Showing posts with label modern classical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label modern classical. Show all posts

August 03, 2025

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 2 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)


Tracklist:
A1 Monomi
A2 Diametri
A3 Evoluzioni
A4 Analogie
A5 Costruzioni
B1 Fenomeni
B2 Razionale
B3 Espansione
B4 Mutamenti
B5 Acromatico
B6 Variabile

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 4 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)


Tracklist:
A1 Diagramma
A2 Determinante
A3 Prismatico
A4 Variante
A5 Movimento
B1 Riflessione
B2 Mutazione
B3 Cromosfera
B4 Differenze
B5 Progressione

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 6 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)


Tracklist:
A1 Spirale
A2 Irrazionale
A3 Parentesi
A4 Indefinito
A5 Configurazioni
A6 Espressioni
B1 Frammenti
B2 Estensione
B3 Invariabile
B4 Inversione
B5 Retrospettivo
B6 Adiacenti

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 8 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)


Tracklist:
A1 Proiezione
A2 Equivalenze
A3 Parallele
A4 Molecole
A5 Automazione
A6 Coordinate
B1 Informativo
B2 Epiciclo
B3 Flessione
B4 Consecutivo
B5 Nozioni

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

Bruno Nicolai – Dimensioni Sonore 10 - Musiche Per L'Immagine E L'Immaginazione (1972, LP, Italy)


Tracklist:
A1 Diagonali
A2 Congiungente
A3 Magma
A4 Spettro
B1 Poliedrico
B2 Continuativo
B3 Condensazione
B4 Esponenziale
B5 Nucleo

Composed By, Directed By – Bruno Nicolai

August 02, 2025

Julverne – Le Pavillon Des Passions Humaines (2000, CD, Belgium)





Tracklist:
Ersatz, Goût Bulgare 6:33
2 L'Ongle Cassé Contre Un Nounours 4:07
3 La Fascination De L'Ordre 7:06
4 Sombre 6:09
5 Hit 
6 Tosca 5:28
7 La Séduction De La Facilité 7:11
8 Ode Primitive 6:01
9 Le Rose Aux Joues 1:45
10 Chant Piètre 2:50
11 La Soif Du Pouvoir 6:40
12 Wien, Wien Nur Du Allein 3:40

Musicians:
Bass – André Klénès
Bassoon, English Horn, Oboe – Michel Berckmans
Cello – Claudine Steenackers
Flute – Pierre Coulon
Piano, Percussion – Laurence Cornez
Viola – Edith Heudens
Violin, Trombone – Jeannot Gillis

November 09, 2024

Thierry Zaboitzeff – Nebensonnen (Works For Pianos, Strings And Soft Electronics) (2000, CD, France)


Tracklist:
1 Gefroren 1:03
2 Nebensonnen 1:49
3 Räuber Und Gendarrm 4:26
4 In Späteren Jahren 2:40
5 Alles In Ordnung 3:12
6 Nebensonnen # 1:02
7 Rondo 1:32
8 Im Berg 4:58
9 Phantasiespiel 1:51
10 Härte 4:00
11 Grete 1:09
12 Seehaus 3:37
13 Mein Augenstern 2:20
14 Zorn 3:40
15 Nebensonnen # # 1:49
16 Divertissement 6:43
17 Nebensonnen # # # 1:49
18 Im Fluss 4:36
19 Haus Im Winter 1:41

Musicians:
Composed By, Instruments [All Instruments], Sounds [Soundscapes] – Thierry Zaboitzeff
Guitar – Alain Eckert (16)
Piano – Patricia Dallio (16)
Saxophone [Sax] – Gilles Renard (16)
Trumpet – Jean Pierre Soarez (16)
Viola – Gérard Hourbette (16)

Notes:
Works for pianos, strings and soft electronics

Music for the dance piece: Nebensonnen" directed by Editta Braun with the Editta Braun Company. Composed, played, recorded and mixed at Attersee (Austria) for Atonal Records between April and September 2000.

"Divertissement" is taken from Génération Sans Futur, the 1980 album by Zaboitzeff's former band, Art Zoyd.

October 25, 2024

Luc Henrion – Galerie (1977, LP, Belgium)


Tracklist:
Galerie
A1a a) Ouverture
A1b b) Portrait
A1c c) Estampe Japonaise
A1d d) Tableaux
A1e e) Coda
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A2 N'Oubliez Pas Le Guide S.V.P.
B1a a) Cubisme
B1b b) Old Alschumie
B2 Dyptique
B3a a) Gouache
B3b b) PastelB4 N'Oubliez Pas Le Guide S.V.P.

