Short bio Edgard Varèse
Full biography Edgard Varèse
Edgard Varèse was a French-born American composer who lived from 1883 to 1965. He is known for his avant-garde, experimental approach to music, which emphasized timbre and rhythm over traditional harmony and melody. Varèse's work was highly influential in the development of electronic music and sound sculpture, and he is often considered a pioneer in these fields.
Varèse began his musical career in Paris, where he studied with some of the leading composers of the day, including Charles Widor and Vincent d'Indy. However, he soon became disillusioned with the conservative musical culture of Paris and began to develop his own style, which was heavily influenced by his interest in science and technology.
In 1915, Varèse moved to the United States, where he continued to experiment with new forms of music. He worked with various electronic and acoustic instruments, including the theremin and the ondes Martenot, and often incorporated non-musical sounds into his compositions.
Varèse's most famous works include "Ionisation", a groundbreaking composition for percussion ensemble, and "Poème électronique", an experimental piece commissioned for the Philips Pavilion at the 1958 World Expo in Brussels. He also wrote several orchestral pieces, including "Amériques" and "Arcana", which were noted for their complex rhythms and dense textures.
Varèse's work was highly influential on subsequent generations of composers, and he is often credited with laying the foundations for the development of electronic and experimental music in the 20th century. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, in recognition of his impact on popular music.
Compositions featuring Edgard Varèse
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nocturnal, for soprano, chorus of basses & chamber orchestra (edited by Chou Wen-Chung) | 10:42 min | Vocal Music | 1961 |
| 2 | Poème électronique, for tape | 7:44 min | Electronic/Computer Music | 1957 |
| 3 | Déserts for brass, percussion, piano & tape | 21:14 min | Chamber Music | 1950 |
| 4 | Dance for Burgess, for orchestra (draft, completed by Chou Wen-Chung) | 1:45 min | Orchestral | 1949 |
| 5 | Tuning Up, for orchestra (draft, realized by Chou Wen-Chung) | 5:00 min | Orchestral | 1947 |
| 6 | Density 21.5, for flute solo | 4:20 min | Chamber Music | 1936 |
| 7 | Ecuatorial, for bass, chorus, brass, piano, organ, 2 ondes martenots & percussion | 11:27 min | Vocal Music | 1932 |
| 8 | Ionisation, for 13 percussionists | 5:47 min | Chamber Music | 1929 |
| 9 | Arcana, for orchestra | 18:24 min | Orchestral | 1925 |
| 10 | Intégrales, for 11 winds & 4 percussionists | 10:34 min | Chamber Music | 1924 |
| 11 | Octandre, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and double bass | 7:00 min | Chamber Music | 1923 |
| 12 | Hyperprisme, for winds and percussion | 4:14 min | Chamber Music | 1922 |
| 13 | Offrandes, for soprano & chamber orchestra | 7:15 min | Vocal Music | 1921 |
| 14 | Amériques, for orchestra | 24:13 min | Orchestral | 1918 |
| 15 | Un grand sommeil noir, song for voice & orchestra | 4:08 min | Orchestral | 1906 |
| 16 | Un grand sommeil noir, song for voice & piano | 2:55 min | Vocal Music | 1906 |
| 17 | Graphs and Time, for chamber ensemble | 8:35 min | Chamber Music | - |
Albums featuring Edgard Varèse
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Prokofiev, Varèse, Martinon, ORFT Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Symphony No. 7 / Arcana(5×File, MP3, Compilation, Remastered) | 2022 | Urania Records (4) |
| 2 |  |
