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Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Phelgra, Jalons, Keren, Nomos Alpha, Thallein, Naama...
Label:	APEX/WARNER CLASSICS (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	APEX 64202CD

2007 release. Featured works: Phelgra, Jalons, Keren, Nomos Alpha, Thallein; performed by Benny Sluchin (trombone), Pierre Strauch (cello), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Michel Tabachnik (conductor), Pierre Boulez (conductor). Naama, A l'Île de Gorée, Khoai, Komboi; performed by Elisabeth Chojnacka (harpsichord), Ensemble Xenakis, Huub Kerstens (conductor), Sylvio Gualda (percussion). Recorded 1984-90, with recording supervision from Xenakis on Disc 1. "Phlegra was written for a chamber orchestra comprising four woodwind, three brass and four strings and is certainly among Xenakis' more abrasive scores: the music unfolds with a harshness that makes no concession to the listener and reveals a sense of stubbornness that nothing can deflect from its purpose. Both in form and tonal atmosphere the piece makes no provisions for respite or relaxation, so relentless is its development. As Xenakis himself stressed, Phlegra is a battleground between the Titans and the new gods of Mount Olympus."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Pléiades
Label:	BIS (SWEDEN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	BIS 482CD

1991 release. Featured works: "Pléiades" and Psappha." Performed by Kroumata Percussion Ensemble; Gert Mortensen, percussion. "Xenakis has been very interested in percussion music -- ever since his orchestral piece 'Terretektorh (1966) in which the instrumental forces are spread throughout the hall, by way of 'Psappha' (1975) for a lone percussion virtuoso all the way to 'Pléiades' (1979) for six percussionists -- perhaps the largest composition in the entire percussion repertoire, and the most daring challenge. The title is intentionally ambiguous: the word itself means 'many' and alludes both to the six performers and to the four movements. The title also refers to a myth of antiquity, as so often from this educated Greek... The greatest part of the inspiration behind the piece probably comes from astronomy. The steady rhythmic pulse is varied by means of small alterations, injections of life, and is subsequently built up into such complicated patterns that one could speak of 'galaxies of sound.' In this dizzying experience there is still the joy of recognition, however, and at the end one comes back after an upheaving excursion."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Ensemble Live
Label:	BVHAAST (NETHERLANDS)
Format:	CD
Price:	$16.00
Catalog #:	BVHAAST 9219

"'Rebonds' (I. Xenakis), 'Akea' (I. Xenakis), 'Epicycles' (I. Xenakis), 'Mania' (C. Tsoupaki), 'Concerto For Oboe And Chamber Ensemble' (D. del Puerto) Machiko Takahasi (fl.), Ernest Rombout (ob.), Mark Dijcks, Ria Kleinjan (cl.), Jonathan Reeder, Stefanie Liedtke (bsn.), Fokke van Heel, Guillermo Zarzo (h.), Peter van Dinther (tp.), Willie Verdievel (tb.), Jan van der Sanden (tu.), Mifune Tsuji, Izumi Okubo, Paul Hendriks (vl), Susan Bierre (vla), Tadashi Tanaka (cel.), Thom de Ligt (b.) Johan Faber, Stephan Meier (perc.), Geoffrey Douglas Madge, Gerard Bouwhuis (p.), Rohan de Saram (cel.), Diego Masson (cond.) Recorded live at the Festival Nieuwe Muziek Middelburg 1990/1991/1992."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Iannis Xenakis
Label:	EDITION RZ (GERMANY)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$38.50
Catalog #:	RZ 1015/6CD

2003 release. Amazing Iannis Xenakis collection of historical recordings of essential works. Disc one features all works on CD for the first time; Disc 2 features different mixes of Xenakis' most famous electronic works. "Disc one with the orchestra works represents an era of Xenakis' development of polytope, geometrical, mathematical, based works from the late 1950s to the 60s in historical recordings earlier released on LP except for "ST/48" which has not previously been released." Includes: CD1: "ST/48" (for 48 Instruments, 1959-62); "Le Polytope de Montreal" (for four Orchestras, 1967); "Nomos Gamma" (for large orchestra scattered among the audience, 1967-68); "Terretektorh" (for large orchestra scattered among the audience); "Syrmos" (for 18 strings, 1959); "Achorripsis" (for 21 instruments, 1956-57). CD2: "Persepolis 'avec mouvement' version" (electroacoustic music on 8-track tape, 1971); "Polytope de Cluny" (electroacoustic music on 8-track tape, 1972.

