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Schlachthof fünf

Description: Recording of Stefano Trevisi's Schlachthof fünf. This is a work for percussion quartet and tape. This piece is a study on metal timbres' typology and the starting material consists of a sound produced by metal objects. The formal course of the composition results from the combination of each typology's interaction.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 30 minutes 12 seconds
Creator: Trevisi, Stefano, 1974-

Sattva

Description: Recording of Stefano Trevisi's Sattva. This is a work for prepared piano and tape. The piano is prepared using metal objects, cymbals, and crotales. The composition is based on the relation between textures, derived from cycles of impulses and the gestural energy of complex sound events. The title comes from a term in Samkhya philosophy; Sattva is one of three energies which constitutes the Prakriti.
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Date: 2003
Duration: 17 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Trevisi, Stefano, 1974-

Digits

Description: Recording of Neil Rolnick's Digits. This work was inspired by the use of "digits", as in fingers, to both play the piano and operate a computer. This is a composition for solo piano and digital processing in which the computer only plays sounds which originate from the piano. There can also be a video component to this piece of live images of the pianist's fingers as they play. The overall effect of the piece is of a classical, virtuoso piano sonata, in which the piano itself has been bent slig… more
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Date: 2005
Duration: 11 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: Rolnick, Neil B.

Chameleon Fantasy (cimbalom and tape)

Description: Recording of Gyula Pintér's Chameleon Fantasy (cimbalom and tape). This is a work for electronics that includes the instrumentation of a cimbalom.
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Date: 2002
Duration: 8 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Pintér, Gyula 1954-

Shadow Quartet

Description: Recording of Neil Rolnick's Shadow Quartet. This is a work for string quartet and computer that consists of 3 untitled tracks. This piece was created to celebrate the life of the composer's late father. The quartet performs while surrounded by four loud speakers, each serving as a shadow of the player in front of it. Each player controls the volume, sampling, and processing of their shadow sound.
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Date: 2003
Duration: 15 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Rolnick, Neil B.

Hemlanden

Description: Recording of Love Mangs' Hemlanden. This composition is a suite with 3 pieces inspired the dynamics of the seasons in Scandinavia and the sentiments that go with it. Sound materials include the sounds of icicles and tensions in the ice surface.
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Date: 2000/2003
Duration: 23 minutes 03 seconds
Creator: Mangs, Love, 1966-

Oscura Frontera Milenaria

Description: Recording of Adolfo Núñez's Oscura Frontera Milenaria. This composition was heavily inspired by poetic text taken from the book "Europa" by Julio Martínez Mesanza. According to the composer, this text can help first world people be in the shoes of third world people. The work flows like several waves that are reviewing and transforming the material. This work was commissioned by the Universidad de Navarra. The instrumental ensemble used to record this composition was conducted by Vincente Martí… more
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Date: 2002
Duration: 8 minutes 07 seconds
Creator: Núñez, Adolfo 1954-

prayer of a king

Description: Recording of Stefan Klaverdal's prayer of a king. This is a work for saxophone and computer that was extracted from the suite "On Being". It is thematically derived from the classical play of Hamlet, and was originally composed to a dance performance on the play. The notation is quite open, allowing the players to freely choose several aspects of interpretation, such as some rhythms, tempo, etc. for both of the musicians, both saxophone and computer.
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Date: 2004
Duration: 10 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: Klaverdal, Stefan

Ying yang

Description: Recording of Yu-Chang Tseng's Ying yang. This is a work for electronics that includes the sound material of piano.
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Date: 2003
Duration: 7 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Tseng, Yu-Chung, 1960-

Des imaginations pareilles

Description: Recording of Mario Mary's Des imaginations pareilles. This is a work for electronics that includes the sound material of flute.
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Date: 2004
Duration: 9 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Mary, Mario Marcelo, 1961-

Obscuritas Luminosa

Description: Recording of Konstantinos Karathanasis' Obscuritas Luminosa. This work revolves around one note, B, where the instruments and electronics act like lenses and prisms that slowly change the color of this single B and magnify it to the neighboring pitch areas. The role of the electronics is to unify the instrumental fragments and provide coherence throughout the piece.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Karathanasis, Konstantinos

