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56/60. The Sixties

Modern composers were trying to make their voices heard above the noise of pop culture. What were Stockhausen, John Tavener and Terry Riley writing in the 1960s?

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Stimmung (last ten minutes)
Singcircle
Gregory Rose (director)
Hyperion CDA66115 Track 44 - 51

John Tavener: In Alium - Section D
Eileen Hulse (soprano)
Ulster Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
NAXOS 8.554388 Track 11

Terry Riley: In C (first ten minutes)
Ars Nova Copenhagen
Percurama Percussion Ensemble
Paul Hillier (conductor)
Ars Nova 8.226049

John Coltrane: Africa
The John Coltrane Quartet
IMPULSE IMP 21682 Track 5

Steve Reich: Piano phase
Ensemble Avantgarde
WER 6630-2 Track 3




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