Look closely at what you're getting with this disc -- it's not the retrospective for the late composer that the title Lou Harrison: In Memory might suggest. Note the smaller print to the left reading "World Premiere Recordings," or, as the atrociously edited booklet has it in the track list, "Word Premiere" recordings. Word! Another failure of the editing process resulted in the reversal of David's Lament and Elegy for Harpo Marx from the order in which they appear on the back cover of the album. These are odd leftovers ...
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Look closely at what you're getting with this disc -- it's not the retrospective for the late composer that the title Lou Harrison: In Memory might suggest. Note the smaller print to the left reading "World Premiere Recordings," or, as the atrociously edited booklet has it in the track list, "Word Premiere" recordings. Word! Another failure of the editing process resulted in the reversal of David's Lament and Elegy for Harpo Marx from the order in which they appear on the back cover of the album. These are odd leftovers from the great California composer's catalog, but the good news is that they have the characteristic flavor of his better-known works. Harrison experimented with East-West fusions, especially those involving traditions from the Indonesian archipelago. Those are not in evidence here, but the habits of thought that led Harrison to those traditions do show up in these pieces -- static textures involving tuned percussion, for example, or the use of melodic modes. Perhaps the most unusual...
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Add this copy of Lou Harrison: in Memory to cart. $15.98, like new condition, Sold by Streetlight_Records rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Cruz, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Kleos Classics.
