Performed or realized principally by the composers
Issued with print journal, Leonardo music journal, vol. 8 (1998).
Compact disc.
Includes brief notes by Matthias Osterwold (1 folded sheet) inserted in container; further notes in the journal.
The vocal works performed in English or with vocally produced sounds.
The memorial ode on the death of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin / Alexander Abramovitch Krejn (Berliner Symphoniker ; Christian von Borries, conductor) (8:10) -- Excerpts from Voiceless essay / John Cage (3:44) -- The lecture of Comrade Stalin at the extraordinary 8th plenary congress about the draft concept of the constitution of the Soviet Union on November 25, 1936 / Paul de Marinis (7:06) -- Excerpt from Automatic writing / Robert Ashley (4:23) -- There is only one lie, there is only one truth / Cornelius Cardew (P.C.A. Singers ; English Chamber Choir ; Guy Protheroe, conductor) (4:51) -- Reality is a ghost in my mind (cruelty & terror) : op. 174 / Henning Christiansen (5:45) -- Nothing is real (Strawberry fields forever) / John Lennon and Paul McCartney ; arr. by Alvin Lucier (Margaret Leng Tan, piano) (9:15) --Extract from A host, of golden daffodils / Peter Cusack and Nicolas Collins (3:02) -- For Jerry / Shelley Hirsch ; "combined with the music and voice of Jerry Hunt" (6:01) -- Music for Salomé. Who was that, who cried out? ; I have slipped ; Dance of the 7 veils ; Give me the head of Jokanaan / Frieder Butzmann (Lindy Annis, voice ; Frieder Butzmann, self-built instruments) (6:04) -- Vario / processed by Oval/Markus Popp (4:03) -- Blues with beer, magazines, table and chair / Michael Snow (4:27)