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Chamber Music
Label:	EMI CLASSICS
Format:	2CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	EMI 87674CD

Featured works: Atrées, Morsima-Amorsima, Nomos Alpha, ST/4, Akrata. Performed by Instrumental Ensemble of Contemporary Music (Konstantin Simonovich). "The works on these two discs were all written in the 1950s & 60s, at a time when Xenakis was at his most productive. It has to be said that, to the casual listener, this is not easy listening. However, to the more adventurous collector and to those prepared to explore new musical avenues, this set of the music of Xenakis will prove a rare and valuable opportunity."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Pléiades
Label:	HARMONIA MUNDI (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	HMA 1955185

Mid-line priced reissue of this classic: Pleiades is a percussion piece performed by Les Percussions de Strasbourg (vibraphones, marimbas, xylophones, etc.); richly defined, timeless music that will sound good for the rest of your life. "The whole source of this polyrhythmic composition is the idea of periodicity, repetition, duplication, faithful, pseudo-faithful, unfaithful copy... still greater variations of an even greater complexity, due to the hazards of a particular stochastic distribution, lead to total rhythm, to a massy awareness of the event, to notions of clouds, nebulas, galaxies of the fragmented dust of beats organized by the rhythm." --Xenakis

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Ensemble Music 1
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 053CD

Five ensemble works, performed by the ST-X Ensemble: "Plekto" (first recording of a recent ens. work), "Eonta (for piano solo, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones -- "like no music before or since: cascading notes like falling stars together with waves of sound from the brass"), "Akanthos" (for soprano and ensemble), "Rebons" (for percussion), "N'Shima" (for 2 amplified peasant voices, 2 amplified horns, 2 trombones, and amplified cello -- "a ritual of chanting voices, singing Hebrew syllables, against a backdrop of roaring brass and solo cello").

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Ensemble Music 2
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 056CD

Follow up to Mode 54, recordings by the ST-X Ensemble, with the participation of the composer. Features: first recording of "A La Memoire de Witold Lutoslawski" ("It is a literal monument of sound, comprised of massive blocks of brass arranged as a dirge like fanfare."); "Akrata" (for 8 winds & 8 brass, "classic and seminal Xenakis. The work's skittering, repeated notes and extreme changes of dynamic yield a sense of vast, isolated space"); "Echange" ("a terrifying and mysterious 'concerto' for bass clarinet and ensemble"); "Xas" (for saxophone quartet) & "Okho" (for 3 djembes & bass drum).

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Complete Works for Piano Solo
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 080CD

2006 repress. 24 bit remaster. "Xenakis' piano music is among the most powerful and virtuosic of the latter part of the 20th century. Full of dynamic energy and color, the works can evoke the sonic equivalent of an exploding cosmos or a mysterious, foggy world of mists through which glimpses of form and light can be perceived. At the hands of Aki Takahasi, they come alive with a special vitality. Of Aki's playing of 'Herma', Xenakis wrote in 1973: 'It was a difficult work and according to my French musician friends, unplayable. They thought it would need at least 1 year of work and advised me to rewrite it for at least two or three players and two pianos. Indeed, it introduced an expansion of the hands all over the keyboard simultaneously. When I first heard Aki play it in Paris last Fall at her Musée d'Art Moderne recital I was, in spite of my skepticism, conquered by her play. There was no problem with the huge technical difficulties. A tender and warm musicality irradiated through the piece in a bright, sparkling and powerful performance.' the breathtaking performances in audiophile quality sound make this one of the great Xenakis -- and new music -- recordings of all time." This Reissue now contains an added piece: the first recording of Xenakis's 12 minute '6 Chansons,' charming early miniatures written while Xenakis was studying in Paris with Messiaen and Milhaud. They provide a glimpse at Xenakis's early musical interests, influences and roots, documenting a distinct kinship with the piano music of Debussy and Bartók. 24-bit audiophile remastering.