Musicians:
Piano, Organ, Clavinet, Guitar, Bass, Sitar – Luc Henrion

July 13, 2024

Nicola Frangione – Italic Environments (1985, LP, Italy)

Tracklist:
A1 Riccardo Sinigaglia & Mario De Leo – Risveglio Terra (6:45)
  Tape [Ambient Recordings] – Nicola Frangione
A2 Piermario Ciani– Trax 160784 (6:29)
  Drums – Massimo Nicoletti
  Saxophone – Bruno Romani
  Tape [Ambient Recordings], Voice – Nicola Frangione
  Technician [Technical Assistance] – Willy Gibson
  Voice – Rocco Agostino
A3 Vincenzo Zitello – Nembo Verso Nord (7:10)
  Tabla, Temple Bells – Fabio Petrocchi
  Tambura – Livio Consagra
  Tape [Ambient Recordings] – Nicola Frangione
B1 Naif Orchestra– Just Can't Stop (Luxury In Stadium) (6:01)
  Bass, Drum Programming – Arlo Bigazzi
  Performer [Tastiere] – Giampiero Bigazzi
  Saxophone – Jerry Brogi
  Tape [Ambient Recordings] – Nicola Frangione
  Technician [Technical Assistance] – Walter B. Neri
  Voice – Gianni Sangalli
B2 Franco Ballabeni– Bassa Marea (7:09)
  Tape [Ambient Recordings] – Nicola Frangione
  Technician [Technical Assistance] – Antonio Corbetta
B3 Giovanni Fontana– Horror Vacui (Orgy) (6:20)
  Double Bass – Ivo Ciarrapica
  Drums – Cettino Fiorletta
  Piano – Dandolo Cieci
  Tape [Ambient Recordings] – Nicola Frangione

Compiled By – Nicola Frangione
Producer – Nicola Frangione

Limited edition of 1000 copies numbered with a small printed white tag on the back cover.

A very limited number of copies includes a booklet titled "Audio Art" about an experimental exhibition by the LP participants (except Naif Orchestra).
In a few copies sent to friends Frangione himself included various inserts from/about his performances.

June 03, 2024

Irene Papas • Vangelis – Odes (1979, LP, Greece)


Tracklist:
A1 Les 40 Braves 5:15
A2 Neranzoula (Le Petit Oranger) 4:49
A3 La Danse Du Feu 6:03
A4 Les Kolokotronei 3:16
A5 Le Fleuve 6:45
B1 Racines 8:50
B2 Lamento 8:29
B3 Menousis 6:37

Musicians:
Arranged By, Producer, Performer – Vangelis
Vocals – Irene Papas

May 04, 2024

Giuni Russo – A Casa Di Ida Rubinstein (1988, CD, Italy)


Tracklist:
A1 A Mezzanotte
A2 Malinconia
A3 Le Crépuscule
A4 La Zingara
B1 Fenesta Che Lucive
B2 Vanne, O Rosa Fortunata
B3 Nell'orror Di Notte Oscura
B4 Me Voglio Fa' Na Casa

Musicians:
Bass – Sebastiano Scalzo
Bassoon – Elio Galeazzi
Drums – Graziano Bassani
Horn – Giuseppe Affilastro
Keyboards, Programmed By – Martino Traversa
Oboe – Francesco Carraro
Piano, Keyboards, Liner Notes – Alessandro Nidi
Soprano Saxophone, Clarinet – Massimo Ferraguti

February 18, 2023

Lindsay Cooper – An Angel On The Bridge (1991, CD, England)


Tracklist:
1 The Hanging Garden 5:28
2 An Angel On The Bridge 2:31
3 Suburban Tango 3:55
4 Fin De Siècle 4:01
5 Savannah 4:44
6 The Bush Photographer 4:36
7 A Small Town In Germany 4:52
8 Botticelli 2:20
9 Wiegenlied 5:45

Musicians:
Bassoon, Sopranino Saxophone, Keyboards – Lindsay Cooper
Percussion – Michael Askill
Voice – Cathy Marsh
Harp – Louise Johnson

July 28, 2021

Tyondai Braxton – Central Market (2009, CD, Usa)

Tracklist:
1. Opening Bell 5:02
2. Uffe's Woodshop 3:11
3. The Duck And The Butcher 5:25
4. Platinum Rows 10:25
5. Unfurling 3:38
6. J. City 6:17
7. Dead Strings 8:41

