Olivier Messiaen:

Et Exspecto Resurrectionem (1964)
Poems pour Mi (1948)  -  Yvonne Naef, mezzo

SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Sylvain Cambreling, cond
Hänssler Classic CD 93.225 boxed set 8 CDs

Dance IV (1979)
Donald Joyce, organ

Two Pages (1968)
Philip Glass, electric organ; Michael Riesman, piano
Recorded 1975 - Nonesuch 79326 (1994)

Satyagraha (Act III conclusion) (1980) - arranged by Michael Riesman
Donald Joyce, organ
Anton Heiller Memorial Organ, Collegedale, Tenn
recorded April 1993 - BMG/Catalyst 09026-61825 (1993)

Kyle Gann: Saintly, from Private Dances, Time Does Not Exist, On Reading Emerson
Sarah Cahill, piano; on Private Dances, New Albion NA 137 (2007)

And a brief tribute to Berkeley composer Jorge Liderman who tragically passed away in February.

Jorge Liderman: Swirling Streams (2003) - David Tanenbaum, guitar; Earplay, Mary Chun cond. - Bridge 9150 (2004)
and selections from Aires de Sefarad - 46 Spanish Songs for Violin and Guitar
#1: Por la tu puerta yo pasi (I came through the door)
#24: Adios querida (Good bye my dear)
Duo 46: Matt Gould, guitar; Beth Ilana Schneider, violin - Albany TROY 829

New programs will resume next week with number 160. Stay tuned!

Triple Concerto (part 1) (2003) - Array Music
Serenades II-IV (2004) - Catch Electric Guitar Quartet
La Voce di Zarlino (part 1) (2006) - Compagnie Bisschof
9 through 99 (2003) - Ives Ensemble

(unreleased recordings provided by the composer)

Rebroadcast from earlier this year.

Romanian composer living in Paris, Horatiu Radulescu, passed away suddenly at the age of 66 last month. The inventor of “spectral music”, he was one of the most extraordinary composers of his generation. Little known to the concert halls here in the U.S., his music is widely performed in Europe.

Horatiu Radulescu: Piano Concerto “The Quest” (1996)
Ortwin Stürmer, pno; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Lothar Zagrosek, cond.
cpo 999589 (1998)

»The Times obituary

»Wikipedia entry

Chen Yi: China West - Suite for 2 Pianos (2007)
Maki Namekawa & Dennis Russell Davies
Klavier-Festival Ruhr, 2008

Olivier Messiaen: Un Sourire (1989)
SWR Symph Orch Baden-Baden und Friebourg
Sylvain Cambreling, cond.
Hänssler Classic 93.225  (2008)

Wayne Siegel: Domino Figures
Los Angeles Electric 8 electric guitar ensemble

Joan Jeanrenaud: Vermont Rules (2002)
Jeanrenaud, cello, effects;  Talking House “Strange Toys”

Arthur Levering:  Catena (2000)
Donald Berman, piano; Dinosaur Annex Chamber Orchestra, Scott Wheeler, cond
New World Records 80662 (2008)

Terry Riley:  June Buddhas from Mexico City Blues (1991)
Brooklyn Philharmonic, Ennis Russell Davies, cond
Musical Heritage Society re-release 5180914 (2005)

Jeffrey Ryan: String Quartet #3 “sonata distorta”  (2006)
Penderecki String Quartet; Centredisques CMC CD 13308 (2008)

After a couple of programs of “challenging” music, here’s an hour of embarrassingly tonal “easy listening” piano music from recent releases we’ve received.

Ann Southam: Glass Houses
Gavin Bryars: After Handel’s Vesper
… Christina Petrowska Quilico, piano; Wellspringe WEL0008 (2008)

Valentin Silvestrov: Bagatells I-XIII (2005)
… Valentin Silvestrov, piano; ECM New Series 1988 (2007)

Giovanni Verrando: Agile (2004)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Stradivarius STR 33573 (2007)

Luciano Berio: Ritorno degli Snovednia (1977)
Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez, cond., Sony Classics (1991)

Maurico Kagel: Tactil  (1970)
Deutsche Grammophon 445252

Mauricio Kagel, closely associated with Stockhausen, Boulez, and others of that generation, has died in Köln at 76.

Mostly self-taught, Kagel’s music combined theatrics and comedy. Nothing he produced was ordinary in any way.

Some worthwhile obits do justice to his life and legend more than I can:

• Philip Clark in Gramophone
• William Grimes in the NY Times
• Adrian Jack in the Guardian
• Tom Service in the Guardian