways)
Julius Meytuss - Dnieprostrot (Dnieper Dam/Power Station) - Sounds of New Music (Folkways)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1947) - Piano Sonatas (col legno)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Octet (1950) - Galina Ustvolskaya (BMG)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Grand Duet (I-IV) (1959) - The Russian Years (Rostropovich) (EMI)
Rodion Shchedrin - Symphony No. 2 (Preludes VII-XIV) (1965) - Symphony No. 2 (Melodiya)
Edison Denisov - Crescendo e diminuendo (1965) - Leonard Bernstein Conducts Music of Our Time, v. 2 (Columbia)
Please note that as the Russian language uses the Cyrillic rather than Roman alphabet, the names of Russian composers are rarely spelled in a consistent manner. Such is the case with some of the composers above. I have chosen the most common spelling for all.
Arthur Lourie - Quatres poemes (1912) - Rediscovering the Russian Avant-Garde (GM Recordings)
Nikolai Roslavetz - String Quartet No. 1 (1913) - Russian Quartets of the 20th Century (Beaux)
Alexander Mosolov - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1924) - Mossolov (Dante)
Alexander Mosolov - Zavod (Iron/Steel Foundry) (1928) - Sounds of New Music (Folkways)
Julius Meytuss - Dnieprostrot (Dnieper Dam/Power Station) - Sounds of New Music (Folkways)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Piano Sonata No. 1 (1947) - Piano Sonatas (col legno)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Octet (1950) - Galina Ustvolskaya (BMG)
Galina Ustvolskaya - Grand Duet (I-IV) (1959) - The Russian Years (Rostropovich) (EMI)
Rodion Shchedrin - Symphony No. 2 (Preludes VII-XIV) (1965) - Symphony No. 2 (Melodiya)
Edison Denisov - Crescendo e diminuendo (1965) - Leonard Bernstein Conducts Music of Our Time, v. 2 (Columbia)
Please note that as the Russian language uses the Cyrillic rather than Roman alphabet, the names of Russian composers are rarely spelled in a consistent manner. Such is the case with some of the composers above. I have chosen the most common spelling for all.
FOREIGN IMPORTS
Edgar Varese - Ameriques (1922) - Edgar Varese (Vanguard)
Stefan Wolpe - Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano (1960) - Samuel Baron Plays New Music for Flute (Desto)
Henry Brant - Hieroglyphics 3 (1958) - Bennington Composers (CRI)
Henri Lazarof - Continuum (1970) - Henri Lazarof (Desto)
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms 1, 2, 3 (1963-65) - Davidovsky / Sollberger (CRI)
Lukas Foss - String Quartet No. 3 (1976) - Music of Lukas Foss (CRI)
All of the composers featured on this program emigrated from their nations of birth to the USA.
Edgar Varese - Ameriques (1922) - Edgar Varese (Vanguard)
Stefan Wolpe - Piece in Two Parts for Flute and Piano (1960) - Samuel Baron Plays New Music for Flute (Desto)
Henry Brant - Hieroglyphics 3 (1958) - Bennington Composers (CRI)
Henri Lazarof - Continuum (1970) - Henri Lazarof (Desto)
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms 1, 2, 3 (1963-65) - Davidovsky / Sollberger (CRI)
Lukas Foss - String Quartet No. 3 (1976) - Music of Lukas Foss (CRI)
All of the composers featured on this program emigrated from their nations of birth to the USA.
