Canti di Vita E D’Amore / Per Bastiana / Ommagio A Vendova
(Wergo) Used CD $20.00
Released in 1993 as part of the label’s Music Of Our Century series. On Canti di Vita E D’Amore, Michael Gielen conducts Sinfonieorchester Des Saarländischen Rundfunk (featuring soprano Slavka Taskova and tenorist Loren Driscoll), and on Per Bastiana, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. Omaggio A Vedova is a magnetic tape piece from 1960.
La Lontananza Nostalgica Utopica Futura
(Montaigne) Used CD $12.00
Recorded at Experimentalstudio Der Heinrich-Strobel-Stiftung Des Südwestfunks in February 1988, the six-part composition for solo violin and electronics, the title of which translates to “The Nostalgic Utopian Remote Future,” is performed by Irvine Arditti, founder of the Quartet, and André Richard who manipulates eight sources of pre-recorded sound material (created by violins and noises from the studio). 1994 edition
Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica
(Wergo) Used CD $15.00
For six instruments and percussion, composed in 1951. Also includes “Canti Per 13” for thirteen instruments, composed in 1955; “Canciones A Guiomar” for soprano solo, twelve voices, female chorus, and instruments, composed in 1962-63; and Nono’s final compition “Hay Que Caminar Soñando” for two violins, composed in 1989. From 1998