Notes and Editorial Reviews
Perkin' at Merkin
1. IANNIS XENAKIS (b.1922)
Psappha (1976) 16:02
2. MORTON FELDMAN (b.1926-87)
The King of Denmark (1964) 5:38 First CD release
3. NILS VIGELAND (b.1950)
Progress (1984) 21:41 First recording
4. JOHN CAGE (b.1912-1992)
Music for Four (1984) 14:46 First recording*
5. PER NØRGÅRD (b.1922)
Waves (1969) 11:20
6. HENRY MANCINI (b.1924-1995)
Theme from Peter Gunn (1976) 5:10 First recording*
* with Kory Grossman, Christopher Nappi and William Trigg, percussion
Arranged for percussion quartet by Michael Pugliese
Some of the finest major works for percussion collected on one
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disc for the first time. Former Merce Cunningham Dance Company percussionist Michael Pugliese's recital was recorded live with its raw energy in spectacular sound. The program begins with Xenakis' ominous, virtuostic Psappha for solo percussion, making vivid contrast to Feldman's The King of Denmark, a delicately detailed work played piannisimo throughout. Vigeland's Progress sets Pugliese's live performance against a backdrop of taped percussion sounds, with bursts of pitched and non-pitched percussion sounds standing out against a layer of shimmering, harmonically elusive marimba figures. Cage's Music for Four, scored for four percussionists playing over 200 instruments, received its world premiere at the concert. Nørgård's Waves builds pulsating waves of sounds from congas, almglocken, tam-tams, cymbals and the bouncing of rubber balls on timpani. The recital climaxes with Pugliese's arrangement of the classic Mancini TV-theme for PETER GUNN for four percussionists, of which Allan Kozinn of the New York Times said: "...(an) astonishingly vital, amusing and rambunctious arrangement." 76 minutes of music!
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Works on This Recording
1.
Psappha by Iannis Xenakis
Performer:
Michael Pugliese (Percussion)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1975; Paris, France
Length: 16 Minutes 2 Secs.
2.
Applause by Recorded Sound
Length: 0 Minutes 14 Secs.
3.
The King of Denmark, for percussion by Morton Feldman
Performer:
Michael Pugliese (Percussion)
Period: Contemporary
Written: 1964
Length: 5 Minutes 38 Secs.
4.
Progress, for percussion by Nils Vigeland
Performer:
Michael Pugliese (Percussion),
Jan Williams (Percussion)
Period: Modern
Written: 1984
Length: 21 Minutes 41 Secs.
5.
Four4: Music for Four by John Cage
Performer:
Christopher Nappi (Percussion),
Kory Grossman (Percussion),
William Trigg (Percussion),
Michael Pugliese (Percussion)
Period: Modern
Written: 1991
Length: 14 Minutes 53 Secs.
6.
Waves, for percussion by Per Norgård
Performer:
Michael Pugliese (Percussion)
Period: Contemporary
Written: 1969; Denmark
Length: 11 Minutes 19 Secs.
7.
Peter Gunn: Theme by Henry Mancini
Performer:
Michael Pugliese (Percussion),
Christopher Nappi (Percussion),
William Trigg (Percussion),
Kory Grossman (Percussion)
Period: 20th Century
Written: USA
Length: 5 Minutes 10 Secs.
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