Jane Manning, soprano, Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano, William Pearson, bass (4th work) ; Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez, conductor (1st, 2nd, 4th works) ; LaSalle Quartet (3rd work) ; Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg, Helmut Franz, director (5th work)
1st work for 13 instrumentalists; the 2nd for string orchestra or 12 solo strings; the 3rd for string quartet; the 4th for soloists (SAB) and 7 instrumentalists; the 5th for mixed chorus a cappella.
Deutsche Grammophon: 423 244-2.
Compact disc; 3rd and 5th works analog recordings.
Program notes by Stephen Plaistow in English with Spanish translation, by Monika Lichtenfeld in German with French translation, and by Ernesto Napolitano in Italian (20 p. : port.) inserted in container.
Recorded in Hamburg-Rahlstedt, DG Musikstudio, Apr. 1968 (5th work); Munich, Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaft, Dec. 1969 (3rd work); Paris, IRCAM, Mar. 1981 (4th work) and Mar. 1982 (1st-2nd works).
Fifth work sung in Latin.
Chamber concerto, for 13 instrumentalists (1969-70). Corrente (5:04) ; Calmo, sostenuto (5:48) ; Movimento preciso e meccanico (3:51) ; Presto (3:32) -- Ramifications, for string orchestra or 12 solo strings (1968-69) (8:29) -- String quartet no. 2 (1967-68). Allegro nervoso (5:10) ; Sostenuto, molto calmo (4:52) ; Come un meccanismo di precisione (3:06) ; Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso (1:58) ; Allegro con delicatezza-stets sehr mild (5:33) -- Adventures, for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists (1962) (12:01) -- Lux aeterna, for 16-voice a cappella mixed chorus (1966) (7:58)