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ROGER
HANNAY
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Pre-Digital
Electronic Music
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Architecture
in Sound Volume II
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| The second of these two discs, ARCHITECTURE
IN SOUND VOLUME TWO, presents eight of his electronic
works composed between 1966 and 1980. A very innovative
and richly eclectic collection, the music found on this
disc draws its inpiration from pop and jazz and also from
the contemporary classical idioms. Each of these unique
works helps to define and articulate the field of electronic
music composition. The opening work, AMERICA SING!, combines
musique concrete and electronic sound synthesis in a programmatic
“anti-Vietnam-war” statement of considerable force and
effectiveness. SPHINX, for trumpet and electronic tape
is also part of this collection, presented in a definitive
live-performance version. The complex and large-scale
ARP-Dances explores the potentials of the analogue synthesizer
in the studio context, as do the other pieces on the disc. |
| For this special two-volume publication
the original recordings were very carefully edited and
remastered in high-definition audio, rendering the music
as it has never been heard before. This collection of
fine compositions will appeal to aficionados of electronic
and contemporary music and will be of special interest
to collectors and broadcasters around the world. |
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