Riley: In C

It has been an interesting year for Terry Riley’s In C, with a recent offering by Bang on a Can on its Cantaloupe Records label

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WACHSFIGURENKABINETT

If Stravinsky and Brecht had collaborated, it’s likely that they would have devised something like this little suite of five short operas. Each opera is

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Nancarrow/Wergo

Last summer I found in a Paris grammophone shop the records of Conlon Nancarrow’s music (Vol. 1 and II). I listened and listened and became

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Cage- Wergo

Wergo’s formidable Edition John Cage continues its survey with later pieces featuring violinist Malcolm Goldstein, who worked with the composer on several of them. The

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