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Electronic Music 1: La Legende d'Eer
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 148CD

Crucial reissue of the most important, sonically devastating Xenakis electronic work (previously issued by the now defunct Montaigne label). "New stereo mix from the original master tape. La légende d'Eer is a powerful 7-channel electroacoustic composition which Xenakis created in 1977-78 to be played in 'Le Diatope,' a curvaceous architectural construction designed by the composer, together with a visual component including laser lights. This 'multi-media' work was composed for the opening of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where it was performed for three months and seen by thousands of people. The sound materials of a La légende d'Eer stem from three sources: instrumental sounds, noises, and electronically generated sounds. The work suggests an initial departure, a journey, and a final return. Xenakis surrounds the work with a compilation of five texts, reflecting or reacting upon each other across the distances in time, space, and culture which separate them. This new stereo mix was created by Gerard Pape -- director of Xenakis' CCMIX studio in Paris -- from the original analog master tape. The analog master was transferred at high-resolution 96khz/24-bit sound for the optimum quality, revealing details not heard in the previous stereo CD release." Richard Scott's review in The Wire hardly exaggerates: "It is difficult to think of another contemporary composition which carries the sheer force of 'The Legend of Eer.' It is a gigantic, awesome, staggering piece; certainly I haven't heard anything to touch it with electronic music's short, if dense, history."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	La Legende d'Eer
Label:	MODE
Format:	DVD-AUDIO
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	MODE 148DVD

Special DVD Features: This new mix was created by Xenakis' associate Gerard Pape from the original analog master tape, transferred at high-resolution 96khz/24-bit sound for the optimum quality. Use of the original master tape restored almost 2 minutes and 30 seconds to the piece, released here for the first time. The performance of La Légende d'Eer is shown with a film by Bruno Rastoin, comprised of 350 stills made during the original performance of the work at the 'Diatope.' This is the ONLY visual documentation made of the historic event. 60-minute interview of Iannis Xenakis by musicologist Harry Halbreich. 5.1 Surround Sound in Dolby Digital and additional DTS. Dedicated stereo mix presented in 96-khz/24-bit PCM. Subtitles: French, German, Spanish. Playable on ALL NTSC capable DVD decks and computers."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Music for Strings
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 152CD

"Syrmos" (1959, for 18 strings); "Aroura" (1971, for 12 strings); "Analogique A+B" (1958, for 9 strings & tape); "Voile" (1995, for 20 strings); "Ittidra" (1996, for string sextet); "Theraps" (1975-76, for solo contrabass). Performed by Ensemble Resonanz with Johannes Kalitzke (conductor). "This CD brings together all of Xenakis' chamber music for strings for the first time (with the exception of the string quartets). The music spans almost 30 years. Many first recordings. These visceral, sonically bold works explore the many possibilities of writing for strings, including dramatic glissandi and extended techniques."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Percussion Works
Label:	MODE
Format:	3CD
Price:	$48.00
Catalog #:	MODE 171/73CD

