58/60. The Impact of Technology
Wednesday 17 October 2007 16:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Performances of the music James Naughtie mentions in his Radio 4 series, connecting historical events and their effect on classical music.
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58/60. The Impact of Technology
How have composers experimented with electronic technology to push the boundaries of what sounds are possible? And how have they used music to create the sounds of machines?
Messiaen: Turangalila - Joie du sang
Francois Weigel (piano)
Thomas Bloch (ondes martenot)
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
NAXOS: 8.554478-79 Track 5
Honegger: Pacific 231
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
NAXOS 8.555974 Track 6
Jonathan Harvey: Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco
Produced at IRCAM, Paris
Wergo WER 2025-2 Track 5
Varese: Arcana
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly (conductor)
Decca 4366402 Track 6
Rachmaninov: Vocalise
Clara Rockmore (theremin)
Nadia Reisenberg (piano)
Delos DCD 1014 Track 1
Ligeti: San Francisco Polyphony
Sinfonie-Orchester des Schwedischen Rundfunks
Elgar Howarth (conductor)
Wergo WER6016350 Track 5
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