Original 1972 LP of Christian Wolff's seminal chance compositions featuring David Tudor, David Behrman, Gordon Mumma, etc. on Wergo’s legendary Studio Reihe Neuer Musik series. Complete with insert.
** condition: NM/EX ** One of the very important releases on Wergo’s legendary Studio Reihe Neuer Musik series (Gyorgy Ligeti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luc Ferrari, Herbert Eimert, Mauricio Kagel, Folke Rabe, Bo Anders Persson, Josef Anton Riedl, etc.). Three seminal works by Christian Wolff performed by an all-star line-up: David Tudor, Frederic Rzewski, David Behrman, John Nash and Gordon Mumma and determined by chance. “They are characterized by the challenges he assigns to the performers: the responsible use of freedom.”
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File under: Avant-garde
Cat. number: WER 60 063, WER 60063
Year: 1972
Notes:
Includes an insert with English translation of the German linernotes on the back of the sleeve.
Recorded in August, 1971 at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
For Piano I (1952)
For Pianist (1959)
Burdocks (1971) for Orchestra