Performed by the percussion ensemble red fish blue fish, directed by Steven Schick. "The first complete set of Xenakis' percussion ensemble, percussion duos, and solo percussion works. As Steven Schick states in his comprehensive essay accompanying this set, Xenakis was the 'progenitor of modern percussion music.' Of course, Iannis Xenakis did not create percussion music, his first major contribution to the percussion repertory came more than three decades after the American percussion revolution of Edgard Varèse, John Cage and Henry Cowell. But as Jorge Luis Borges said of Kafka, he was so important that he influenced even those who came before him. Indeed, our early 21st century ear for percussion music has been so tuned by the music of Xenakis that we cannot fail to understand the first cacophonous noise constructions of Varèse's 'Ionisation' (1931) and Cage's 'First Construction' (1939) through the retro-lens of the raw and terrifying noises in Xenakis' percussion works. 24-bit audiophile recordings. Available as a 3CD set or specially priced single DVD-A release (forthcoming)."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Kraanerg
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 196CD

"Kraanerg is one of Xenakis' most popular -- and infamous -- works. A visceral and highly charged score for woodwinds, brass, and strings along with quadrophonic tape. The title, 'Kraanerg,' is a composite of two Greek words: 'kraan,' meaning to perfect, to accomplish; and 'erg,' signifying energy. Commissioned for the gala opening of the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa, Canada in 1968, 'Kraanerg' originally was the score to a ballet choreographed by Roland Petit with 'op-art' sets by Victor Vasarely. According to Xenakis' program notes, the title also referred to the 'current youth movements' -- 1968 was a significant year in modern social history -- and to his utopian vision of the upcoming 'biological struggle between generations unfurling all over the planet, destroying existing political, social, urban, scientific, artistic and ideological frameworks on a scale never before attempted by humanity.' This powerful statement can be felt in the music. The dramatic 4-channel tape is derived from a recording of the orchestra, transformed and distorted. Its sonic textures kaleidoscopically expand the range of expression while at the same time remaining connected to the instrumental material. The 4-channel tape has been restored for this release from high-resolution transfers of the analog masters by German electronic composer Daniel Teige -- revealing greater details in the texture and a wider dynamic range than previously heard on any 'Kraanerg' recording. 96khz/24-bit high resolution recording. Liner notes by composer James Harley. Also available as surround-sound video DVD (MOD-DV-D196)."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Kraanerg
Label:	MODE
Format:	DVD-AUDIO
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	MODE 196DVD

DVD-audio version. "Special DVD feature: full 77-minute performance video including specially created visuals for the tape interludes by director Tim Chu. 35-minute interview on Kraanerg with Xenakis experts Gerard Pape and James Harley, writer Francoise Xenakis (the composer's widow), and dancer Veronica Tenant (who danced in the 1968 premiere). Additional Interview with Daniel Teige on the restoration of the analog tape." Region 0, NTSC format. Run Time: 131 Minutes. 5.0 Surround, Dolby Digital and DTS.

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Electronic Works 2
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 203CD

"Featured pieces" "Polytope de Cluny" (1972, for 8-channel tape); "Hibiki hana ma" (1969-70, for 16-channel tape); "Fer Chaud" (1957, original film soundtrack). "Mode continues its Xenakis Edition with the second volume dedicated to his electronic works, again restored from the best quality source materials. New high-resolution transfers were made of 'Polytope de Cluny' from the original analog master tapes. 'Hibiki hana ma' has been restored from the existing digital masters. 'Hibiki hana ma' was created for the Expo 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, Japan, where it was experienced by thousands. It was designed to be played on a tape loop in a hall which boasted state-of-the-art acoustic equipment, with some 700 speakers scattered under the floor plus 128 surface and suspended speakers symmetrically distributed throughout the pavilion's amphitheater. Both works have been remixed to stereo by Gerard Pape, who worked closely with the composer as the former director of Xenakis' CCMIX studio in Paris. The experimental film Fer Chaud (1957), directed by Jacques Brissot and Nicolas Schoeffer, focused on the work of Op-Art artist Victor Vasarely. It featured a musical score for ensemble by Xenakis. This score is unique to the film and has never been published elsewhere. It has been carefully remastered from the film soundtrack and presented here." Also to be released on DVD-audio format.

