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aworks listening log :: on rdio

aworks listening log:

1. Fiji (2007). Michael Torke - Clark Rundell
2. Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1959). Bernard Herrmann - National Philharmonic Orchestra

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3. Tahiti (2009). Michael Torke - Clark Rundell
4. Flint (1995). Michael Torke - Phillip Bush
5. Vanada (1984). Michael Torke - Kent Nagano

 

aworks listening log :: listening blogs

Off F listening (Wikipedia)

I'm always interested in those who blog their album listening e.g. Index of Metals. I can't do that since  MP3 smart playlists long ago blew up the idea of listening one album at a time. But in a different form, here's my recent batch of listening:

1. Kilvert's Hills (2006). Hilary Tann - Krassimir Ivanov
2. The New Mother. John Rahn 

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3. Parajota Delaté (1988). Tania León - Continuum
4. Mister Blister (2006). Lawrence DIllon - Danielle Belen
5. Influx / Phreakish (2005). David Hicks
6. Indigena (1991). Tania León - Continuum 
7. Being, Hearing, Knowing Now (2007). Stephen Dembski - Chrstopher Taylor 
8. FIfteen Minutes (2006). Lawrence DIllon - Danielle Belen 
9. Just Keyboard Respect (2005). Mark Zuckerman - Peter Winograde

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1. Episode (1940). Aaron Copland - Arturo Sacchetti 
2. Obsessive Love (2002). Paul Bailey - Paul Bailey Ensemble 
3. The Unavailable Memory of (1944). John Cage - Boris Berman

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4. December (1995). Michael Torke - Philharmonia Orchestra
5. Overcoming Tourism (2002). Paul Bailey - Paul Bailey Ensemble 
6. In a Landscape (1948). John Cage - Ocean  of Sound 
7. Summerland (2002). Paul Bailey - Paul Bailey Ensemble 

aworks listening log :: "old" versus "new"

Lou Harrison (Wikipedia)

Many "old" favorites in this list:

• Banteay Srey 1991. Carl Stone. New Albion
• The Wound-Dresser (1988). John Adams - Thomas Hampson. New York Philharmonic
• The Chairman Dances (1985). John Adams - Edo de Waart. Nonesuch
• Echoes (1965). Bernard Herrmann - Tippett String Quartet. Signum U.K.
• Psycho: A Suite for Strings (1960). Bernard Herrmann - Esa-Pekka Salonen. Sony

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• Philemon and Baukis (1985). Lou Harrison - Gamelan Si Betty. Nimbus
  
• In a Landscape (1948). John Cage - Emanuele Arciuli. stradivarius
  
• Canticle No. 3 (1941). Lou Harrison - Dennis Russell Davies. Nimbus
• Largo Ostinato (1937). Lou Harrison - Anthony De Mare. Composers Recordings
• "Gyp the Blood" or Hearst - Which is Worst ? (1912). Charles Ives - Ingo Metzmacher. EMI Classics
• Maple Leaf Rag (1899). Scott Joplin - Andrew Russo. Endeavour Classics

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aworks listening log :: enhanced by video

Glacier (shakkai)

The Cornelus Dufallo solo violin album is electronically rich enough that it doesn't sound like just a solo violin album...I've never been one for music videos but Leslie Flanagan's Glacier is enhanced by watching her perform this esoteric music.

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• Until Next Time (2010). Kenji Bunch -  Cornelius Dufallo. Innova
• Glacier (2010). Leslie Flanagan. Vimeo via The Glass
• The Chairman Dances (1985). John Adams - Edo De Waart. Nonesuch
• Wir Weben for String Sextet (1978). Martin Bresnick - Musical Elements. NWCRI
• String Quartet No. 1 (1949). Leon Kirchner - Orion String Quartet. Albany Records

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• Origin: Movement 1 - Sun AM (2010). Duane Pitre. Root Strata
• Still Lives (1995). Alvin Lucier. Lovely Music
• China Gates (1977). John Adams - Bruce Brubaker. Arabesque Recordings
• Knee Play 2 (1976). Philip Glass - Tim Fain. Naxos
• String Quartet No. 2 (1958). Leon Kirchner - Orion String Quartet. Albany Records
• Violin Loop I. Cornelius Dufallo - Cornelius Dufallo. Innova

