Makrokosmos, Volume I

general information

composition date: 1972
duration: 33 min
editor: Peters, San Antonio, Texas
Dedicatee: à David Burge

type

Solo (excluding voice) (Solo piano)

detailed formation

piano

information about the creation

date: February 8, 1973
: États-Unis, Colorado, Colorado Springs
interpreters: David Burge.

Création des volumes I et II le 4 février 1975 à Wichita, Kansas par David Burge.

Création complète du cycle Makrokosmos le 12 juin 1980 à Buffalo, New York par Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen et Frieda Manes : pianos, Jan Williams et Lynn Harbold : percussion.

Information on the electronics

Electronic device: amplification

observations

Enregistrements : Laurie Hudicek, 1 cd Furious Artisans FACD 6805, 2002 ; Jo Boatright, 1 cd Music & Arts, 1999 ; Bojan Gorisek, 1 cd Audiophile Classics 103301, 1997 Christiane Mathe, 1 cd Koch Schwann 364092-2, 1997 ; Emmy Henz-Diemand, 1 cd Musiques Suisses 6091-2, 1994 ; Robert Nasveld, 1 cd Attacca Babel, 1993 ; Jeffrey Jacob, 1 cd Centaur 2050, 1990.

Part titles

Part One

Primeval Sounds (Genesis I) Cancer [G.R.]
Proteus Pisces [W.R.C.]
Pastorale (from the Kingdom of Atlantis, ca. 10,000 B.C.) Taurus [J.B.]
Crucifixus [SYMBOL] Capricorn [R.L.F.]

Part Two

The Phantom Gondolier Scorpio [G.H.C.]
Night-Spell I Sagittarius [A.W.]
Music of Shadows (for Aeolian Harp) Libra [P.Z.]

The Magic Circle of Infinity (Moto perpetuo) [SYMBOL] Leo [C.D.]

Part Three

The Abyss of Time Virgo [A.S.]
Spring-Fire Aries [D.R.B.]
Dream Images (Love-Death Music) Gemini [F.G.L.]
Spiral Galaxy [SYMBOL] Aquarius [B.W.]

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