Cage / Asmussen / Thorel- American Percussion Works (CD)
American Percussion Works is a rare collection of seldom heard works each with specific rules or themes as a basis for the compositions. In John Cage's First Construction the principle is based on the figure 16. Alberto Ginatera's work Cantata para America Magica, uses pre-Columbian texts based on the conditions of human life, with war, natural phenomena, daybreak, night and love. Lou Harrison mixes non-European forms which 'follow the pattern of having a single melodic part accompanied (or enhanced) by rhythmic percussion' in his Koncherto. Varese's Ionisation also enters a new land being his first solely percussive work where 'he finds a new grammar for the language of music.'
Tracklist:
- First Construction (In Metal)
- Cantata Para América Mágica, Op. 27
- I. Preludio y Canto a la Aurora
- II. Nocturno y Canto de Amor
- III. Canto Para la Partida de los Guerreros
- IV. Interludio Fantástico
- V. Canto de AgonÃa y Desolación
- VI. Canto de la ProfecÃa
- Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra
- I. Allegro Maestoso, Allegro Vivace
- II. Largo, Cantabile
- III. Allegro Vigoroso, Poco Presto
- Ionisation
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.
American Percussion Works is a rare collection of seldom heard works each with specific rules or themes as a basis for the compositions. In John Cage's First Construction the principle is based on the figure 16. Alberto Ginatera's work Cantata para America Magica, uses pre-Columbian texts based on the conditions of human life, with war, natural phenomena, daybreak, night and love. Lou Harrison mixes non-European forms which 'follow the pattern of having a single melodic part accompanied (or enhanced) by rhythmic percussion' in his Koncherto. Varese's Ionisation also enters a new land being his first solely percussive work where 'he finds a new grammar for the language of music.'
Tracklist:
- First Construction (In Metal)
- Cantata Para América Mágica, Op. 27
- I. Preludio y Canto a la Aurora
- II. Nocturno y Canto de Amor
- III. Canto Para la Partida de los Guerreros
- IV. Interludio Fantástico
- V. Canto de AgonÃa y Desolación
- VI. Canto de la ProfecÃa
- Concerto for Violin and Percussion Orchestra
- I. Allegro Maestoso, Allegro Vivace
- II. Largo, Cantabile
- III. Allegro Vigoroso, Poco Presto
- Ionisation
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.