Notes: | The 1st work for trumpet, trombone, percussion (2 players) and piano; the 2nd for 18 instrumentalists and electronics; the 3rd for soprano and 11 instrumentalists; the 4th for prepared piano, percussion, and 18 instrumentalists. Eds. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes. Compact disc. Durations: 12:37; 22:48; 15:48; 20:39. Program notes and biographical notes on the composer and performers in German with English and French translations (26 p. : music) bound in container. Piia Komsi, soprano (3rd work) ; Dimitri Vassilakis, piano, Samuel Favre, percussion (4th work) ; Ensemble intercontemporain ; Patrick Davin (1st work), David Robertson (2nd work), Kazushi Ono (3rd work), Stefan Asbury (4th work), conductor. Recorded Apr. 2004 (1st work), Feb. 1999, Cité de la musique, Paris (2nd work), Feb. 2004 (3rd work), and Feb. 2003, Radio France, Paris (4th work); the 3rd-4th works are live recordings. The 3rd work uses arbitrary syllables as text.
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