Olivier Messiaen:  Chronochromie (1960)
SWR Symphony Orch of Baden-Baden/Freiburg, Sylvan Cambreling, con - Hänssler Classics  (2002)
Messiaen wrote that…
“CHRONOCHROMIE is based on two fundamental elements: sound and time. The material specifying time or rhythm, by far the most important, uses thirty-two different durations; they are subject to symmetrical permutations that constantly follow the same rule. We hear […]

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Lou Harrison (1917-2003): First Concerto for Flute and Percussion (1939)
Leta Miller, flute; William Winant and Heather Sloan, percussion
New World Records 80666 (2007)
John Cage (1912-1992):  Four Dances [What so proudly we hail] (1943)
Zoltan Kocsis, piano  Amadinda Percussion Group
Hungaroton  HCD 31847 (2005)
Robert Erickson (1917-1997):  Night Music (1978)
Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose, cond
New World Records  80682 (2008)

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Arvo Pärt:  La Sindone (2005)
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Tonu Kaljuste, cond
ECM New Series 2050 (2009)
Alvin Curran:  Inner Cities 6-7
Daan Vandewalle, piano   Long Distance (France) CD 0560304 (2005)
Alvin Curran’s string quartet VSTO was performed by the Arditti Quartet last week at Mills College, part of the »Mills Music Festival.  »Read more…

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 Composers from this weekend’s Other Minds 14 New Music Festival
Ben Johnston:
Suite for Microtonal Piano, 1977 -   Phillip Bush, pno
Sonata for Microtonal Piano, 1964  - Phillip Bush, pno
Koch Classics - 3-7369  (1997-out of print)
Dobromila Jaskot:
Linearia (2007)   Quartet Slaski
Wiirje (2006)  Warsaw Sinfonia
… Unreleased recordings.

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