Program notes by Joseph R. Dalton (19 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Forms part of: Wisconsin Music Archives.
Recorded 1950-1993.
Aeolian harp ; The banshee / Henry Cowell (Henry Cowell, piano) (3:18) -- The letter : [excerpt] / Harry Partch (Harry Partch, intoning voice ; Ben Johnston, Betty Johnston, Donald Pippin, Harry Partch, instruments) (5:18) -- Waltz-gavotte : from Music for piano / Irving Fine (Irving Fine, piano) (2:44) -- Fantasy in space : for tape recorder / Otto Luening (Otto Luening, 4 over-dubbed flutes) (2:21) -- Image / Robert Helps (Robert Helps, piano) (2:57) -- Praises and prayers. My master hath a garden ; and, Before sleeping / Virgil Thomson (Betty Allen, mezzo-soprano ; Virgil Thomson, piano) (3:43) -- Fanfare from Organbook (1967) / William Albright (William Albright, organ) (2:39) -- Spatials : variations for piano / George Walker (George Walker, piano) (3:26) -- Divertimento for flute, cello and piano. Movements 1 & 2 / Harvey Sollberger (Harvey Sollberger, flute ; Fred Sherry, violoncello ; Charles Wuorinen, piano) (3:31) -- Five sonorous inventions. Second invention / Curtis Curtis-Smith (Gerald Fischbach, violin ; Curtis Curtis-Smith, bowed piano) (3:41) --
(cont.): The Nantucket songs. The dance ; Nantucket ; Go, lovely rose / Ned Rorem (Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano ; Ned Rorem, piano) (4:13) -- Petroushskates / Joan Tower (Da Capo Chamber Players) (5:35) -- Samba D hiccup / Guy Klucevsek (Guy Klucevsek, accordion) (5:24) -- Strange quiet. Part I / Michael Gordon (Michael Gordon Philharmonic) (5:24) -- Requiem for Bosnia : an improvisation for broken piano, harp and child's voice : excerpt / Victoria Jordanova (Victoria Jordanova, broken piano and harp) (4:59) -- Nine songs : ritual opera. Water spirit / Tan Dun (Tan Dun, voice, percussion and conductor ; Nine Songs Ensemble and Chorus) (4:58) -- Apocalypse : an electronic opera. Organ screaming : excerpt ; and, Dawn wind / Alice Shields (Alice Shields, voice and electronics) (5:27)