The complete works / Varèse.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965.

Contributor:

Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-2019.

Saks, Richard, arranger of music.

Leonard, Sarah, 1983- performer.

Delünsch, Mireille, performer.

Kerdoncuff, François, 1954- performer.

Deas, Kevin, performer.

Zoon, Jacques, performer.

Chailly, Riccardo, 1953- conductor.

Concertgebouworkest, performer.

Asko Ensemble, performer.

Pražský filharmonický sbor, performer.

Standardized Title:

Works

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music.

Genre:

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York : London, [1998]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

Tuning up / reconstruction and editing by Chou Wen-chung (5:00)

Amériques : original version / performing edition prepared from the original manuscript by Chou Wen-chung (24:38)

Poème électronique / transfer from the original master by Konrad Boehmer and Kees Tazelaar (8:02)

Arcana

Nocturnal / edited and completed by Chou Wen-chung (10:25)

Un grand sommeil noir / orchestration by Antony Beaumont (4:08)

Un grand sommeil noir : original version (2:46)

Offrandes (3:12, 3:37)

Hyperprism / rev. by Richard Saks (4:18)

Octandre / rev. and edited by Chou Wen-chung (2:34, 1:46, 2:18)

Intégrales / rev. and edited by Chou Wen-chung (10:18)

Ecuatorial / corrections from the original manuscript by Chou Wen-Chung (11:27)

Ionisation (5:51)

Density 21.5 (4:05)

Déserts / original tape provided by the Columbia University Computer Music Center (24:18)

Dance for Burgess / completed edition by Chou Wen-chung)

Participant:

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (CD 1) ; ASKO Ensemble (CD 2) ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor ; Sarah Leonard, soprano (Nocturnal, Offrandes) ; Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir (Nocturnal) ; Mireille Delunsch, soprano (Un grand sommeil noir (both versions)) ; François Kerdoncuff, piano (Un grand sommeil noir (original version)) ; Kevin Deas, bass (Ecuatorial) ; Jacques Zoon, flute (Density 21.5)

Notes:

Compact disc.

Producer's note by Andrew Cornall, other notes by Chou Wen-chung, and texts for the vocal works in booklet (30 p.), inserted in container.

World premiere recordings of Amériques (original version), Tuning up, Dance for Burgess.

Recorded: Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal, Amsterdam, April, 1992 (Arana), April, 1996 (Offrandes, Intégrales), Dec., 1996 (Amériques, Nocturnal), May, 1997 (Ecuatorial), May, 1998 (Dance for Burgess, Tuning up, Un grand sommeil noir (orchestral version) ; Concertgebouw, Kleine Zaal, Amsterdam, May, 1998 (Un grand sommeil noir (original version) ; Musikcentrum Vredenberg, Utrecht, May, 1997 (Hyperprism, Ionisation, Déserts, Octandre) ; Henry Wood Hall, London, June, 1997 (Density 21.5)

OCLC:

40306832

Publisher Number:

2894602082

289 460 208-2 London

289 460 209-2 London

289 460 210-2 London