Percurama, Cage, Ginastera, Harrison, Varèse, Signe Asmussen, Niklas Walentin, Jean Thorel – American Percussion Works: Cage - Ginastera - Harrison - Varèse(CD, Compilation) | 2021 | Naxos |
| 3 |  |
Gershwin, Varèse, Stravinsky, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Louis Langrée – Transatlantic(CD, Album) | 2019 | Fanfare Cincinnati |
| 4 |  |
Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1 | 2018 | Él |
| 5 |  |
Short Portrait(CD, Compilation, Remastered) | 2018 | Praga Digitals |
| 6 |  |
Debussy · Hindemith · Ives · Janáček · McPhee · Petrassi · Ravel · Ruggles · Schreker · Scriabin · Steuermann · Strauss · Varèse · Wagner · Zemlinsky · SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden U. Freiburg · Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des SWR · Rundfunk-Si | 2018 | SWR Music |
| 7 |  |
Dvořák, Varèse - Seattle Symphony, Ludovic Morlot – Symphony No. 9 New World · Amériques(CD, Album) | 2015 | Seattle Symphony Media |
| 8 |  |
Richard Strauss | Edgard Varèse, Ingo Metzmacher, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Wei Lu – Ein Heldenleben - Amériques(CD, ) | 2014 | Challenge Classics |
| 9 |  |
Berlioz / Varèse - Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons – Symphonie Fantastique / Ionisation(CD, Album) | 2014 | BR-Klassik |
| 10 |  |
Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy – Modern Classics(CD, ) | 2011 | Él |
| 11 |  |
Varèse − The Percussive Planet, Martin Grubinger, Ensemble Modern Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Bertrand De Billy – Kontinent (»In Meinem Kopf Singt Ein Vogel Das Ganze Jahr.«)(CD, Album) | 2011 | Col Legno |
| 12 |  |
Varèse, Limbrick, Kopetzki, Reich, Froleyks, Rouse - Perkussion NRW – Splash(CD, Album) | 2010 | CC ClassicClips |
| 13 |  |
Boulez - Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio - Ensemble Intercontemporain, New York Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra – Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio(6×CD, Compilation) | 2009 | Sony Classical |
| 14 |  |
Pierre Schaeffer, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Iannis Xenakis, Pierre Henry, Edgard Varèse – Adventures In Sound(CD, Compilation) | 2009 | Él |
| 15 |  |
Varèse / Chávez / Revueltas / Messiaen / Harrison – The View From The Edge(CD, Compilation) | 2009 | Él |
| 16 |  |
Xenakis, Varèse, Romitelli, Asko Ensemble, Stefan Asbury, Marieke Koster – Milano Musica Festival Live - Volume 2(CD, Album) | 2009 | Stradivarius |
| 17 |  |
I Percussionisti Della Scala, Renato Rivolta | Reich, Chávez, Stockhausen, Cage, Varèse – Percussion Masterpieces(CD, ) | 2008 | Stradivarius |
| 18 |  |
Varèse - Watts, Grochowska, Bloch, Men's Voices Of The Camerata Silesia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee – Orchestral Works • 2: Amériques, Écuatorial, Ionisation | 2008 | Naxos |
| 19 |  |
Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez – I Grandi Direttori: Pierre Boulez(2×CD, Compilation) | 2007 | Il Sole 24 Ore |
| 20 |  |
Entretiens Avec Georges Charbonnier - Création De "Déserts"(2×CD, ) | 2007 | INA |
| 21 |  |
Mozart, Varèse, Haydn - Jugend-Sinfonieorchester Aargau, Judith Schmid (2), Moritz Baltzer – Klangfarben Boswil 1(CD, ) | 2006 | Stiftung Künstlerhaus Boswil |
| 22 |  |
Edgard Varèse, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee – Arcana ● Intégrales ● Déserts | 2001 | Naxos |
| 23 |  |
Boulez Conducts Varèse, Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Amériques · Arcana · Déserts · Ionisation | 2001 | Deutsche Grammophon |
| 24 |  |
Boulez • Dutilleux • Jolivet • Messiaen • Varèse - Bernold, Tharaud – Sonatines Pour Flûte & Piano | 2000 | Harmonia Mundi |
