Tuning up / reconstruction and editing by Chou Wen-chung (5:00) -- Amériques : original version / performing edition prepared from the original manuscript by Chou Wen-chung (24:38) -- Poème électronique / transfer from the original master by Konrad Boehmer and Kees Tazelaar (8:02) -- Arcana (18:22) -- Nocturnal / edited and completed by Chou Wen-chung (10:25) -- Un grand sommeil noir / orchestration by Antony Beaumont (4:08) -- Un grand sommeil noir : original version (2:46) -- Offrandes (7:00) -- Hyperprism / revised by Richard Sa[c]ks (4:18) -- Octandre / revised and edited by Chou Wen-chung (7:00) -- Intégrales / revised and edited by Chou Wen-chung (10:18) -- Ecuatorial / corrections from the original manuscript by Chou Wen-chung (11:27) -- Ionisation (5:51) -- Density 21.5 (4:05) -- Déserts / original tape provided by the Columbia University Computer Music Center (25:00) -- Dance for Burgess / completed edition by Chou Wen-chung (1:48).
Language (note)
Vocal selections sung in English, French and Spanish.
Author
Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965, composer.
Title
The complete works / Varèse.
Publisher
London : Decca, [1998]
Copyright date
℗1998
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (1st-6th works) ; ASKO Ensemble (7th-14th works) ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor ; Sarah Leonard, soprano (Nocturnal, Offrandes) ; Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir (Nocturnal) ; Mireille Delunsch, soprano (Un grand sommeil noir (both versions)) ; François Kerdoncuff, piano (Un grand sommeil noir (original version)) ; Kevin Deas, bass (Ecuatorial) ; Jacques Zoon, flute (Density 21.5).
Event
Arcana recorded 1992 April Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Offrandes, Intégrales recorded 1996 April Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Amériques, Nocturnal recorded 1996 December Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Ecuatorial recorded 1997 May Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Dance for Burgess, Tuning up, Un grand sommeil noir (orchestral version) recorded 1998 May Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam
Un grand sommeil noir (original version) recorded 1998 May Kleine Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam.
Hyperprism, Ionisation, Déserts, Octandre recorded 1997 May Musikcentrum Vredenberg, Utrecht.
Density 21.5 recorded 1997 June Henry Wood Hall, London.
Language
Vocal selections sung in English, French and Spanish.