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Electronic Works 2
Label:	MODE
Format:	DVD-AUDIO
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	MODE 203DVD

"Mode continues its Xenakis Edition with the second volume dedicated to his electronic works, again restored from the best quality source materials. Both works are commercially released in Surround Sound for the first time. New high-resolution transfers were made of 'Polytope de Cluny' (1972-74) from the original analog master tapes. 'Hibiki Hana Ma' has been restored from the existing digital masters. 'Hibiki Hana Ma' was created for the Expo 1970 World's Fair in Osaka, Japan, where it was experienced by thousands. It was designed to be played on a tape loop in a hall which boasted state-of-the-art acoustic equipment, with some 700 speakers scattered under the floor, plus 128 surface and suspended speakers symmetrically distributed throughout the pavilion's amphitheater. Both works have been remixed for Surround DVD by Gerard Pape who worked closely with the composer as the former director of Xenakis' CCMIX studio in Paris. Dedicated stereo 96khz/24-bit high resolution mix included. Also available on CD (MODE 203CD). Special DVD features: The first commercial release of the experimental film Vasarely, directed by Jacques Brissot and Nicolas Schoeffer, from 1957. The music to this film, focusing on the work of Op-Art artist Victor Vasarely, was scored by Xenakis. This score for ensemble by Xenakis is unique to the film and has never been published elsewhere. The film has been restored and the audio remastered from a 16mm film print for this release. Run time: 51 minutes. Region 0, NTSC. 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital, and DTS. Aspect ration: 4:3, color and b&w. Essays by Sharon Kanach and Makis Solomos."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Complete String Quartets: ST/4; Tetras; Tetora; Ergma
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 209CD

Performed by the JACK Quartet. "Featuring: The first complete recording of Xenakis' string quartets; the first new recording of Xenakis' first three quartets since 1994; the only available recording of Xenakis' last quartet, 'Ergma,' from 1994. The first commercial release by the JACK Quartet, a young New York/Boston based group that has been garnering high praise for their performances of complex and challenging new music. The members of the quartet met while attending the Eastman School of Music, New York. The quartet has since studied closely with the Arditti Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Muir String Quartet, and members of the Ensemble Intercontemporain." 'The Jack Quartet, an ensemble of young string players devoted to contemporary music, played the Le Poisson Rouge in October. I would never have expected to see a crowd at a downtown nightclub erupting with whoops after performances of four hypercomplex, cutting-edge string quartets by Iannis Xenakis. But in this setting these dense and kinetic works came across to this open-minded audience as just more hip, wild, out-there contemporary music.' -- Anthony Tommasini, New York Times. High resolution 24-bit recording. Liner notes by James Harley."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Complete String Quartets: ST/4; Tetras; Tetora; Ergma
Label:	MODE
Format:	DVD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	MODE 209DVD

"This release marks the first complete recording of Xenakis' four string quartets. The studio recording process was artfully and dynamically captured by a multiple camera shoot. Each quartet is given its own visual treatment. This body of work represents one of the most important contributions to music for strings of the post-World War II era. Xenakis went beyond the influence of Bartók (and others) to create a completely new sound for strings -- in effect, turning them into new instruments. Each work is extremely challenging to perform, as each calls for new modes of playing, both individually and as an ensemble. Filmed in high definition video, widescreen format. Liner notes by James Harley. 48 kHz/24-bit high resolution 5.1 surround sound recording." Region 0, NTSC; aspect ratio: 16:9; duration approximately 60 minutes.