| 25 |  |
Amériques - Offrandes - Hyperprism - Octandre - Arcana - Densité 21,5 - Ionisation - Ecuatorial - Nocturnal - Intégrales - Déserts | 2000 | Erato |
| 26 |  |
Varèse, Ligeti, Berio, Cage – Offrandes, Arcana / Atmosphères / Sequenza I (Per Flauto), Sequenza IV (Per Pianoforte) / Sonate N. 12, N. 13, N. 2, N. 5 Da Sonatas And Interludes(CD, Compilation, Reissue) | 2000 | Naxos |
| 27 |  |
Bartok, Hindemith, Varese - Jean Martinon, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Suites For Orchestra: The Miraculous Mandarin • Nobilissima Visione • Arcana | 1999 | RCA Red Seal |
| 28 |  |
Takemitsu • Varèse • Berio • Mortenson • Arseneault • Reich - Claire Marchand – Solo Flûte(CD, Album) | 1999 | Atma Classique |
| 29 |  |
Varèse, Jolivet, Xenakis, Aurèle Nicolet, Bernhard Wulff, Schlagzeugensemble Der Jungen Deutschen Philharmonie – Jolivet Varese Xenakis(CD, Album) | 1999 | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi |
| 30 |  |
Varèse - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Asko Ensemble, Riccardo Chailly – The Complete Works | 1998 | Decca |
| 31 |  |
Holst / Varèse - Leonard Slatkin, Philharmonia Orchestra – The Planets / Arcana | 1997 | BMG Classics |
| 32 |  |
Xenakis, Varèse | Philip Larson, Timothy Adams, The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Juan Pablo Izquierdo – Dämmerschein / Persephassa / La Déesse Athéna / Amériques(CD, ) | 1997 | Mode |
| 33 |  |
Edgar Varèse - Orchestre National De France, Bryn-Julson, Isherwood, Pierlot, Kent Nagano – L'Œuvre De Edgar Varèse (Vol. 2 - 1925-1961)(CD, ) | 1996 | Erato |
| 34 |  |
Carter / Varèse - Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic, Ensemble InterContemporain – A Symphony Of Three Orchestras / Déserts · Ecuatorial · Hyperprism | 1995 | Sony Classical |
| 35 |  |
Varèse / Penderecki / Ligeti – Ionisation(2×CD, ) | 1995 | VoxBox |
| 36 |  |
Gerhard E. Winkler • Morton Feldman • Edgard Varèse – Emergent / The Rothko Chapel / Intégrales, Octandre(CD, Album) | 1994 | col legno |
| 37 |  |
Edgard Varèse, Florent Schmitt, Harmonie-Orkest St. Michaël Thorn, Armando Blanquer, Heinz Friesen, Dimitri Kabalevsky – Ameriques / Gloses II / Dionysiaques / Ouverture Colas Breugnon(CD, Album) | 1994 | KRO |
| 38 |  |
Varèse / Ives - The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi – Amériques - Symphony No. 4 - The Unanswered Question | 1994 | Decca |
| 39 |  |
Prokofiev / Varèse / Mosolov - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly – Symphony No.3 / Arcana / Iron Foundry | 1994 | Decca |
| 40 |  |
Severino Gazzelloni, Bruno Canino, RTSI Orchestra, Donato Renzetti, Vivaldi, Händel, Marcello, Beethoven, Varèse, Petrassi, Fukushima – Flute(CD, ) | 1993 | Ermitage |
| 41 |  |
Edgar Varèse – Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Orchestre National De France, Kent Nagano – L'Œuvre De Edgar Varèse, Vol. 1 1920-1927: Amériques/Offrandes/Hyperprism/Octandre/Arcana | 1993 | Erato |
| 42 |  |
Burl Ives, Edgard Varèse – Il dizionario enciclopedico della musica classica - IVES, VARESE(CD, CD-ROM) | 1992 | Armando Curcio Editore |
| 43 |  |
Michael Gielen, Edgard Varèse, Claude Debussy, George Lopez (3) – Gielen-Edition Ameriques / Jeux / Landscape With Martyrdom(CD, Album) | 1992 | Intercord Tonträger GmbH |
| 44 |  |
Gougeon - Rea - Varèse - Longtin / L'ensemble De La SMCQ – SMCQ - Gougeon-Rea-Varèse-Longtin(CD, Album) | 1992 | Doberman-Yppan |
| 45 |  |
Varèse - Pierre Boulez – Arcana • Amériques • Ionisation • Offrandes • Density 21.5 • Octandre • Intégrales | 1990 | Sony Classical |
| 46 |  |