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• Prima Volta (2011). John King - Cornelious Dufallo. Innova
• Empty Infinity (2010). Joan Jeanrenaud - Cornelious Dufallo. Innova
• Three High Places (2007). John Luther Adams -  Cornelius Dufallo. Innova
• String Quartet No. 3 (1966). Leon Kirchner - Orion String Quartet. Albany Records
• String Quartet No. 1 (1949). Leon Kirchner - Boston Composers Quartet. Albany Records
• Daughterof the Lonesome Isle (1945). John Cage - Margaret Leng Tan. New Albion Records

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Lou Harrison

Not much directed listening. Instead, I'm arguably wasting my time listening to two old Tangerine Dream albums on rdio I had never heard (and probably don't care to listen to again). 

1. A Summerfield Set. Lou Harrison - Dennis Russell Davies. (Musical Heritage Society) 

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2. And the Archytan Transpositions. Warren Burt - Warren Burt. (XI Records)

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aworks listening log :: back to work

Kubla Khan Cover via Amazon

This list is mostly from yesterday since I went back to work today. The surprise is how much I like Music in Fifths.

1. Music in Fifths. Philip Glass - Bang on a Can. (Cantaloupe) 
2. The Unavailable Memory of. John Cage - Boris Berman. (Naxos) 
3. A Room. John Cage - Philipp Vandre. (Mode) 
4. Our Town. Aaron Copland - Aaron Copland. (Sony Classical) 

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5. Apparition, Elegiac Songs and Vocalises. George Crumb - Jan DeGaetiani. (Bridge) 
6. Processional and Fugue. Alan Hovhaness - Kerry Stratton. (Dorian Recordings) 
7. A Summerfield Set. Lou Harrison - Dennis Russell Davies. (Musical Heritage Society) 
8. Seven Traceries. William Grant Still - Mark Boozer. (Naxos) 
9. Three Visions. William Grant Still - Mark Boozer. (Naxos) 
10. A Clean Sweep. Robert Carl - Elizabeth Brown. (New World Records) 
11. Brown Velvet. Robert Carl - Ryan Hare, Aleksander Stennfeld-Dunn. (New World Records) 
12. Occlusion (Rue de Bitche). Keith Fullerton Whitman - Keith Fullerton Whitman. (Editions Mego) 
13. The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan. Charles Griffes - James Tocco. (Gasparo Records) 
14. Armenian Rhapsody No. 3. Alan Hovhaness - Kerry Stratton. (Dorian Recordings) 
15. The Past, The Passion. George Tsontakis - Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. (Koch International) 
16. Occlusion (Weteringschans). Keith Fullerton Whitman - Keith Fullerton Whitman. (Editions Mego) 
17. A Deserted Plantation. William Grant Still - Mark Boozer. (Naxos) 
18. Bullet Cycle. Robert Carl - Katie Kennedy, Bill Solomon, Sayun Chang. (New World Records) 
19. Collapsible Mandala. Robert Carl - Robert Carl. (New World Records) 
20. New Dancetudes. Randall Woolf - Kathleen Supove. (Composers Recordings) 
21. Africa. William Grant Still - Mark Boozer. (Naxos) 
22. Ear Conception. William Anderson - Cygnus Ensemble. (NWCRI) 
23. Music for Marcel Duchamp. John Cage - Boris Berman. (Naxos) 
24. The Blues (from the ballet Lenox Avenue). William Grant Still - Mark Boozer. (Naxos)

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aworks listening log :: lots of time for

I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God. ~Alan Hovhaness (echoroo)

I'm on vacation this week while the family is working, attending photography camp, seeing the geriatrician etc. This means lots of time for listening, reading, and hiking in San Mateo County.

I blogged yesterday about the reading. Here's the recent listening, in rough order of favoritism:

