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Les Vusions

Description: Recording of Ulrich Süsse's Les Vusions. Rabelais' ideologies and visions are musically represented in this piece. This is done by building structures and walking away from them. The structures are taken from the sound (preferably from a precise vocal) and the continuation of the language of Rabelais. There is the use of everyday normal objects, but the technique of electronic transformation demonstrate direction and transition.
Date: 1994
Duration: 10 minutes 37 seconds
Creator: Süsse, Ulrich

Die ehe der andromache

Description: Recording of Hans Ulrich Humpert's Die ehe der andromache. This work is made up of five sections which are made up of electronic processed voice and electronics.
Date: 1991
Duration: 1 hour 58 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Humpert, Hans Ulrich, 1940-2010

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.
Date: 1999
Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Heinz, Günter (Composer)

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.
Date: 1999
Duration: 13 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: Wang, Ming, 1962-

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).
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.
Date: 1999
Duration: 6 minutes 47 seconds
Creator: Nelson, Jon Christopher

Zu klugen Gestirnen

Description: Recording of Riccardo Dapelo's Zu klugen Gestirnen. For soprano and tape. The work is derived from a picture poetry of Paul Klee. The composer tries to separate elements common to Klee's theory. The starting point is a small sound gesture: an upward exponential function. This function shapes all the steps of the work in a motion from noise to sound. The attempt is to build a self-similar structure with matching between small details and larger forms.
Date: 1997
Duration: 10 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Dapelo, Riccardo

Aquapolis

Description: Recording of Lou Mallozzi's Aquapolis. The sound material is language and ambient recordings. The text is written in English, and has been translated into German and Venetian Italian. There are aquatic sounds, body sounds, and sounds of physical labor. Conceptually, the piece is based on a fictional trans-historical walk through an aquatic city, loosely based on Venice. The piece is in four sections: Preamble, 2000 Years Ago, 200 Years Ago, and This Year.
Date: 1997
Duration: 28 minutes 54 seconds
Creator: Mallozzi, Lou, 1957-

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
Date: 1999
Duration: 20 minutes 48 seconds
Creator: Jodlowski, Pierre, 1971-

Candide: Unterwegs - en cheminn en el camino - Away

Description: Recording of Hans Ulrich Humpert's Candide: Unterwegs - en cheminn en el camino - Away. This piece includes periods of overlapping voices, with voices speaking in French, German, English, and Spanish; sometimes these overlaps consist of two voices in different languages, sometimes more.
Date: 1995
Duration: 34 minutes 20 seconds
Creator: Humpert, Hans Ulrich, 1940-2010

Hymne an die materie

Description: Recording of David Prior's Hymne an die materie. "An die Materie" was written for dancer/ choreographers R. The piece was inspired by a poem by French Jesuit mystic Pierre Theilhard de Chardin in its German translation. The piece was primarily intended for an anglophone audience, giving the opportunity to use the text for it's complex morphologies. Although inextricable from the recording technologies which made it possible, and in stark contrast to much of my other work, the lines or layers su… more
Date: 1997
Duration: 7 minutes 30 seconds
Creator: Prior, David, 1972-

An die materie

Description: Recording of David Prior's An die materie. Written for dancer, choreographers, voice, and electronics. The relationship established between the music and the movement, was carefully considered throughout the collaborators. The piece was inspired by a poem by French Jesuit mystic Pierre Theilhard de Chardin in its German translation.
Date: 1997
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Prior, David, 1972-

Media Survival Kit

Description: Recording of James Dashow's Media Survival Kit. This work is a lyric satire in three parts for radio. This instruments heard include: harp, contrabass, percussion, cello, and soprano voice. The processed pre-recorded sound were put through synthesis which was done using a MUSIC30 system. The three differing movement are titled: Nico, Crema (Cream), and Tutti Collegati (We're All Connected).
Date: 1995/1995
Duration: 20 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: Dashow, James, 1944-

Die Unsichtbare front

Description: Recording of Ipke Starke's Die Unsichtbare front. The composer notes the following: The spatial installation of this work was designed and realized for the highest space in the building of the Technical Collections of the city of Dresden. This place just below the dome of the tower with its exceptional view of the city and the nearby radio tower is part of the work. The composition itself consists of 16 minutes of music on magnetic tape, constantly looped, spatialized and broadcast through the … more
Date: 1996
Duration: 16 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Starke, Ipke, 1965-
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