Pierre Boulez · John Cage · George Crumb · Charles Ives · Luigi Nono · Harry Partch · Gunther Schuller · Igor Stravinsky · Toru Takemitsu - Erich Leinsdorf · Bruno Maderna · Seiji Ozawa · Yvonne Minton · John Kirkpatrick

Masterworks Of The 20th Centuryby Pierre Boulez · John Cage · George Crumb · Charles Ives · Luigi Nono · Harry Partch · Gunther Schuller · Igor Stravinsky · Toru Takemitsu - Erich Leinsdorf · Bruno Maderna · Seiji Ozawa · Yvonne Minton · John Kirkpatrick

Pierre Boulez · John Cage · George Crumb · Charles Ives · Luigi Nono · Harry Partch · Gunther Schuller · Igor Stravinsky · Toru Takemitsu - Erich Leinsdorf · Bruno Maderna · Seiji Ozawa · Yvonne Minton · John Kirkpatrick - Masterworks Of The 20th Century cover
Tracklist
  1. 2-1Asterism, For Piano And Orchestra
  2. 2-2Requiem, For String Orchestra7:47
  3. 2-3Green (November Steps II), For Orchestra5:41
  4. 2-4The Dorian Horizon, For 17 Strings9:05
  5. 3-1Agon, Ballet For 12 Dancers20:36
  6. 5-1Voice Of the Whale (Vox Balaenae)20:20
  7. 6-1Daphne Of The Dunes17:25
  8. 6-2Barstow, 8 Highhiker Inscriptions From A Highway Railing At Barstow, California9:20
  9. 6-3Castor & Pollux, A Dance For The Twin Rhythms Of Gemini From Plectra & Percussion Dances16:20
  10. 6-4Partch In Prolugue, Adapted Viola3:54
  11. 6-5Chromelodeon I2:29
  12. 6-6Kithara I1:08
  13. 6-7Castor & Pollux (Harmonic Canon II)0:47
  14. 6-8Diamond Marimba1:30
  15. 6-9Bass Marimba1:22
  16. 6-10Cloud-Chamber Bowls1:52
  17. 6-11Spoils Of War1:56
  18. 6-12Surrogate Kithara1:24
  19. 6-13Kithara II1:21
  20. 6-14Boo1:55
  21. 6-15Harmonic Canon I1:15
  22. 6-16Zymo-Xyl1:42
  23. 6-17Mazda Marimba1:35
  24. 6-18Gourd Tree & Cone Gong1:50
  25. 6-19Hand Instruments, Partch In Epilogue3:00
  26. 7-1Sound Patterns, For Mixed Chorus A Cappella4:02
  27. 7-2North American Time Capsule 1967, For Voices And Sylvania Electronic Systems Vocoder10:18
  28. 7-3Solos For Voice 212:52
  29. 7-4She Was A Visitor, From The Opera 'That Morning Thing'5:46
  30. 7-5Extended Voices, For Voices With Moog Synthesizer And Buchla Associates Electronic Modular System11:05
  31. 7-6Chorus And Instruments II, For Chorus, Tuba And Chimes5:05
  32. 7-7Christian Wolff In Cambridge, For Chorus A Cappella3:48
  33. 8-1Akrata12:00
  34. 8-2Syzygy, For Soprano And Orchestra24:30
  35. 8-3Zyklus For A Percussionist (No. 9)11:36
  36. 8-4Fontana Mix - Feed10:20
  37. 8-5Lux Aeterna, For 5 Masked Musicians13:37
  38. 9-1Stereo Electronic Music No. 110:28
  39. 9-2Leyla And The Poet5:20
  40. 9-3Prologue: Enuma Elish, From "3 Scenes From The Creation"8:09
  41. 9-4Composition For Synthesizer10:36
  42. 9-5Electronic Study No. 15:50
  43. 9-6Gargoyles9:21
  44. 9-7Ensembles For Synthesizer10:38
  45. 10-1Sonatine For Flute And Piano12:58
  46. 10-2Interpolation, Mobile For Flute 1, 2 and 34:51
  47. 10-3Concerto No. 1 For Oboe And Chamber Orchestra
  48. 10-4Y Su Sangre Ya Viene Cantando, Epitaffio Per Federico García Lorca No. 2 For Flute, Strings And Percussion16:17
  49. 10-5Serenade I For Flute And 14 Instruments10:38
Label
Sony Classical
Released
10 Jul 2015
Format
10xCD, RM + Box, Comp
Country
Europe
Media
Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve
Very Good Plus (VG+)
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All NM inside the box. Top and bottom front corners of the box hinge is worn. Light general storage wear to the box.

This compilation ℗ & © 2015 Sony Music Entertainment
Made in the E.U.
Total Time 9:28:43

Recording:
CD 1: London, EMI Studios, December 1968 & Paris, Studio Davout, October 1972.
CD 2: Toronto, Massey Hall, January 16, 1969 (2-1/2-4), Juanry 17, 1969 (2/3)
CD 3: Boston, Symphony Hall, April 19, 1965 (1), November 23, 1964 (2-8)
CD 4: New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio, March 28/29, 1968 (1-4); New York City, Mary Howard Studio, April 24, 1943 (5/6/8); New York City, May 11, 1938 (7); London, Columbia Graphophone Co., June 12, 1933 (9/10).
CD 5: New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio, March 19, 1973 (1), under the supervision of the composer; November 12, 1973 (2-5), June 4-6/23, 1975 (6-17)
CD 6: New York City, Whitney Museum, September 11, 1968 (1-3); San Diego, San Diego State College, 1969 (4-19)
CD 7: New York City, Mastertone Recording Studios, May 12, 1967
CD 8: New York City, Columbia 30th Street Studio, July 11, 1968 (1/2), February 15/16, 1968 (3/4), January 10, 1975 (5)
CD 9: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, date unknown.
CD 10: Italy, 1967.

Original releases:

CD1: Le Marteau Sans Maître / Livre Pour Cordes

CD2: Asterism, Requiem, Green, The Dorian Horizon

CD3: Agon / 7 Studies On Themes Of Paul Klee

CD4: The "Concord" Sonata, plus six tracks originally released as side G of The 100th Anniversary box set.

CD5: Two complete LPs: Voice Of The Whale / Night Of The Four Moons and Makrokosmos Vol. II

CD6: The World Of Harry Partch, plus 16 tracks selected from 'The Instruments of Harry Partch', originally released as third disc of 3LP edition of Delusion Of The Fury.

CD7: Extended Voices

CD8: Compilation CD, no original LPs in their entirety. The Xenakis and Del Tredici tracks are from Akrata / Syzygy / The Dorian Horizon / Canciones A Guiomar; the Stockhausen and Cage tracks are from Electronics & Percussion - Five Realizations By Max Neuhaus; and the Crumb track is from Lux Aeterna, Dream Sequence, Four Nocturnes.

CD9: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center plus the Milton Babbitt track from New Electronic Music From Leaders Of The Avant-Garde.

CD10: The New Music (Volume 2) plus the Nono and Berio tracks taken from The New Music (Volume 3).

Each CD was reissued individually in limited quantities by Sony, via arkivmusic.com, in 2013/14. Original artwork was overlaid with the series title ‘Prophets Of The New’. The series contained five further releases not included in this box set. Releases in the series were also made available as mp3 albums for download from amazon.com.

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Masterworks Of The 20th Century