Musicians:
Cello – Brian Snow (1, 4, 7), Clarice Jensen (1, 4, 7)
Clarinet [Bb, Bass] – Eileen Mack (1, 4, 7)
Double Bass – Eleonore Oppenheim (1, 4, 7), Kris Saebo (1, 4, 7)
Drums, Percussion – Ian Antonio
Glockenspiel, Xylophone – Hans Ennan (1, 4, 7)
Guitar, Bass Guitar, Kazoo, Synthesizer, Piano, Harpsichord [Electric], Electronics – Tyondai Braxton
Harp – Chirpenclerk Mitzwaldi (tracce: 1, 4, 7)
Horn – Kate Sheera (1, 4, 7), Matt Marks (1, 4, 7)
Piccolo Flute, Flute – Kelli Kathman (1, 4, 7)
Strings – Wordless Music Orchestra (1, 4)
Trumpet – Matt Mead (1, 4, 7), Mike Gurfield (1, 4, 7)
Violin – Caroline Chin (1, 4, 7), Pauline Kim (1, 4, 7)
Violin, Viola – Brian Lindgren (1, 4, 7)
Violin, Viola, Waterphone, Conductor – Caleb Burhans (1, 4, 7)
Waterphone – Wordless Music Orchestra (7)
Composed By, Producer – Tyondai Braxton

February 25, 2021

Moondog - Moondog 2 (1971, LP, Usa)


Tracklist:
A1 Bells Are Ringing 1:19
A2 Voices Of Spring 1:47
A3 What's The Most Exciting Thing? 2:31
A4 All Is Loneliness 1:16
A5 My Tiny Butterfly 1:12
A6 Why Spend A Dark Night With Me? 1:09
A7 Coffee Beans 2:10
A8 Down Is Up 1:07
A9 Be A Hobo 1:09
A10 Remember 1:52
A11 I Love You 1:08
A12 Nero's Expedition 1:52
A13 No, The Wheel Was Never Invented 1:20
B1 With My Wealth 1:35
B2 This Student Of Life 1:24
B3 Some Trust All 1:28
B4 Wine, Woman And Song 2:23
B5 Sadness 1:22
B6 Maybe 2:03
B7 Each Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow 1:37
B8 Imagine 2:16
B9 You The Vandal 2:08
B10 Trees Against The Sky 1:18
B11 Behold 1:27
B12 Sparrow 1:37
B13 Pastoral 2:42

Musicians:
Harp [Troubadour Harp] – Gillian Stephens
Percussion [Various Percussion Parts] – June, Mary, Specs Powel
Performer [Schom] – Stephen Silverstein
Viol [Viola Da Gamba] – Judith Davidoff
Virginal, Recorder, Piano, Harpsichord, Organ [Ancient Organ] – Kay Jaffee
Vocals, Percussion – June Hardin, Louis Hardin
Written-By – L. Hardin


Moondog 2 sees the return of the eccentric and visionary artist, who started his musical career as an idiosyncratic street musician in New York City.
On this album the focus does not lie on neo-classical experimentation alternating with jazz pieces. The style could rather be best described as modern Madrigals, renaissance avant-garde or simply…Moondog-music.
Repetitive and interlaced vocal lines are accompanied by Moondog’s typical and unique percussion patterns, as well as something that sounds like a harpsichord and occasional flutes.
Despite all of the pieces being quite short, in the long run, the musical maze becomes rather uniform with little change. The album thus feels almost like one musical idea stretched over plenty of short tunes. (RYM)

October 05, 2020

AMM ‎– AMMMusic 1966 (1967, CD, England)


Cornelius Cardew/ piano, cello and transistor radio
Lou Gare/ tenor saxophone and violin
Eddie Prévost/ percussion
Keith Rowe/ electic guitar and transistor radio
Lawrence Sheaff/ cello, accordion, clarinet and transistor radio


Radical free/spontaneous music ensemble founded in the UK in the mid 1960s. Members have included Lou Gare, Lawrence Sheaff, Keith Rowe, Eddie Prévost, Cornelius Cardew, Christian Wolff, Christopher Hobbs, John Tilbury and possibly others. The group currently performs as a duo of Tilbury and Prévost.
CD is a 1989 re-issue of the LP AMMmusic, originally released in 1967 as Elektra EUK 256 (UK), with additional material taken from the same recording session. The two tracks on the original LP release have been included on the CD in their abbreviated versions to provide the option of listening to the music as originally released. The final track allows the user to programmes silence as desired.