Edgard Varese, Milton Babbitt, Roger Reynolds, Iannis Xenakis – Electro Acoustic Music: Classics | 1990 | Neuma Records |
| 47 |  |
Edgar Varèse - Robert Craft, Charles Ives, Michael Tilson Thomas, Leopold Stokowski – IVES - VARESE(CD, Album, Reissue) | 1990 | Armando Curcio Editore |
| 48 |  |
Kurt Weill, Edgard Varèse, Paul Bowles, Bohuslav Martinů, Chicago Pro Musica – Weill-Varèse-Bowles-Martinů(LP) | 1989 | Reference Recordings |
| 49 |  |
Franz Liszt / Jean-Sebastien Bach / Edgar Varèse – Baccalauréat 1987(LP, Compilation) | 1986 | La Voix De Son Maître |
| 50 |  |
Ameriques, Nocturnal, Ecuatorial(Cassette, Album, Stereo) | 1985 | Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. |
| 51 |  |
Stravinsky, Maderna, Webern, Varèse, Miskolci Új Zenei Műhely, György Selmeczi – New Music Workshop Of Miskolc(LP) | 1985 | Hungaroton |
| 52 |  |
André Cournand / Edgard Varèse / Franz Schubert - Ensemble "Die Reihe" / Friedrich Cerha / Members Of The Collegium Aureum – The Roots Of The Budding: The Adventures Of The Intellectual Life Of A Medical Scientist / Ionisation / Adagio From The String Qui | 1985 | Distar |
| 53 |  |
Varèse / Boulez / Ensemble Intercontemporain – Varèse: Ecuatorial / Déserts / Intégrales | 1984 | CBS Masterworks |
| 54 |  |
Les Percussions De Strasbourg – Americana | 1984 | Philips |
| 55 |  |
Varese / Xenakis / Messiaen / Cage - Orquesta Filarmónica De Los Ángeles, New Philharmonia Orchestra – Ionización / Antikhthon / Cantéyodjaya /Sonatas I-IV Y Primer Interludio Para Piano Preparado | 1984 | Decca |
| 56 |  |
Dallapiccola / Malipiero / Varèse / Cage – Documenti Sonori: Dal Dopoguerra Agli Anni '60: Cori Di Michelangelo Buonarroti Il Giovane / Cantari Alla Madrigalesca / Density 21,5 Per Ft. Solo / Music Walk(LP) | 1983 | Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri |
| 57 |  |
Nikolo Kastiljoni, Andre Žolive, Edgar Varez, Kazuo Fukušima, Bruno Maderna - Miodrag Azanjac, Nada Vujičić, Olivera Đurđević – Umetnost Flaute 7 = The Art Of The Flute(LP) | 1981 | PGP RTB |
| 58 |  |
Copland / Varèse / Britten, The Stratford Ensemble - Raffi Armenian – Appalachian Spring / Octandre / Sinfonietta Opus 1 | 1980 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| 59 |  |
Edgard Varèse, Robert Craft, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Offrandes(7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo) | 1979 | CBS |
| 60 |  |
István Matuz, Varèse, Jolivet, Dukay, Sáry, Dubrovay – The New Flute | 1978 | Hungaroton |
| 61 |  |
Janáček, Ives And Varèse – Janáček, Ives And Varèse(LP, Compilation) | 1978 | Open University |
| 62 |  |
Varèse - New York Philharmonic, Boulez – Boulez Conducts Varèse: Amériques / Arcana / Ionisation | 1977 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 63 |  |
The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Raymond DesRoches, Varèse, Colgrass, Cowell, Saperstein, Oak – Percussion Music | 1974 | Nonesuch |
| 64 |  |
Poème Electronique And Other Selections(LP) | 1973 | EAV Lexington |
| 65 |  |
Edgard Varèse - Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel – Ecuatorial / Nocturnal / Amériques | 1973 | Vanguard |
| 66 |  |
Boulez - Xenakis - Messiaen - Berio - Varèse - Jacques Castagner, Jacqueline Mefano – Sonatine / Herma / Le Merle Noir / Sequenza 1 / Densité 21,5(LP, Album) | 1972 | Disques Adès |
| 67 |  |
Varèse, Robert Craft Conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra – The Varèse Album | 1972 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 68 |  |
Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation | 1972 | Decca |
| 69 |  |
Offrandes / Intégrales / Octandre / Ecuatorial | 1972 | Nonesuch |
| 70 |  |
