The re-release of Earle Brown: Selected Works 1952-1965 on New World Records will seem like the return of an old friend to many listeners. Compiled out of CRI's tapes of Earle Brown's music, which were recorded between 1952 and 1994, for release as part of CRI's American Masters series in 1996, this disc represents almost a third of Brown's tiny, highly concentrated output. The earliest piece, Octet for Eight Loudspeakers, is a key work in the history of electronic music, literally compiled alongside John Cage's pioneering ...
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The re-release of Earle Brown: Selected Works 1952-1965 on New World Records will seem like the return of an old friend to many listeners. Compiled out of CRI's tapes of Earle Brown's music, which were recorded between 1952 and 1994, for release as part of CRI's American Masters series in 1996, this disc represents almost a third of Brown's tiny, highly concentrated output. The earliest piece, Octet for Eight Loudspeakers, is a key work in the history of electronic music, literally compiled alongside John Cage's pioneering Williams Mix. David Tudor is heard in his realization of December 1952, which he premiered, and alongside Matthew Raimondi and David Soyer of the Composers Quartet in Brown's Music for Violin, Cello and Piano. The 1974 Brown LP for CRI also makes available on CD two of the really great works for large chamber ensembles that he composed: Times Five and Novara. These are atmospheric and powerful pieces that demonstrate that graphic notation systems can be very effective musically in...
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