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Darmstadt Aural Documents Box 2 - Music for voice & piano by John Cage; Christian Wolff; Bo Nilsson / John Cage, David Tudor

1 CD / Neos Production / 2012-10-06

Works: Spoken Word: Communication (Third part of John Cage's 1958 Darmstadt lecture "Composition as Process"); Christian Wolff: For Piano with Preparations; Bo Nilsson: Quantitäten, for piano duet; Joh...
Performers: Cage, John; Tudor, David [Composer/Piano]

Late summer, 1958. For the first time the American composer John Cage attended the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. As so often in those...continue...

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1; Chopin; Liszt; Schumann et al. / Julius Katchen, piano

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto...
Performers: Amis, John; Katchen, Julius
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

American pianist Katchen (1926 - 69) was a child prodigy. At 11, he performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy. His technique was 'gold plated'...continue...

The Art of Constant Lambert

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2006-07-11

Works: Arthur Bliss: Miracle in the Gorbals, ballet in one scene for orchestra, Op. 64, F. 6a; Gavin Gordon: The Rake's Progress, ballet; Constant Lambert: Music for Orchestra; William Walton: Façade, ...
Performers: Lambert, Constant
Conductors: Lambert, Constant; Walton, William