Erik Satie, Berlioz, Fl. Schmidt, Honegger, Faure, Ravel, Mauduit, Duparc, Debussy, Varese – Masterworks From France(4×LP, Transcription) | 1972 | The French Broadcasting System In North America |
| 71 |  |
Iannis Xenakis / Luc Ferrari / Edgard Varèse, Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris – 13e Saison De L'Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris 1971-1972(7", Compilation, Promo) | 1971 | La Voix De Son Maître |
| 72 |  |
Deserts / Hyperprism / Integrales / Density 21,5 | 1971 | La Voix De Son Maître |
| 73 |  |
Varèse, Nørgård, Lylloff / Bent Lylloff, Copenhagen Percussion Ensemble – Percussion From Denmark(LP, Stereo) | 1971 | Cambridge Records |
| 74 |  |
Density, Intégrales, Offrandes, Hyperprism, Octandre, Ionisation(LP, Album, Promo, Stereo) | 1971 | Pioneer (3) |
| 75 |  |
Varese / Robert Craft, Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Density 21,5 / Hyperprism / Intégrales / Ionisation / Octandre / Poème Electronique(LP, Album, Reissue) | 1971 | CBS |
| 76 |  |
Apostel | Denisow | Varese | Haubenstock-Ramati – Musikprotokoll 1970 - Steirischer Herbst - Eine Dokumentation(LP, Album) | 1970 | Amadeo |
| 77 |  |
Peter-Lukas Graf – Spielt Werke Für Soloflöte | 1970 | Claves |
| 78 |  |
Density / Intégrales / Offrandes / Hyperprism / Octandre / Ionisation | 1970 | Candide |
| 79 |  |
Offrandes / Hyperprism / Intégrales / Ionisation(LP, 10") | 1969 | Fratelli Fabbri Editori |
| 80 |  |
Berio / Jolas / Varèse – Tempi Concertati / D'Un Opéra De Voyage / Offrandes | 1968 | Disques Adès |
| 81 |  |
Varèse / Martin - Jean Martinon conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra – Arcana / Concerto For Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion And String Orchestra | 1966 | RCA Victor Red Seal |
| 82 |  |
Edgar Varèse / Darius Milhaud / Arthur Honegger – Amériques / L'Homme Et Son Désir / Pacific 231 | 1966 | Vanguard Everyman Classics |
| 83 |  |
Benjamin Britten, Edgard Varèse, Siegfried Naumann, Karl-Erik Welin – Les Illuminations / Octandre / Cadenze Per 9 Strumenti / Warum Nicht?(LP, Mono) | 1966 | Expo Norr |
| 84 |  |
Edgar Varèse / Robert Craft – A Sound Spectacular. Music Of Edgar Varèse Vol. 2: Arcana ‧ Déserts ‧ Offrandes | 1962 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 85 |  |
Music Of Edgar Varèse | 1960 | Columbia Masterworks |
| 86 |  |
Varèse / Schönberg - Pierre Boulez – Hyperprisme - Octandre - Intégrales / Suite Op. 29 | 1960 | Vega |
| 87 |  |
Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1 | 1951 | EMS Recordings |
| 88 |  |
Ionisation (For Percussion Ensemble) | 1934 | Columbia |
| 89 |  |
Debussy, Varèse, Jolivet, Brigitte Buxtorf – Debussy - Varèse - Jolivet - Brigitte Buxtorf(CD, ) | - | Cercle Kallistos |
| 90 |  |
Bruno Maderna, Varese – Vol. 25 / Déserts(CDr, ) | - | St-Laurent Studio |
| 91 |  |
Les Percussions De Strasbourg / Varese - Kabelac - Xenakis - Ohana - Chavez - Cage - Serocki – Ionisation - 8 Inventions - Persephassa - 4 Etudes Chorégraphiques - Toccata - First Construction (In Metal) - Continuum(2×LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | - | Philips |
| 92 |  |
Anton Webern, Dorothy Dorow, The John Alldis Choir, The English Chamber Orchestra, Gary Bertini, Claude Helffer, Edgard Varèse, Michel Debost, Ensemble Instrumental de Musique Contemporaine De Paris, Constantin Simonovitch, Les Percussions De Strasbourg, | - | Méssidor |
| 93 |  |
Chicago Pro Musica, Strauss - Hasenörl, Rimsky-Korsakov, Scriabin - Elliot, Stravinsky, Martinů, Nielsen, Walton, Bowles, Varèse, Weill – The Medinah Sessions(2×CD, HDCD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered) | - | Reference Recordings |
