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Artist:
NEWBAND
Title:
Harry Partch/Dean Drummond
Label:
INNOVA
Format:
CD
Price:
$13.00
Catalog #:
INNO 561CD
"A CD featuring works by former cohorts and microtonal pioneers, Harry Partch and Dean Drummond. This stunning new recording, engineered by Grammy-award winner Judith Sherman, is performed by members of Newband primarily on the original Partch collection of hand-made instruments, notable for their sculptural and acoustic beauty. The music integrates declaimed poetry (masterfully performed by Bob Osborne) with colorful instrumental accompaniment. The Drummond pieces are first recordings, the Partch are the first since the 1940s. Partch's "Eleven Intrusions' is a suite of eleven rather short pieces of mixed instrumentation composed from 1946 to 1950. A wide variety of techniques is utilized, from the incorporation of two ancient Greek scales and a Zuni (native American) song to Partch's typically microtonal speech-song settings of texts by a variety of poets."
Artist:
NEWBAND
Title:
Play Microtonal Works 2
Label:
MODE
Format:
CD
Price:
$15.00
Catalog #:
MODE 033CD
Includes music by Harry Partch (the first Partch music to be played on his original instruments since his old 60s recordings), as well as Pugliese, Drummond, Rosenblum, and T. Monk. Newband's director Dean Drummond "had studied with Partch and played in his ensemble. 'Daphne of the Dunes' makes full use of their exotic tunings and sounds. This 20 minute work is a major addition to the recorded catalog."
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