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Music for the double life of amphibians : landmark recordings / Morton Subotnick.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center CD 20132
Available
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Subotnick, Morton, composer, performer.
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- German
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Electronic music.
- Chamber music.
- Electronic and cello music.
- Instrumental ensembles.
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
- Quintets (Electronics, violins (2), viola, cello).
- Genre:
- Electronic music.
- Sound recordings.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (75:53) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- Mainz : Wergo, [2016]
- System Details:
- digital laser optical stereo
- audio file CD audio
- Contents:
- Part I. Amphibians. Axolotl : for cello solo and electronic ghost score (17:21) ; Ascent into air : for two cellos, clarinet, bass clarinet, trombone, bass trombone, two pianos, two percussion players and computer generated sounds (24:09)
- Part 2. Beasts. The last dream of the beast : for soprano, two cellos, computer generated sounds and electronic ghost score (14:49)
- Part 3. A fluttering of wings : for string quartet and electronic ghost score (19:17).
- Participant:
- Joel Krosnick, cello (Axolotl) ; Joan La Barbara, soprano (The last dream of the beast) ; Erika Duke, cello (The last dream of the beast) ; Dane Little, cello (The last dream of the beast) ; Morton Subotnick, electronics ; CalArts Twentieth Century Players (Ascent into air) ; Stephen L. Mosko, conductor (Ascent into air) ; Julliard String Quartet (A fluttering of wings).
- Notes:
- Title from disc label.
- Originally released as analog discs on Nonesuch, 1981-1985.
- Recorded 1981 May Columbia Recording Studio "B", New York (Axolotl)
- Recorded 1982 April 16 Wally Heider Studio, Los Angeles (Ascent into air)
- Recorded 1984 February 10 Captiol Records, Los Angeles (The last dream of the beast)
- Recorded 1983 April 27 Inergi Studios, Houston, Texas (A fluttering of wings)
- Program notes in English and German (21 pages) inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Container of: Subotnick, Morton. Axolotl.
- Container of: Subotnick, Morton. Double life of amphibians. Ascent into air
- Container of: Subotnick, Morton. Double life of amphibians. Last dream of the beast
- Container of: Subotnick, Morton. Double life of amphibians. Fluttering of wings
- OCLC:
- 958308209
- Publisher Number:
- 4010228731224
- WER 7312 2 Wergo
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