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Works With Piano
Label:	MODE
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	MODE 217CD

"Aki Takahashi follows up her acclaimed first disc of Xenakis piano works (which won the 'Diapason d'or' in France) with this second volume -- this time works for piano with instruments. She is joined by an all-star cast of players: Rohan de Saram (formerly of the Arditti Quartet), the JACK Quartet, and the Callithumpian Consort conducted by Stephen Drury. All works are underrepresented in current recordings or difficult to find at all. The legendary Eonta -- a blistering work with one of the most difficult piano parts ever written -- receives its first new recording in over 10 years. The brass writing specifies spatialized movement for the brass players -- including playing directly into the piano for its resonance -- both dramatic to see and hear. Akea 1968, written for Claude Helffer and the Arditti Quartet, is not a typical addition to the romantic tradition of the piano quintet. It signaled the beginning of a more inward, reflective phase of Xenakis' output. Morisima/Amorsima was composed with the aid of a computer in 1962. This is the only readily available recording. Paille In The Wind (1992) for piano & cello performed with Rohan de Saram. This is the only available recording."

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Works With Piano
Label:	MODE
Format:	DVD
Price:	$27.00
Catalog #:	MODE 217DVD

Featured works: Eonta (1963) for piano, 2 trumpets & 3 trombones; Morsima-Amorsima (1962) for piano, violin, cello & double-bass; Akea (1986); Paille In The Wind (1992). "Aki Takahashi follows her critically acclaimed first volume of Xenakis' piano works (on MODE 080) with a recital of works for piano and instruments. All of these works are under-represented in the Xenakis discography. Ms. Takahashi is joined by superb players including Stephen Drury's Callithumpian Consort, The JACK Quartet, and Rohan de Saram (formally of the Arditti Quartet). Recorded in hi-definition 96khz/24-bit sound; DVD presented in surround as Dolby and DTS. The visuals are dynamically directed by Tim Chu, shot in widescreen HDV." Region 0, NTSC format; 53 minutes; aspect ratio: 16:9 widescreen; color.

Artist:	XENAKIS, IANNIS
Title:	Music For Keyboard Instruments
Label:	NEOS (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$21.00
Catalog #:	NEOS 10707CD

Realized by computer. 'Herma' for piano (1961); 'Mists' for piano (1981); 'Khoaï' for harpsichord (1976); 'Evryali' for piano (1973); 'Naama' for harpsichord (1984). Daniel Grossmann, MIDI programming. "This is the first recording of Xenakis' music for keyboard instruments realized by computer -- unplayable by human hands! The desire to hear a composition exactly as Xenakis had in all probability imagined it -- the notation is precise enough -- remains legitimate nevertheless. The conductor Daniel Grossmann presents possibly the first attempt at a reconstruction of the aural imaginings of the composer. The recordings come across as spontaneous, but are in reality the result of intensive work at the computer. And it was precisely in the field of loudness relationships that a plethora of single notes had to be finely gradated. Rhythmic successions of many other single pitches -- ones that produce the aleatoric sound clouds and which Xenakis deliberately notated imprecisely -- had to be pondered about too, in 'Mists,' (3:15-6:30) for example. Achieving a balanced sound within exactly structured textures and articulating optimum relationships of loudness between superimposed but discretely structured layers remain at the center of Grossmann's approach. He also availed himself of the chary use of panorama effects, that is to say, the acoustic distribution of various notes and note groups between the left and right loudspeaker channels, thus making evident the individuality and autonomy of distinct planes of sound. The strict basic pulse and tempo given by the computer have been rendered slightly more 'human,' and are no less the worse off for this. One important aim of his work was, in the end, to garner a convincing dramaturgy within a single work, and thus bring about the optimum rendition of the relationship between the loud and the soft sections as well the best possible lengths of the crescendi and decrescendi. Paradoxically enough, it is just such a computer-aided recording that wholly evinces through its very rationality the enormous liveliness and freshness immanent in the music of Xenakis. A CD recording is not -- well not primarily, at least -- designed for the reproduction of music within a public concert, and is inapplicable to the problem pertaining to the reception of electroacoustic music. The present recordings should be judged on the basis of any normal recording, namely as a documentation of a single act of interpretation with its own artistic claim. This CD must nevertheless be understood not as a substitute for a 'real' recording already in existence or one to be made in the future. The intention is to enhance the reception of the composer's music -- from the audience and performer perspective alike."

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