2010年 01月 17日 日曜日 17:11

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construction area
work in progress
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I. MASTER | PIECES

rated 9.5/10

Giacinto Scelsi - Quattro Pezzi/Anahit/Uaxuctum (1989)

Orchestral music
Orchestre et chœur de la Radio-Télévision Polonaise de Cracovie. Conductor: Jürg Wyttenbach.
post-modernism, transitional music, microtonal, masterpiece

Quattro Pezzi per orchestra (Ciascuno su una nota sola) (1959) for 26 musicians (chamber orchestra), in four movements
One of the most pioneering works of 20th century music
Quattro Pezzi I 10/10
Quattro Pezzi II 10/10
Quattro Pezzi III 10/10
Quattro Pezzi IV 10/10

Anahit (Poème lyrique dédé à Vénus) (1965) for violin and 18 instruments
Anahit

Uaxuctum—“The legend of the Maya city which destroyed itself for religious reasons” (1966), for ondes martenot, eight percussionists, mixed choir and 23 musicians, in five movements
Uaxuctum I
Uaxuctum II
Uaxuctum III
Uaxuctum IV
Uaxuctum V

rated 9/10

w.i.p.

II. CUTTING-EDGE | RELEASES

rated 8.5/10

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/23639271.jpg Diamanda Galás - Diamanda Galás (1986)
http://gallery.me.com/alexander.hendrix/100195/blank_insert_2/web.jpg extended vocal technique
http://gallery.me.com/alexander.hendrix/100195/blank_insert_2/web.jpg Panoptikon 8/10
http://gallery.me.com/alexander.hendrix/100195/blank_insert_2/web.jpg Tragouthia Apo to Aima Exoun Fonos 9/10

rated 8/10

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/8754791.jpg Miles Davis - Tutu (1986)

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/174s/32310225.jpg Miles Davis - Aura (1986)

III. REMARKABLE | ALBUMS

rated 7/10 or 7.5/10

IV. HONORABLE | MENTIONS

rated 6.5/10

Minutemen - Double Nickels on the Dime (1984)

rated 6/10

this list is work in progress.