*2022 stock.* The first release outside Japan of music by one of the the most original and underappreciated composers in contemporary music. Born 1900 in the Phillipines, Maceda has been creating remarkable compositions, often for large ensembles of the same instrument for fifty years. This CD brings together three very different pieces from his enormous catalog. The hypnotic Suling-Suling is scored for an ensemble of forty bamboo flutes, Colors Without Rhythm is one of his most dynamic orchestral compositions—performed brilliantly by the Manila Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the composer. Pagsamba is one of the strangest masses ever written for gongs, voices and bamboos, recorded live in an open air temple in the Phillipines. An incredibly exciting release of rarely heard music by a rarely heard from composer.
Pagsamba (1968) for 100 bamboo flutes, 100 bamboo buzzers, 100 bamboo clappers, 100 wooden bars and beaters, 100 bamboo scrapers for 100 instrumentalists; 8 agung [gongs with stopped sounds); 8 gandingan (gongs with free sounds); 5 male vocal quintets and 100 mixed voices
Suling-Suling (1985) 10 flutes, 10 bamboo buzzers and 10 flat gongs
Colors Without Rhythm (1999) for strings, winds, celesta, harp, harpsichord, xylophone,vibraphone, marimba, piano and percussion
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