September 20, 2020

Franco Battiato ‎– Gilgamesh (1992, CD, Italy)


Songs:
1. Overture (5:14)2. Pianoforte (1:32)
3. Il Re Di Uruk (1:20)
4. Balletto (7:00)
5. Era Felice (3:38)
6. Enkidu Muore (2:00)
7. Romanza (1:51)
8. Primo Viaggio (3:27)
9. Secondo Viaggio (1:53)
10. Terzo Viaggio (1:10)
11. Quarto Viaggio (3:10)
12. Siduri (1:31)
13. Acque Letali (0:50)
14. Il Diluvio (2:36)
15. Liberai Una Colomba (0:40)
16. Danza A Corte (1:18)
17. Danza A Corte (1:43)
18. Morte Di Gilgamesh (2:46)
19. Pater Noster (3:35)
20. Sette Sufi (4:13)
21. Solo (4:35)
22. Preparazione Alla Danza (4:50)
23. Danza Sacra (5:12)
24. Exultet (5:41)

Musicians:
Franco Battiato / libretto & Music
Akemi Sakamoto / half soprano
Giorgio Cebrian / bariton
Franco Battiato / voice
Juri Camisasca / voice
Monica Fiorentini / reciting voice
Saro Cosentino / reciting voice
Orchestra e Coro del "Teatro Dell'Opera" di Roma / orchestra and chorus
Antonio Ballista / conductor and director
Paolo Vero / chorus conductor
Filippo Destrieri / keyboards and computer
Angelo Privitera / keyboards and computer
Steven Roach / keyboards and computer
Giusto Pio / conductor collaborator
Giovane Quartetto Italiano / collaboration to the record (instruments not cited)
Ensemble di fiati dei Virtuosi Italiani / collaborator to the record (woodwind instruments)

August 09, 2020

Piero Milesi ‎– The Nuclear Observatory Of Mr. Nanof (1986, LP, Italy)


Tracklist:
A1. Mr. Nanof's Tango - 12:53
A2. Tom Thumb - 1:25
A3. Between The Scale And The Apple - 0:49
A4. Scene Of The Madmen - 1:10
A5. Waiting For The Fête - 0:52
A6. My Dad Had Two Mommies And Two Daddies - 0:50
A7. Graffiti - 1:31
A8. Towards The Tree In Front Of The House - 0:43
B1. The Procession - 4:44
B2. Three Figurations: The Braid, The Rhombus, The Star - 4:34
B3. The Presence Of The City - 7:10
B4. The Waterfall - 2:51

Musicians:
Cello – Silvio Righini (tracks: A1, A4, A7)
Keyboards – Alberto Mompellio (tracks: A1, A4, A7), Paolo Brunelli (tracks: A1, A4, A7), Piero Milesi (tracks: A1 to A8)
Programmed By – Riccardo Sinigaglia (tracks: A2, A3, A5, A6, A8)
Snare [Snare Drum], Cymbal – Ellade Bandini (tracks: A1, A4, A7)
Timpani [Kettle Drums] – Walter Morelli (tracks: A1, A4, A7)
Viola – Mauro Righini (tracks: A1, A4, A7)
Violin – Carlo De Martini (tracks: A1, A4, A7), Daniela Bozzolo (tracks: A1, A4, A7)


Working in a melodic vein, The Nuclear Observatory Of Mr. Nanof veers from ethereal solo keyboard electronics to scores for lyricon and small chamber ensemble. Lovely, yet also rich musically.
Piero Milesi (Milan, 1953; Levanto, 2011) was an Italian musician, composer, andmusic arrangerer. Milesi began his career by studying cello, composition, and experimental electronic music. He joined the International Folk Group of Moni Ovadia in 1977 as a performer and composer. The composition Modi was created between 1978 and 1980. It is a two-part composition which was published in 1982 by the British independent label Cherry Red Records following an introduction to the label by another Cherry Red artist, Morgan Fisher. Since 1984 his compositions have been produced by Studio Azzurro di Milano. The compositions The Nuclear Observatory of Mr. Nanof and Camera Astratta (Abstract Chamber) are two soundtracks produced by the American independent label Cuneiform Records.
Milesi composed various soundtracks for film and theater and worked as an arranger and composer for various Italian pop artists. Holding a degree in architecture, he created sound installations and musical interventions in large spaces (in one of which he was assisted by Brian Eno). His last-published new recording was "MInute Quartet" on the compilation album "Miniatures 2" (released in 2000 on Cherry Red Records) produced by Morgan Fisher. It is a one-minute string quartet in four movements.

July 25, 2020

Ennio Morricone ‎– Come Un Girotondo (1977, LP, Italy)

In 1978 Roberto Faenza directed Forza Italia!, a ferocious satire on the power of the Italian Christian Democrat party covering thirty years of Italian political history. The film was withdrawn from the theatres on the day Aldo Moro, President of the Christian Democrats, was kidnapped, and remains banned for over 15 years. Aldo Moro being the one who will end his life recommending (in his handwritten memoirs found in the den of the Red Brigades in via Monte Nevoso in Milan) to see the film 'if one wants to realize the recklessness of his fellow party members.