1. Music in Fifths. Philip Glass - Bang on a Can 
2. A Room. John Cage - Philipp Vandre 
3. Etude. Aaron Roche  
4. Fed Back 1. Pauline Oliveros
5. Phrygian Gates. John Adams - Andrew Russo 
6. Conducted Improvisation Piece No. 5. Moe! Staiano 
7. And the Archytan Transpositions. Warren Burt 
8. A Summerfield Set. Lou Harrison - Dennis Russell Davies 
9. Feel Free. Duane Pitre 
10. Our Town. Aaron Copland 
11. Sonata Ananda. Alan Hovhaness - Wayne Johnson 
12. S/M Ballade. David Del Tredici - Marc Peloquin 
13. Brother Rikard. Dave Nelson
14. Grand Piano Music. John Adams - Ransom Wilsom 
15. Blue Job Mountain Sonata. Alan Hovhaness - Wayne Johnson 
16. dlp 1.1. William Basinski 
17. Music for Marcel Duchamp. John Cage - Boris Berman 
18. Short Ride in a Fast Machine. John Adams - Michael Tilson Thomas 
19. dlp 2.1. William Basinski 
20. Symphony No. 7. Peter Mennin - Gerard Schwarz 
21. Clarinet Sonata. Andrew Violette - Ben Capps 
22. Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints. Alan Hovhaness - Gerard Schwarz 
23. Symphony No. 50. Alan Hovhaness - Gerard Schwarz 
24. A Little Noise in the System. Pauline Oliveros 
25. Aeolian Balllade. David Del Tredici - Marc Peloquin 
26. Mad Rush. Philip Glass 
27. China Gates. John Adams - Andrew Russo 
28. Guide to Strange Places. John Adams - Robertson 
29. Symphony No. 3. Peter Mennin - Gerard Schwarz 
30. The Unavailable Memory of. John Cage - Boris Berman 
31. Love Song Vanishing into Sounds of Crickets. Alan Hovhaness - Wayne Johnson 
32. Ballad in Lavender. David Del Tredici - Marc Peloquin 
33. Ballad in Yellow (after Garcia-Lorca). David Del Tredici - Marc Peloquin 
34. Wichita Sutra Vortex. Philip Glass 
35. Men. David Lang  
36. Tromba Lontana. John Adams - Simon Rattle 
37. Cello Sonata. Andrew Violette - Moran Katz 
38. Conducted Improvisation Piece No. 4. Moe! Staiano
39. How to Pray. David Lang 
40. Symphony No. 1. Alan Hovhaness - Gerard Schwarz 
41. A Room. John Cage - Boris Berman 
42. Another Big Mother. Pauline Oliveros - Pauline Oliveros 
43. Daughters of the Lonesome Isle. John Cage - Boris Berman 
44. In a Landscape. John Cage - William Orbit 
45. Cheating, Lying, Stealing. David Lang - Great Noise Ensemble 
46. Macedonia Mountain Dance. Alan Hovhaness - Wayne Johnson 
47. Concertato, "Moby Dick". Peter Mennin - Gerard Schwarz 
48. Two Pages. Philip Glass - Bang on a Can 
49. Emerald Runner. Terry Riley & Gyan Riley 
50. Hallelujah Junction. John Adams - Andrew Russo 
51. Mystic Flute. Alan Hovhaness - Wayne Johnson 
52. Piano Sonata No. 1. William Mayer - William Masselos 
53. Red Horse Headache. Pauline Oliveros 
54. Future Shock. William Britelle 
55. Hem & Haw. You Bred Raptors 
56. Electric Counterpoint. Steve Reich - Powerplant 
57. Slugging a Vampire. Charles Ives - Nathan Gunn 
58. The Animation of Lists. Warren Burt 
59. Gotham Glory. David Del Tredici - Marc Peloquin

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aworks listening log :: backlog

Cover of Meredith Monk

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1. Wall Me Do. Carl Stone
2. In F. Paul Lansky 
3. Concerto for Marimba. Alice Countryman - George Willis
4. Eclipse. Andrew Chan
5. Desert Mist. Simon Shaheen - Maya Beiser
6. Sound Characters. Maryanne Amacher
7. The Games. Meredith Monk
8. Wordless. Paul Lansky
9. Chatter of Pins. Paul Lansky

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1. Music in Similar Motion. Philip Glass - Brad Lubman
2. Echoes. Bernard Herrmann - Texas Festival Quartet

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3. Piano (Three Hands). Morton Feldman - Mats Persson, Kristine Scholz
4. Two Pianos. Morton Feldman - Mats Persson, Kristine Scholz
5. Work for Two Pianists. Morton Feldman - Mats Persson, Kristine Scholz
6. Etude d'un prelude. Richard Beaudoin - Mark Knoop, Kreutzer Quartet
7. Short Ride in a Fast Machine. John Adams - Simon Rattle
8. Pavane Noir. Paul Lansky
9. Two By Two. Paul Lansky
10. PassaKaglia. Paul Lansky

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