Browse by Artist: MACEDA, JOSE

Artist:	MACEDA, JOSE
Title:	Gongs And Bamboos
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 7067

"The first release outside Japan of music by one of the most original and underappreciated composers in contemporary music. Born 1900 in the Philippines, Maceda has been creating remarkable compositions, often for large ensembles of the same instrument for fifty years. This CD brings together three very different pieces from his enormous catalog. The hypnotic 'Suling-Suling' is scored for an ensemble of forty bamboo flutes. 'Colors Without Rhythm' is one of his most dynamic orchestral compositions -- performed brilliantly by the Manil Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer. 'Pagsamba' is one of the strangest masses ever written for gongs, voices and bamboos, recorded live in an open air temple in the Philippines. An incredibly exciting release of rarely heard music by a rarely heard from composer."

Artist:	MACEDA, JOSE
Title:	Drone and Melody
Label:	TZADIK
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	TZ 8043

This is the second Tzadik release of music by one of the most underappreciated composers of the twentieth century. With his passing in 2004, several of his most passionate musical collaborators have been continuing Maceda's legacy and they come together here to present his most ambitious and greatest large scale work -- 'Strata.' Beautifully recorded in Manila at the University of the Philippines directed by Maceda's long-time collaborator Ramon Santos and Mills College colleague Chris Brown, this is a long-awaited follow-up to the seminal Gongs and Bamboo release from 2001. Also included are beautifully recorded pieces for Western instruments from Maceda's last decade -- 'Sujeichon' for five pianos based largely on Korean court music, and 'Music for Two Pianos and Four Percussion Groups.' Another essential release by this maverick compositional master."

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