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month of requests by AGP patrons with a collection of works by Bruno
Maderna, an Italian composer who died in the prime of his composing
life, in 1973. Maderna was also a celebrated conductor, and his music
features particularly beautiful instrumental combinations and a strong
lyrical sense. Most of Maderna's major works are available on CD, but I
was able to find a few out-of-print ones in my stacks.
Track 01 comes from a 2LP memorial tribute to Maderna released by BVHAAST. The two oboe concertos from this set are available on CD from the BVHAAST CD Store. Track 02 comes from a Wergo compilation of performances by Severino Gazzelloni, a flute virtuoso who was particularly devoted to contemporary music and premiered many new works. Track 03 is from one LP in a series on Time Records, organized by the composer Earle Brown in the early 1960s. Both tracks 02 and 03 are conducted by the composer. Tracks 04 and 05 are two versions of a solo viola work by Maderna that can either be played from beginning to end (closed form) or begun in the middle and reshuffled (open form). There are CD recordings of this short work available, but none in which the closed form and open form are juxtaposed. The installment includes a text file containing liner notes from the four LPs from which these recordings were transcribed. NOTE: Track 3 is from a mono release (TIME 58002). One of our many enthusiastic AGP partisans in Russia has provided a transcription of that track from a stereo release of the same recording (Mainstream 5004). It was transcribed using unknown analog equipment and then declicked, and is offered for download here.To download AGP25 files, right-click on each of the following links and select SAVE LINK AS.
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