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Berlin views

Description: Recording of Günter Heinz's Berlin views. This work presents the "sound of the city at the end of the century" and arose in connection with the video project Ç Vortex È of Akademie der Künste Berlin.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Heinz, Günter (Composer)

Dialogue avec Wittgenstein

Description: Recording of Dieter Kaufmann's Dialogue avec Wittgenstein. This work is built on fragments of philosophical text spoken in both French and German, as well as various musical segments by composers Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, and the composer himself. The work was produces at the ELAK Institute of the University of Vienna Music and had two premieres. The German version in Vienna (1999) and the French version in Bourges (1999).
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Date: 1999
Duration: 11 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Kaufmann, Dieter, 1941-

Flights of Fancy

Description: Recording of Jon Christopher Nelson's Flights of Fancy. This work, for fireworks and tape, was written as the grand finale to the Grand Opening Concert of the Murchison Performing Arts Complex at the University of North Texas and premiered at the event. The piece incorporates a variety of musical excerpts that were performed throughout the concert as well as sample sounds of fireworks. It was premiered simultaneously with a fireworks display.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Nelson, Jon Christopher

De front (Quatuor)

Description: Recording of Pierre Jodlowski's De front (Quatuor). The idea of ​​this piece is based on a set of writings around the processes of aggression in humans and animals, as well as on the notion of frontality (which relates to the intermediate, fuzzy zones of our experience - physical or intellectual). The principle of the work (hence the precision quartet) is based on the development, "in concentric circles," of four groups or entities: 1. clarinet / trumpet; 2. percussion; 3. string quintet; 4. pa… more
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Date: 1999
Duration: 20 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Jodlowski, Pierre, 1971-

Klangfassaden

Description: Recording of Ulrich Suesse's Klangfassaden. The title of this work is an installation built into the two front walls of the Museum of Communication in Berlin, made up of loudspeakers that react to passing pedestrians. The theme of this the installation is communication and is built upon different sound experiences. This recording represents one possible "hearing experience".
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Date: 1999/2000
Duration: 8 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: Süsse, Ulrich

Monsterfest

Description: Recording of Ming Wang's Monsterfest. This work consists of sounds from two different cultures during similar situations. It is meant to explore the idea of people who are transplanted into a different culture and the struggles that come with that. The composer states that the piece has 3 formal parts: 1.) Introduction and variation, 2.) Three-part "song" (A.B.A'), 3.) Covert recapitulation mirrored.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 13 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Wang, Ming, 1962-

Songline

Description: Recording of Frank Schweizer's Songline. This work is made up of 10 untitled movements and contains various concrete and electronic sounds.
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Date: 1999/2000
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 01 second
Creator: Schweizer, Frank, 1962-

Tango

Description: Recording of Gonzalo Biffarella's Tango. This work was commissioned by the WDR 3 of Cologne, Germany. This radiophonic piece was inspired by the origin of Tango and uses fragments from old songs as well as a lecture by Jorge Luis Borges about the topic. The text has been translated into German and French for segments of the work.
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Date: 1999
Duration: 32 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Biffarela, Gonzalo, 1961-
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