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Plectra and Percussion Dances

Harry Partch

Plectra and Percussion Dances

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404943225
Catnr: BRIDG 9432
Release date: 24 October 2014
1 CD
 
Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404943225
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9432
Release date
24 October 2014

"“The scenarios of the three pieces are a typically odd Partch jumble of Greek myth, surreal humour – Happy Birthday to You crops up in the middle of one of them – and snatches of texts by Rimbaud. The struck and plucked music sometimes recalls a Javanese gamelan, sometimes modern primitivism.”"

The Guardian, 01-12-2014
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This new recording marks the first complete performance of Harry Partch’s major cycle in three parts, Plectra and Percussion Dances. On the original 1953 recording, Castor & Pollux, was missing three movements, and the finale, Even Wild Horses, was missing its tenor saxophone part.

The virtuosi of Partch give us revelatory interpretations of these stunningly original scores. Also included is a 7 minute spoken introduction, given by the composer in 1953 on the occasion of the broadcast premiere of this work.

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“The scenarios of the three pieces are a typically odd Partch jumble of Greek myth, surreal humour – Happy Birthday to You crops up in the middle of one of them – and snatches of texts by Rimbaud. The struck and plucked music sometimes recalls a Javanese gamelan, sometimes modern primitivism.”
The Guardian, 01-12-2014

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01.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini: : I. Leda & the Swan (Insemination)
01:53
(Harry Partch)
02.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini: : II. Conception
01:51
(Harry Partch)
03.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini: : III. Incubation
01:51
(Harry Partch)
04.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini:: IV. Chorus of Delivery from the Egg
01:50
(Harry Partch)
05.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini: : V. Leda & the Swan (Insemination)
01:50
(Harry Partch)
06.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini:: VI. Conception
01:51
(Harry Partch)
07.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini: : VII. Incubation
01:52
(Harry Partch)
08.
Castor & Pollux - A Dance for the Twin Rhythms of Gemini:: VIII. Chorus of Delivery from the Egg
02:06
(Harry Partch)
09.
Ring Around the Moon: : I. First Phase
02:55
(Harry Partch)
10.
Ring Around the Moon: : II. Second Phase
02:15
(Harry Partch)
11.
Ring Around the Moon:: III. Third Phase
02:48
(Harry Partch)
12.
Ring Around the Moon: : IV. Fourth Phase
01:30
(Harry Partch)
13.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: : I. Act 1 - Scene 1 - A Decent and Honorable Mistake
03:06
(Harry Partch)
14.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: : II. Act I - Scene 2 - Rhythm of the Womb, Melody of the Grave
03:02
(Harry Partch)
15.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: : III. Act I - Scene 3 - Happy Birthday to You!
02:55
(Harry Partch)
16.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: : IV. Act II - Scene 1 - 'Nor These Lips Upon Your Eyes'
03:25
(Harry Partch)
17.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama:: V. Act II - Scene 2 - 'Hunger, Thirst, Shout, Dance!'
02:26
(Harry Partch)
18.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: : VI. Act II - Scene 3 - 'Land of Darkness and of Whirlwinds'
03:38
(Harry Partch)
19.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: : VII. Act III - Scene 1 - 'Had I Not Once a Lovely Youth?'
03:00
(Harry Partch)
20.
Even Wild Horses - Dance Music for an Absent Drama: : VIII. Act III - Scene 2 - 'Let Us Contemplate Undazed the Endless Reaches of My Innocence'
02:38
(Harry Partch)
21.
Partch's 1953 introduction to the live broadcast of the Premiere on KPFA-FM
07:11
(Harry Partch)
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