classical music: nancarrow

classical music: nancarrow

classical music:

Nancarrow

American Piano Music Of Our Time Volume II

Conlon Nancarrow, Frederic Rzewski, ...

Music & Arts, 2005

A highly enjoyable recital of American contemporary piano music and a fine tribute to Ursula Oppens
This is the same entry as American Piano Music for Our Time, Vol.2, but cheaper. See my lengthy review under the other entry, of which the conclusion is: "Except for Picker then, in all these works the composers have not relinquished their compositional exigencies, ...

Kronos Quartet: Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nuncarrow, Hendrix

Aulis Sallinen, Philip Glass, ...

Nonesuch, 1990

Absolutely first rate! Performance & recording are excellent
I am far from knowledgable about music. However, this is a marvelous introduction to contemporary music as arranged for a string quartet. The vision and versatility of this group are really laid out here. The only piece that jars is "Purple Haze," which, sorry ...

Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for player Piano
Conlon Nancarrow

Other Minds, 2008

The definitive recording of these works, newly remastered with spectacular sound, represents the most faithful reproduction of what Conlon Nancarrow heard, in his own studio. This is the only available recording utilizing Nancarrow's original instruments: two 1927 Ampico player pianos. "After decades of struggle and neglect, Conlon Nancarrow is ...

Player Piano, Vol. 6: Original Compositions in the Tradition of Nancarrow
Marc-Andre Hamelin, Tom Johnson, ...

Mdg, 2008

Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano

Conlon Nancarrow

Wergo Germany, 2000

Dizzying experiments by a brilliant maverick
A true compositional original, Conlon Nancarrow is best known for these mind-blowing pieces for player piano. Why this particular instrument? Because most of these short works are utterly unplayable by human beings, unless you are capable of say, depressing all 88 ...

Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters

John Cage, Richard D. (aka Aphex Twin) James, ...

Warp Records, 2006

Classic Avant-Garde...Electronic artists collide, for this release...!!!
A strange one this....what transpires is a 2-CD disk of re-compostion's and arrangements, which are designed to: "explore the connection between electronic experimenters on the Warp label and their sonic grandfathers". What this amounts to, is a reinterpretation of ...

Sonic Rebellion: Alternative Classical

Nathan Gunn, Nicholas Isherwood, ...

Naxos, 2007

Start the revolution
Even people who like classical music tend to run screaming when they hear names like Penderecki, Ligeti and Cage. But it's hard to blame them. The majority of concert halls and classical music stations play it safe, programming little but such familiar composers as ...

Player Piano 3: Conlon Nancarrow Vol. 2 - Studies 13-32
Conlon Nancarrow

MD&G Records, 2007

Player Piano 1: Nancarrow Vol. 1
Conlon Nancarrow

MD&G Records, 2006

Player Piano 5: Conlon Nancarrow Vol. 3 - Studies 33-41c
Nancarrow

MD&G Records, 2008

Polytopia
Mari [harp] Kimura, Tania Leon, ...

Bridge Records, Inc., 2007

Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano (arranged for Chamber Orchestra) / Piece No. 2 for Small Orchestra ...

Conlon Nancarrow, Ingo Metzmacher, ...

RCA, 1993

A fantastic testament to a great, long-neglected composer.
To put it bluntly, this is some of the most original and entertaining 20th century music you will ever hear. Nancarrow's innovative player piano studies were written from the late 1940s to the early '80s and were intended, among other things, to explore ideas that ...

Arditti: pieces by Beethoven, Nancarrow, Crawford-Seeger, Reynolds, Xenakis

Arditti Quartet, Nancarrow, ...

Gramavision, 1992

A great introduction to an adventurous group
Some rate the Arditti as the best string quartet in the world, and with recordings like this, you can see why. Indeed, the Beethoven sounds almost modern here, and makes an interesting introduction to the rest of these works. (NB: this includes only the "Grosse ...

Thomas Adès - Piano

Leos Janacek, Igor Stravinsky, ...

EMI Classics Imports, 2000

A composer pianist's insights.
Thomas Adès is certainly among the most original and compelling composers in today's public eye. In this recording, he demonstrates how a composer with the requisite performing skills can illuminate music in ways that might elude the "mere" performing virtuoso. But ...

Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano, Vols. 3 & 4

Conlon Nancarrow

Wergo Germany, 1993

The best of the best
I've been trying for the last five years to summarize Nancarrow's appeal as a composer -- an especially hard thing to do when he's still so woefully unknown or underappreciated by a wider audience. It has to be listened to to be believed. If you're looking for music ...