| 94 |  |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Hubert Bath, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Philip Sousa, Johann Strauss Jr., Gioacchino Rossini, Edgard Varèse – Stereo Assortment(LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo) | - | Avon Records |
Videos featuring Edgard Varèse
Edgard Varèse - Amériques
One of my favorite modernist pieces. I like to think of it as Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" on crack (see if you can find all the references!) There are also references to other early century music such as Schoenberg and (I think) Mahler. The last 5 minut
David Saperstein: Antiphonies for Percussion (1972)
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David Saperstein: Antiphonies for Percussion (1972) · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1974 Nonesuch Records
Conductor: Raymond DesRoches
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Déserts
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Déserts · Columbia Symphony Orchestra · Robert Craft · Edgar Varèse
A Sound Spectacular. Music Of Edgar Varèse Vol. 2: Arcana ‧ Déserts ‧ Offrandes
℗ 2016 Doxy Music
Released on: 2016-04-19
Conductor: Robert Craft
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Edgard Varese - Ionisation
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Nobilissima Visione Suite: III. Passacaglia
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Nobilissima Visione Suite: III. Passacaglia · Jean Martinon · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Paul Hindemith
Bartók, Hindemith & Varèse: Suites for Orchestra
℗ 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1999-05-15
Ameriques
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Ameriques · Maurice Abravanel · Utah Symphony Orchestra
Edgard Varese: Ameriques, Nocturnal, Ecuatorial / Arthur Honegger:Pacific 231
℗ 2008 Vanguard Classics
Released on: 2015-04-21
Composer: Edgar Varese
Aut
Ionisation
Provided to YouTube by Sony Classical
Ionisation · Pierre Boulez · Edgar Varèse · New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Varèse: Arcana, Amériques, Ionization, Offrandes, Density 21.5, Octandre & Intégrales
℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1990-0
Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Movement II
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Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Movement II · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1978 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, A Division
Offrandes I
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Offrandes I · Columbia Symphony Orchestra · Dona Precht · Robert Craft · Edgar Varèse
A Sound Spectacular. Music Of Edgar Varèse Vol. 2: Arcana ‧ Déserts ‧ Offrandes
℗ 2016 Doxy Music
Released on: 2016-04-19
Conducto
The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82
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The Miraculous Mandarin Suite, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82 · Jean Martinon · Béla Bartók · Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bartók, Hindemith & Varèse: Suites for Orchestra
℗ 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1999-
Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Movement I
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Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Movement I · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1978 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, A Division
Nobilissima Visione Suite: Introduction and Rondo I.
