Adventures In Sound

Unprecedented early electronic works by Karlheinz Stockhausen in this three CD box set which also incorporates visionary creations of intellect and sensitivity by Pierre Boulez, Xenakis, Ligeti and Edgard Varse alongside audacious amplified small sounds constructed by John Cage. This pioneering work proved an inspiration for future generations of artists looking to free themselves from the dead weight of convention. Ligetis music would be used to memorable dramatic effect by Stanley Kubrick in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Frank Zappa long-championed Varse. When in 1967 Paul McCartney discovered just how far Stockhausen had already progressed with Gesang der Jnglinge, he encouraged the Beatles to experiment with techniques ranging from the use of reversed tapes to the total abandonment of metre and melody which notably reached expression on Revolution 9. Stockhausens influence has been enormous. He invented a new kind of relationship between musics components. He has changed our view of musical time and form. Pierre Boulez These composers constructed their music according to differing philosophies, systems, formulae and beliefs. What they had in common was a hunger for new sounds and soundscapes that might celebrate the rejuvenation of civilisation and point to a future where war had no place. No composer had a greater appetite for revolution than Stockhausen, who was embarking on a quest that would occupy him for more than half a century, and which would take in a whole gamut

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Format: CD
Artist: Various
Release Date: 05 November 2021
Genre: Classical Music
Label: El
Distributor: MGM Music