CONTEMPORARY SCANDINAVIAN COMPOSERS
Kaija Saariaho - Du cristal (1990) - Kaija Saariaho (Ondine)
Mats Larsson Gothe - String Quartet No. 3 (2004) - Quartetto con forza (Stenhammer Quartet) - Phono Suecia
Bent Sorenson - Bells of Vineta (1990) - Circles (anthology) (Da Capo)
Asbjorn Schaathun - Our Whisper Woke No Clocks (1993) - Cikada (anthology) (Albedo)
Rolf Wallin - Solve et coagula (1992) - Cikada (anthology) (Albedo)
Henrik Strindberg - Ursprung / Glantor (1993) - Kroumata: music by ... (BIS)
Mika Pelo - Up, Down, Charm, Strange (2008) - Quartetto con forza (Stenhammer Quartet) - Phono Suecia
Anders Hillborg - Lamento (1982) - Clang & Fury (Phono Suecia)
Kaija Saariaho - Du cristal (1990) - Kaija Saariaho (Ondine)
Mats Larsson Gothe - String Quartet No. 3 (2004) - Quartetto con forza (Stenhammer Quartet) - Phono Suecia
Bent Sorenson - Bells of Vineta (1990) - Circles (anthology) (Da Capo)
Asbjorn Schaathun - Our Whisper Woke No Clocks (1993) - Cikada (anthology) (Albedo)
Rolf Wallin - Solve et coagula (1992) - Cikada (anthology) (Albedo)
Henrik Strindberg - Ursprung / Glantor (1993) - Kroumata: music by ... (BIS)
Mika Pelo - Up, Down, Charm, Strange (2008) - Quartetto con forza (Stenhammer Quartet) - Phono Suecia
Anders Hillborg - Lamento (1982) - Clang & Fury (Phono Suecia)
FIVE FROM THE FIFTIES
Olivier Messiaen - Le Reveil des Oiseaux (1953) - Messiaen (Candide)
Stefan Wolpe - Quartet (1950, revised 1954) - Spectrum: New American Music, Vol. 4 (Nonesuch)
Elliott Carter - String Quartet No. 2 (1959) - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Nonesuch)
Pierre Boulez - Le marteau sans maitre (1955) - New Directions in Music (El/Cherry Red CD)
Henri Pousseur - Rimes pour differentes sources sonores (1959) - The New Music (anthology) (RCA Victrola)
Olivier Messiaen - Le Reveil des Oiseaux (1953) - Messiaen (Candide)
Stefan Wolpe - Quartet (1950, revised 1954) - Spectrum: New American Music, Vol. 4 (Nonesuch)
Elliott Carter - String Quartet No. 2 (1959) - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Nonesuch)
Pierre Boulez - Le marteau sans maitre (1955) - New Directions in Music (El/Cherry Red CD)
Henri Pousseur - Rimes pour differentes sources sonores (1959) - The New Music (anthology) (RCA Victrola)
ENVIRONMENTS and OVERTONES
Nate Wooley - The Almond (The Almond, Pogus CD)
Folke Rabe - Was?? (Was??/Proteinimperialism, Wergo LP)
Michael Ranta/Mike Lewis/Conny Plank - Mu II (Mu, Metaphon CD)
A big thanks to Clifford Allen for hosting this program while I was up in the Windy City.
Nate Wooley - The Almond (The Almond, Pogus CD)
Folke Rabe - Was?? (Was??/Proteinimperialism, Wergo LP)
Michael Ranta/Mike Lewis/Conny Plank - Mu II (Mu, Metaphon CD)
A big thanks to Clifford Allen for hosting this program while I was up in the Windy City.
Per Norgard - Spell (1973) - Spell (ABC Records)
Richard Hoffman - Orchestra Piece 1961 - Contemporary Music Project 2 (Acoustic Research)
Hans Werner Henze - Labyrinth (1951) - Henze (L'Oiseaux Lyre)
Edwin Dugger - Music for Synthesizer & 6 Instruments (1966) - Contemporary Music Project 2 (Acoustic Research)
Claude Vivier - Shiraz (1977) - Vivier (Centredisques)
Henry Barraud - Trois Etudes pour Orchestre (1967) - Henry Barraud (Erato)
Henry Cowell - Quartet Euphometric (1919) - Shepherd / Cowell / Harris (New World)
Lukas Foss - Elytres (1964) - Lukas Foss / Jan Williams (Turnabout)
Teo Macero - One-Three Quarters - New Music in Quarter-Tones (Odyssey)
Bengt Hambraeus - Mikrogram (1961) - Maros Ensemblen (Caprice)
TAKEMITSU TORU
Takemitsu Toru - Le-Son Calligraphie III (1960) - Miniatur V: Art of Toru Takemitsu (Deutsche Grammophon Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - Coral Island (1962) - Takemitsu (RCA Victrola)
Takemitsu Toru - Piano Distance (1961) - title in Japanese (Victor Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - Arc (1963) - Orchestral Space (Varese Saraband)
Takemitsu Toru - Textures (1964) - Contempoary Music of Japan, Vol. 7 (Victor Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - Sacrifice (1962) - Minatur-Art (Deutsche Grammophon)
Takemitsu Toru - Dorian Horizon (1966) - Contempoary Music of Japan, Vol. 7 (Victor Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - November Steps (1967) - Messiaen / Takemitsu (RCA Victor)
Takemitsu Toru - Asterism (1968) - Toru Takemitsu (RCA)
Takemitsu (1930-1996) was initially influenced by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen. He co-founded the Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop) with Mayuzumi and others in 1951, initially rejecting Japanese music and culture. After experimenting with electronic music in the 1950s, he heard the music of John Cage. This had a tremendous effect on Takemitsu, and he began using indeterminacy and incorporating traditional Eastern music into his own. In the mid-60s, he co-founded Orchestral Space with fellow composer Ichiyanagi Toshi and conductor Ozawa Seiji.
