Benjamin Boretz 9 x 9 : open space 33.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Boretz, Benjamin, composer.

Series:

Open Space ; 33.

Open Space ; 33

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Electronic music.

Computer music.

Piano music.

Orchestral music.

Electronic keyboard music.

Boretz, Benjamin.

Genre:

Electronic music.

Computer music.

Piano music.

Orchestral music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

3 audio discs (177 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages ; 21 cm).

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Open space 33

Place of Publication:

[Red Hook, NY] : Open Space, [2015]

System Details:

digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo

audio file CD audio

Contents:

CD 1 : Music for Benjamin Boretz's 81st birthday by his friends

CD 2 : Music by Benjamin Boretz

CD 3 : Music by Benjamin Boretz.

CD 1: BAB-O for csound / J.K. Randall (4:08)

From O for 2 cellos and electronics / Mara Helmuth (12:42)

On the Qixingshan Trail for string quartet / Paul Lansky (2:09)

Another for clavichord and ping pong balls / Keith Eisenbrey (8:24)

twelve-to-seven for Ben for piano / Elizabeth Hoffman (3:11)

Mimesis for string quartet / David Lidov (10:06)

gEXXb for computer / Martin Supper (5:39)

Regarding group variations / Frank Brickle (1:44)

Greek bones for two trombones / John Rahn (6:03)

Ode for piano / Robert Morris (7:38).

CD 2: echoic/anechoic (1997) realtime piano (12:00)

With respect to George (2013) a postcard for George Quasha at 70 for vibraphone solo or duo (3:22)

Fantasy on an improvisation by Jim Randall (in memoriam J.K. Randall) (2014) for banjo, mandolin, alto flute, English horn, violin, cello (5:33)

Group variations I for chamber orchestra (1967) archival live recording, 11/24/1968, Town Hall, New York City (14:14)

The river between (excerpt) (1987) realtime piano, PolyMoog synth, wooden flute (18:29)

"the sun poured molten glass on the fields" (2014), for electronic or acoustic piano from pnm/os cd 4 (7:24).

CD 3: "What I could hear ... ": for piano; a passage for Roger Sessions (1979) archival live recording, Princeton University, April 1981 (6:48)

Concerto grosso I (1954) for string orchestra (14:02)

Nocturne for string orchestra (concerto grosso II) (1955) (8:38)

Two holy sonnets by John Donne (1960) for soprano and piano (vibe and piano version): XIV batter my heart (2:03); V I am a little world (1:41)

Partita for piano (1955): Prelude (2:26); Gavotte (1:38); Allemande (1:22); Capriccio (1:55)

Black/noise I (1998) for computer-processed piano from Open Space cd 13 (12:57).

Participant:

CD 1: Helmuth: Leah Plave, Peter Phelan, cellos. Lansky: Scot Moore, Reina Murooka, violins ; Rosemary Nelis, viola ; Stanley Moore, cello ; Paul Parker, recording engineer. Eisenbrey: Keith Eisenbrey, clavichord. Hoffman: Blair McMillan, piano. Lidov: Holly Jenkins, violin ; Mia Laity, violin ; Scot Moore, viola ; Eleanor Lee, cello ; recorded and mixed by Ian Turner. Brickle: Frank Brickle, piano. Rahn: Chris Stover and Jen Baker, trombones ; Harrison Keithline, recording engineer ; edited and mixed by Chris Stover. Morris: Margaret Kampmeier, piano (from Open Space CD 20).

CD 2: Track 1: Benjamin Boretz at home. Track 2: Sascia Pellegrini, solo vibraphone. Track 3: Hilary Hawke, banjo ; Joseph Brent, mandolin ; TJ Wible, alto flute ; Zachary Boeding, English horn ; Scot Moore, violin ; Eleanoer Lee, cello ; recorded and mixed by Ian Turner. Track 4: The Group for Contemporary Music ; Charles Wuorinen, conductor. Track 5: Richard Teitelbaum, PolyMoog and flute ; Benjamin Boretz, piano. Track 6: realized electronically by the composer.

CD 3: Track 1: Jeff Presslaff, piano ; recorded and mastered by James Moses. Tracks 2-10: realized by the composer.

Notes:

Issued with "9 x 9 The Open Space Magazine" special issue 19 and 20, special double issue, fall 2015/spring 2016.

Program notes in English in accompanying booklet.

Compact discs.

OCLC:

954230933