Klangräume 2

Description: Recording of Gerald Eckert's Klangräume 2. This is a work for piccolo and tape that examines both the instruments and electronics as well as the combination of graphics and sound/timbre. The aim was to create a relationship between graphical constructions and sound.
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Date: 1991/2000
Duration: 5 minutes 28 seconds
Creator: Eckert, Gerald

Redshift for 4 channel tape

Description: Recording of Dominique Schafer's Redshift for 4 channel tape. This is a work for electronics.
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Date: 2004
Duration: 8 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: Schafer, Dominique

Cyclic Math Shred

Description: Recording of Chapman Welch's Cyclic Math Shred. This work is a controlled improvisation in 4 parts that incorporates two vernacular styles: heavy metal and psychedelic rock and roll. This piece is neither a caricature nor an homage to these styles, but rather an exploration of music that cannot be traced back to its origins. The sound material in this work includes samples of electric guitar.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 7 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Welch, Chapman, 1973-

Friction

Description: Recording of Jason Bolte's Friction. This work explores the sounds and structures that are produced when a secondary force is applied to an object in physical contact with another. This work is focused on the buildup and ultimate release of energy as the force of friction is exceeded. The sonic material in this work is based on real-world sounds.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 7 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Bolte, Jason, 1976-

Poema sin palabras

Description: Recording of Irina Escalante Chernova's Poema sin palabras. This is a work for electronics.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Escalante Chernova, Irina

Isthmus

Description: Recording of Adam Stansbie's Isthmus. This is a work for electroacoustics that includes 3 untitled movements. The sound material for this composition was derived entirely from solo and ensemble performances of three string instruments: violin, viola, and cello. The electronic transformations become more complex throughout the movements until the sound is almost purely virtual.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Stansbie, Adam

Broken Nerve

Description: Recording of Diana Simpson's Broken Nerve. This is a work for electronics that the composer considers a soundscape. The inspiration for this work came from electricity and the fact that it can be perceived and experienced in so many different forms. The composer wanted to create a piece which presented electricity as an animate presence. This piece explores the notion of "flux" associated with electricity. The composer gives thanks to the technical department of the RSAMD, Glasgow for their hel… more
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Date: 2005
Duration: 10 minutes
Creator: Simpson, Diana (composer)

La Radeau

Description: Recording of James Duhamel's La Radeau. This is a work for electronics that includes French spoken word.
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Date: 2005
Duration: 13 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Duhamel, James

L'eau sourd, bruit, chante

Description: Recording of Pierre Mariétan's L'eau sourd, bruit, chante. This is a work for electronics that includes sounds of water.
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Date: 1984
Duration: 16 minutes 29 seconds
Creator: Mariétan, Pierre, 1935-

Voix captives, résonnantes, multiplles

Description: Recording of Pierre Marietan's Voix captives, résonnantes, multiplles. This work consists of 3 untitled movements, each of which contain some vocalizations that were recorded by the composer himself. This composition results from constantly changing sound relationships. The composer states that each unit corresponds to a single sound which is sustained as long as possible in a single breath, a silence of equivalent duration then follows.
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Date: 2004
Duration: 18 minutes 56 seconds
Creator: Mariétan, Pierre, 1935-

Diablorence

Description: Recording of Pierre Mariétan's Diablorence. This work was inspired by the story of Orpheus and Eurydice and portrays the orchestra as the main character of the work. The soloists and the sound engineer process the entire sound world with the goal of being heard as music and only music. The orchestra performing this work is the Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France, conducted by Laurent Cuniot. The composer also credits Frédéric Antoine as being responsible for the "noises" in the piece.
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Date: 2000/2002
Duration: 33 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Mariétan, Pierre, 1935-

Toccata Irisée

Description: Recording of Jorge Antunes' Toccata Irisée. This is a work for electronics that includes sound samples of marimba.
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Date: 2002/2003
Duration: 16 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Antunes, Jorge, 1942-

Reflejos

Description: Recording of Francis Dhomont's Reflejos. This is a work for electronics.
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Date: 2003/2005
Duration: 12 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Dhomont, Francis, 1926-
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