classical music: Conlon Nancarrow

classical music: Conlon Nancarrow

classical music:

Conlon Nancarrow

Fascinatin' Rhythm
Bix Biederbecke, Rube Bloom, ...

Polygram Records, 1995

This seems to be the last survivor of Alan Feinberg's wonderful collections of American piano music. It's a typically fascinating program, mixing music by people thought of as jazz composers (Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, James P. Johnson) with others considered "real" composers (Gershwin, Cowell, Nancarrow, Gottschalk). It's all jazz to Feinberg, ...

Warp Works & Twentieth Century Masters

John Cage, Richard D. (aka Aphex Twin) James, ...

Warp Records, 2006

Classic Avant-Garde...Electronic artists collide, for this release...!!!
A strange one this....what transpires is a 2-CD disk of re-compostion's and arrangements, which are designed to: "explore the connection between electronic experimenters on the Warp label and their sonic grandfathers". What this amounts to, is a reinterpretation of ...

Sonic Rebellion: Alternative Classical

Nathan Gunn, Nicholas Isherwood, ...

Naxos, 2007

Start the revolution
Even people who like classical music tend to run screaming when they hear names like Penderecki, Ligeti and Cage. But it's hard to blame them. The majority of concert halls and classical music stations play it safe, programming little but such familiar composers as ...

Player Piano 5: Conlon Nancarrow Vol. 3 - Studies 33-41c
Nancarrow

MD&G Records, 2008

Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for player Piano
Conlon Nancarrow

Other Minds, 2008

The definitive recording of these works, newly remastered with spectacular sound, represents the most faithful reproduction of what Conlon Nancarrow heard, in his own studio. This is the only available recording utilizing Nancarrow's original instruments: two 1927 Ampico player pianos. "After decades of struggle and neglect, Conlon Nancarrow is ...

Polytopia
Mari [harp] Kimura, Tania Leon, ...

Bridge Records, Inc., 2007

Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano

Conlon Nancarrow

Wergo Germany, 2000

Dizzying experiments by a brilliant maverick
A true compositional original, Conlon Nancarrow is best known for these mind-blowing pieces for player piano. Why this particular instrument? Because most of these short works are utterly unplayable by human beings, unless you are capable of say, depressing all 88 ...

Player Piano 3: Conlon Nancarrow Vol. 2 - Studies 13-32
Conlon Nancarrow

MD&G Records, 2007

Kronos Quartet: Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nuncarrow, Hendrix

Aulis Sallinen, Philip Glass, ...

Nonesuch, 1990

Absolutely first rate! Performance & recording are excellent
I am far from knowledgable about music. However, this is a marvelous introduction to contemporary music as arranged for a string quartet. The vision and versatility of this group are really laid out here. The only piece that jars is "Purple Haze," which, sorry ...

Conlon Nancarrow : Lost Works, Last Works

Conlon Nancarrow, Spoken Word

Other Minds, 2000

To Mr Groves
The second string quartet remains uncompleted, and the recording of the third by Arditti String Quartet was avairable in Gramavision R2 79440 (out of print?).

Continuum Performs Nancarrow

Conlon Nancarrow, Continuum, ...

Music Masters Jazz, 1994

Nancarrow without the player piano: an essential addition to our knowledge of the composer
Recorded in 1989, This is the original 1991 release, by Musicmasters, of a CD that was recently reissued by Naxos and is available cheaper in that form (Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1). It is a fascinating addition to our knowledge of ...

Player Piano 1: Nancarrow Vol. 1
Conlon Nancarrow

MD&G Records, 2006

Nancarrow: Pieces Nos. 1 & 2; ¿Tango?; String Quartet No. 1

Celeste Marie Roy, David Krakauer, ...

Naxos American, 2005

Nancarrow without the player piano: an essential addition to our knowledge of the composer
This is the reissue of a recording made in 1989 and first released in 1991 by Musicmasters. See my lengthy review under the original release (Continuum Performs Nancarrow). It is an essential addition to our knowledge and understanding of Nancarrow, as it documents ...

Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano (arranged for Chamber Orchestra) / Piece No. 2 for Small Orchestra ...

Conlon Nancarrow, Ingo Metzmacher, ...

RCA, 1993

A fantastic testament to a great, long-neglected composer.
To put it bluntly, this is some of the most original and entertaining 20th century music you will ever hear. Nancarrow's innovative player piano studies were written from the late 1940s to the early '80s and were intended, among other things, to explore ideas that ...

Conlon Nancarrow: Studies for Player Piano, Vols. 3 & 4

Conlon Nancarrow

Wergo Germany, 1993

The best of the best
I've been trying for the last five years to summarize Nancarrow's appeal as a composer -- an especially hard thing to do when he's still so woefully unknown or underappreciated by a wider audience. It has to be listened to to be believed. If you're looking for music ...