Takemitsu Toru - Le-Son Calligraphie III (1960) - Miniatur V: Art of Toru Takemitsu (Deutsche Grammophon Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - Coral Island (1962) - Takemitsu (RCA Victrola)
Takemitsu Toru - Piano Distance (1961) - title in Japanese (Victor Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - Arc (1963) - Orchestral Space (Varese Saraband)
Takemitsu Toru - Textures (1964) - Contempoary Music of Japan, Vol. 7 (Victor Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - Sacrifice (1962) - Minatur-Art (Deutsche Grammophon)
Takemitsu Toru - Dorian Horizon (1966) - Contempoary Music of Japan, Vol. 7 (Victor Japan)
Takemitsu Toru - November Steps (1967) - Messiaen / Takemitsu (RCA Victor)
Takemitsu Toru - Asterism (1968) - Toru Takemitsu (RCA)
Takemitsu (1930-1996) was initially influenced by Claude Debussy and Olivier Messiaen. He co-founded the Jikken Kobo (Experimental Workshop) with Mayuzumi and others in 1951, initially rejecting Japanese music and culture. After experimenting with electronic music in the 1950s, he heard the music of John Cage. This had a tremendous effect on Takemitsu, and he began using indeterminacy and incorporating traditional Eastern music into his own. In the mid-60s, he co-founded Orchestral Space with fellow composer Ichiyanagi Toshi and conductor Ozawa Seiji.
DONAUESCHINGEN MUSIC FESTIVAL 1996
Robert HP Platz - Nerve II; Turm/Weiter (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 1 (col legno)
Maria Cecilia Villanueva - Partida (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 3 (col legno)
Gyorgy Kurtag - Stele, Op. 33 (1994) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 2 (col legno)
Guus Janssen - Verstelwerk (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 3 (col legno)
Marc Andre Dalbavie - Un-Fini (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 2 (col legno)
James Tenney - Diapason (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 1 (col legno)
Robert HP Platz - Nerve II; Turm/Weiter (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 1 (col legno)
Maria Cecilia Villanueva - Partida (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 3 (col legno)
Gyorgy Kurtag - Stele, Op. 33 (1994) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 2 (col legno)
Guus Janssen - Verstelwerk (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 3 (col legno)
Marc Andre Dalbavie - Un-Fini (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 2 (col legno)
James Tenney - Diapason (1996) - Donaueschinger Musiktage 1996, Vol. 1 (col legno)
Jani Christou - Praxis (1969) - Jani Christou (Edition RZ)
Bela Bartok - Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion (1937) - Bartok/Stravinsky (Deutsche Grammophon)
Bruno Maderna - Juilliard Serenade (1971) - In Memoriam Bruno Maderna (BVHaast)
Dieter Kaufmann - Concertomobil (1971) - Osterreichische Musik der Gegenwart series (Amadeo)
Harrison Birtwistle - The Triumph of Time (1972) - The Triumph of Time/Chronometer (Argo)
Jani Christou - Prolog, from Mysterion (1966) - Jani Christou (Edition RZ)
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