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Nobilissima Visione Suite: Introduction and Rondo I. · Jean Martinon · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Paul Hindemith
Bartók, Hindemith & Varèse: Suites for Orchestra
℗ 1967 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 19
Offrandes Il
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Offrandes Il · Columbia Symphony Orchestra · Dona Precht · Robert Craft · Edgar Varèse
A Sound Spectacular. Music Of Edgar Varèse Vol. 2: Arcana ‧ Déserts ‧ Offrandes
℗ 2016 Doxy Music
Released on: 2016-04-19
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The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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Arcana
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Arcana · Columbia Symphony Orchestra · Dona Precht · Robert Craft · Edgar Varèse
A Sound Spectacular. Music Of Edgar Varèse Vol. 2: Arcana ‧ Déserts ‧ Offrandes
℗ 2016 Doxy Music
Released on: 2016-04-19
Conductor: Ro
Integrales
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Integrales · Edgard Varèse · Julliard Percussion Orchestra
Varèse: Complete Works Volume 1
℗ 2010 Smith & Co
Released on: 2010-04-23
Music Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING RICORDI SRL
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Michael Colgrass: Fantasy-Variations (1961)
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Michael Colgrass: Fantasy-Variations (1961) · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1974 Nonesuch Records
Drums: Joseph Passaro
Conductor: Raymond
Arcana
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Arcana · Jean Martinon · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Edgar Varèse
Bartók, Hindemith & Varèse: Suites for Orchestra
℗ 1966 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1999-05-15
Producer: Howard Scott
Recording Engi
Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Movement III
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Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Movement III · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1978 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, A Divisio
Ameriques
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Ameriques · Pierre Boulez · Edgar Varèse · New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Varèse: Arcana, Amériques, Ionization, Offrandes, Density 21.5, Octandre & Intégrales
℗ 1977 Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1990-04
Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Entr'acte I: Vergine bella
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Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Entr'acte I: Vergine bella · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1978 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Reco
Edgar VARÈSE : « Arcana »
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
dir : Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Edgar Varèse - Déserts (1954, with original interpolations), Chailly/ASKO Ensemble.
My favorite recording of Varèse! original tape provided by the Columbia University Computer Music Center.
00:00 1st episode
03:12 1st interpolation of organised sound
05:38 2nd episode
13:12 2nd interpolation
16:26 3rd episode
18:03 3rd interpolation
21:1
Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Entr'acte II: Vergine bella
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Charles Wuorinen: Percussion Symphony (1976) ; Entr'acte II: Vergine bella · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1978 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Rec
Henry Cowell: Ostinato Pianissimo (1934)
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Henry Cowell: Ostinato Pianissimo (1934) · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Music: Works by Varese, Colgrass, Saperstein, Cowell, Wuorinen
℗ 1974 Nonesuch Records
Xylophone: Joseph Passaro
Conductor: Kennet
Ionisation, Part 1 & 2. Edgar Varèse. Columbia 4095-M, 78 RPM, Recorded 6/1/1934
Ionisation For Percussion Ensemble
Part 1 & Part 2
Conducted by Nicholas Slonimsky
Recorded 6/1/1934, New York
Columbia 4095-M
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EDGAR VARESE: Intégrales - Offrandes - Density 21.5 - Octandre - Hyperprism - Ionisation
Ensemble "Die Reihe"; Soloflöte: Helmut Reissberger; Ltg.: Friedrich Cerha. - Aufnahme/Veröffentlichung: 1971
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Edgard Varese: Ionisation (Full recording)
Edgard Varese: Ionisation performed by Amadinda Percussion Group, Mondo Quartet and students of Franz Liszt Academy of Music Budapest (February, 2005)
Varese - Deserts
Including three electronic interpolations.
