Earle Brown Contemporary Sound Series, Vol. 6

“Earle Brown – A Life in Music – Vol. 6” is the eagerly awaited last CD box in a unique series: The 18 LPs of Earle Brown's legendary Contemporary Sound Series, recorded between 1960 and 1973, have become a rarity in great demand since the series was discontinued in 1978. These rare and historically important recordings have been carefully digitized and remastered by the Earle Brown Music Foundation. The complete series is now available as a re-release in six 3-CD boxes by WERGO.

CD 1 contains works by John Cage and Christian Wolff from the early 1960s: In Cage's “Cartridge Music”, sounds are generated by inserting different objects in the pick-up head of the gramophone. Due to their composition structure, Wolff's works Read more “Duo for Violinist and Pianist”, “Summer” and “Duet II” have in common that no interpretation is identical with the next one.

CD 2 presents the outstanding violinist Paul Zukofsky, brilliantly accompanied by the pianist Gilbert Kalish, performing works by George Crumb, Isang Yun, Charles Wuorinen and John Cage which make extremely high demands on the performer.

CD 3 contains works by the South American composers Gerardo Gandini, César Bolaños, Marlos Nobre, Oscar Bazán, Manuel Enríquez and Alcides Lanza, performed by the New Sound Composers-Performers Group under the direction of Alcides Lanza.
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1. Cartridge Music by John Cage

Period: 20th Century
Written: 1960; USA

2. Summer by Christian Wolff

Period: 20th Century
Written: 1961

3. Duo for Violinist and Pianist by Christian Wolff

Period: 20th Century
Written: 1961

4. Duet II for Horn and Piano by Christian Wolff

5. Nocturnes (4) for Violin and Piano "Night Music no 2" by George Crumb

Performer: Paul Zukofsky (Violin), Gilbert Kalish (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1964; USA

6. Gasa for Violin and Piano by Isang Yun

Performer: Paul Zukofsky (Violin), Gilbert Kalish (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1959; Korea

7. Long and the Short by Charles Wuorinen

Performer: Paul Zukofsky (Violin), Gilbert Kalish (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1969; USA

8. Melodies (6) for Violin and Keyboard by John Cage

Performer: Paul Zukofsky (Violin), Gilbert Kalish (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1950; USA

9. Soria Moria by Gerardo Gandini