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XENAKIS, IANNIS

Album Format Label & Cat. Number Description Year Price (incl. 19% VAT)  
Phlegra (etc.) do-CD Apex 2564 64202-2 diverse works mainly from his late period (80's & 90's), previously released as single CDs in 1990 & 1992; incl. 16 page booklet 2007 €14.00
Orchestral Works CD Mode Records MODE299 METASTASEIS A (1953-1954) for 65 musicians, TERRETEKTHORH(1965-66) for 88 musicians, NOMOS GAMMA (1967-68) for 98 musicians, the latter with the musicians distributed in a large circle in the audience... "the listener, each one individually, will find himself either perched on top of a mountain in the middle of a storm which attacks him from all sides, or in a frail barque tossing on the open sea, or again in a universe dotted about with little stars of sound, moving in compact nebulae or isolated." 2018 €17.00
Persepolis LP Karlrecords KR044 the Non Plus Ultra version of XENAKIS famous piece which was premiered in 1971 in Iran, comissioned by the Persian Shah (!) => XENAKIS longest electroacoustic composition (54 min) was now re-mastered by MARTIN WURMNEST (ZEITKRATZER) from the original 8 track tapes, and cut by RASHAD BECKER; comes with inlay & liner notes by REINHOLD FRIEDL; first vinyl re-issue since the 70's !! 2018 €18.00
Diamorphoses / Concret PH / Orient Occident / Bohor LP Karlrecords KR089 a collection of XENAKIS early electroacoustic (master-)pieces (1957-1962) , incl. Diamorphoses, his one and only "Musique Concrete" tape piece made out of many self recorded sound snippets... plus: the famous "Concret PH" (1958), "Orient Occident" (1960), "Bohor" (1962)... 2022 €20.00
Hibiki Hana-Ma / Mycenae Alpha / Polytope de Cluny LP Karlrecords KR090 this LP concentrates on XENAKIS fascinating POLYTOPE-compositions: "Hibiki Hana-Ma"-created for the Expo in Japan 1970 (Steel Pavilion multimedia installation with lasers, mirrors, etc.), "Polytope de Cluny" (1972)-a Polytope composition presented in Paris, "Mycenae Alpha" (1978)-pure synthetic sounds constructed with his graphic system UPIC 2022 €20.00
La Legende d'Eer LP Karlrecords KR024 one of XENAKIS most famous works, this unreleased version was presented 1978 at the 'Darmstädter Ferienkurse' => one long most radical piece (46 min.) full of high-pitched noises from hardly recognizable sources, very powerful and compelling, at times like a predecessor of harsh noise,and also for today's ears with hardly listenable parts...- *His compositions often are based on mathematical principles , which give his music an unprecedented aesthetic and - shocking otherness"; DL code, insert 2022 €20.00
Taurhiphanie LP Karlrecords KR091 this LP concentrates on XENAKIS late electroacoustic works that became purely electronic, four strangely spiralling and staggering electronic pieces (1987-1997), "explicit computermusic'" hardly to compare with anything else: with the UPIC machines drawings are transfered directly into sounds & noises, on the last two electronic pieces he created random-based digital samples which were running through a "composing machine"... 2022 €20.00