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Unveiled to the public, these works created a scandal that polarised audiences and sparked furious debate, bordering on serious public disorder. Other works, including Allen Ginsberg's epic poem 'Howl', Miles Davis' Third Stream interpretation of Rodrigo's 'Concierto de Aranjuez', and ballet music for 'Parade', composed by Erik Satie, even entered dangerous legal territory. Despite initial opposition, all cleared the prevailing air and proved to be universal in their influence. Some, among them, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Coltrane, Pierre Boulez, Bill Evans, Ravi Shankar, Pierre Schaeffer, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy and Charles Ives, were real crusaders; innovators whose concerted musical explorations enabled them to acquire a deeper understanding of their art that would enable them to attain hitherto unknown creative heights. This presentation also includes music from four radical cinematic productions; Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí's incendiary 1929 surrealist short, Un Chien Andalou, from Lindsay Anderson's savage attack on the establishment, if Music from Electra by the
Tracks
- Disc 1 -
1 London Symphony Orchestra / Conductor: Pierre Monteux Prélude À L'après-Midi D'un Faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)
2 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Adoration of the Earth - Introduction -
3 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux the Augurs of Spring - Dances of the Young Girls
4 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Ritual of Abduction
5 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Spring Rounds
6 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Games of the Rival Tribes
7 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Procession of the Sage
8 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux the Sage
9 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Dance of the Earth Part Two - 'The Sacrifice'
10 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux the Sacrifice - Introduction
11 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Mystic Circles of the Young Girls
12 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Glorification of the Chosen One
13 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Evocation of the Ancients
14 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Ritual of the Ancients
15 Boston Symphony Orchestra/Conductor: Pierre Monteux Sacrificial Dance
16 Karlheinz Stockhausen Studie 1
17 Pierre Schaeffer Étude Violette
18 Pierre Schaeffer Étude Noire
19 John Coltrane Quintet Featuring Eric Dolphy My Favourite Things
20 Sidney Torch Virtuosi Moderne - Off Beat Moods - Part 3 - Dramatic Sustained
21 The Four Lads Dry Bones
- Disc 2 -
1 Orchestre National de France / Conductor: Hermann Scherchen. Magnetic Tape Operator: Pierre Henry Déserts (World Premiere, 1954)
2 Daphne Oram Amphitryon 38
3 Daphne Oram & Desmond Briscoe the Ocean
4 Daphne Oram & Desmond Briscoe Winter's Journey (Intro) (1958)
5 Pierre Boulez Sonatine for Flute and Piano
6 Vicente Alvarez and His Tropical Orchestra Tango Argentino
7 Miles Davis Concierto de Aranjuez (Adagio)
8 Allen Ginsberg Howl
- Disc 3 -
1 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Fanfare
2 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Hornpipe
3 Edith Sitwell & William Walton en Famille
4 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Mariner Man
5 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Trio for Two Cats and Trombone
6 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Through Gilded Trellises
7 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Tango Pasodoble
8 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Scotch Rhapsody
9 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Lullaby for Jumbo
10 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Fox-Trot
11 Edith Sitwell & William Walton By the Lake
12 Edith Sitwell & William Walton the Man from a Far Countree
13 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Jodelling Song
14 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Country Dance
15 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Black Mrs. Behemoth
16 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Popular Song
17 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Polka
18 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Waltz
19 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Four in the Morning
20 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Something Lies Beyond the Scene
21 Edith Sitwell & William Walton Sir Beelzebub
22 Ravi Shankar Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival of Colours)
23 Mikis Theodorakis Electra Suite No. 9
24 Ornette Coleman Quartet Kaleidoscope
25 Luciano Berio - Cathy Berberian Thema (Omaggio a Joyce) for Voice and Tape
26 Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin Kyrie
27 Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin Gloria
28 Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin Credo
29 Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin Sanctus
30 Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin Benedictus
31 Les Troubadours Du Roi Baudouin Agnus Dei
32 Olivier Messiaen Quatuor Pour la Fin Du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time) 8: Louange À L'immortalité de Jésus (Praise to the Immortality of Jesus)
33 Bill Evans Trio My Foolish Heart
- Disc 4 -
1 Sehr Langsam New York Philharmonic Conductor: Bruno Walter Symphony No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor IV. Adagietto
2 Maro Ajemian: Piano Sonata VII
3 Maro Ajemian: Piano Sonata IV
4 Maro Ajemian: Piano Sonata II
5 Maro Ajemian: Piano Sonata III
6 French National Radio Orchestra / Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal Prélude Du Rideau Rouge (Prelude of the Red Curtain)
7 French National Radio Orchestra / Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal Prestidigitateur Chinois (Chinese Conjurer)
8 French National Radio Orchestra / Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal Petite Fille Américaine (Young American Girl)
9 French National Radio Orchestra / Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal Ragtime Du Paquebot (Ragtime of the Passenger Steamer)
10 French National Radio Orchestra / Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal Acrobates (Acrobats)
11 French National Radio Orchestra / Conductor: Manuel Rosenthal Suite Au Prélude Du Rideau Rouge (Continuation of the Prelude of the Red Curtain)
12 Helga Pilarczyk: Speaker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez Mondestrunken
13 Helga Pilarczyk: Speaker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez Colombine
14 Helga Pilarczyk: Speaker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez Der Dandy
15 Helga Pilarczyk: Speaker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez Eine Blasse Wäscherin
16 Helga Pilarczyk: Speaker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez Valse de Chopin
17 Helga Pilarczyk: Speaker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez Madonna
18 Helga Pilarczyk: Speaker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez Der Kranke Mond
19 John Kirkpatrick: Piano Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 19 'Concord, Mass III. the Alcotts
20 Alap & Gat Raag Chandrakauns