Members of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Cristopher Lyndon-Gee
Edgard Varese: Offrandes (1921)
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Edgard Varese: Offrandes (1921) · The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Edgard Varèse: Offrandes; Intégrales; Octandre; Ecuatorial
℗ 1972 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for t
Edgard Varese: Ionisation (1931)
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Edgard Varese: Ionisation (1931) · The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
A Portrait
℗ 1974 Nonesuch Records
Released on: 2005-11-01
Conductor: Raymond DesRoches
Engineer, Producer: Joanna Nickrenz
Engineer, P
Interpolations From Deserts (Interpolation I)
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Interpolations From Deserts (Interpolation I) · Edgard Varèse
Complete Works of Edgard Varèse, Vol. 1 (Digitally Re-mastered)
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Released on: 2011-06-01
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Varèse : Densité 21.5
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Varèse : Densité 21.5 · Kent Nagano
Varèse : Orchestral Works
℗ 1996 Erato Disques S.A.
Flute: Philippe Pierlot
Composer: Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
Composer: VARESE
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Varèse: Amériques
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Varèse: Amériques · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Pierre Boulez
Varése: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
℗ 2001 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2001-01-01
Producer: Roger Wright
Edgard Varèse - Ionisation
Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965) - Ionisation (1929 - 1931)
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez (1977)
Ionisation is a work for 13 percussionists playing almost 40 percussion instruments. A typical performance lasts around 6 minutes.
"In 191
Interpolations From Deserts (Interpolation II)
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Interpolations From Deserts (Interpolation II) · Edgard Varèse
Complete Works of Edgard Varèse, Vol. 1 (Digitally Re-mastered)
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Released on: 2011-06-01
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Edgard Varèse - Nocturnal
Nocturnal, for soprano, chorus of basses & chamber orchestra (edited by Chou Wen-Chung), (1961)
Sarah Leonard, soprano
Men of the Prague Philharmonic Choir
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
Nocturnal was Edgard Varèse's last work, which wa
Varèse : Ionisation
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Varèse : Ionisation · Kent Nagano
Varèse : Orchestral Works
℗ 1996 Erato Disques S.A.
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Percussion: Orchestra National de Radio France
Composer: Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
Compose
Density 21.5
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Density 21.5 · Edgard Varèse · Rene Le Roy
Varèse: Complete Works Volume 1
℗ 2010 Smith & Co
Released on: 2010-04-23
Music Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING RICORDI SRL
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Varèse: Arcana
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Varèse: Arcana · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Pierre Boulez
Varése: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
℗ 2001 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2001-01-01
Producer: Roger Wright
Pro
Edgard Varese: Octandre (1923)
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Edgard Varese: Octandre (1923) · The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Edgard Varèse: Offrandes; Intégrales; Octandre; Ecuatorial
℗ 1972 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for th
Studium 3: Sakura, sakura
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Studium 3: Sakura, sakura · László Kovács · István Matuz · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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Edgard Varese [1883-1965] - "Hyperprism" [1923]
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Edgar Varèse - Density 21.5 (1936), Jacques Zoon (from the Varèse complete works by Decca)
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Varèse - Density 21.5 (Laura Pou, flute)
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Ionisation
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Ionisation · Edgard Varèse · Julliard Percussion Orchestra
Varèse: Complete Works Volume 1
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Released on: 2010-04-23
Music Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING RICORDI SRL
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Edgard Varese: Ecuatorial (1934)
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Edgard Varese: Ecuatorial (1934) · The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Edgard Varèse: Offrandes; Intégrales; Octandre; Ecuatorial
℗ 1972 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for
Edgard Varèse - Ecuatorial
Edgard Varèse (1883 - 1965) - Ecuatorial (1932 - 1934)
Kevin Deas, bass
ASKO Ensemble, Riccardo Chailly (1997)
Ecuatorial is a work for bass, brass, percussion, piano, organ, and ondes Martenot. It sets a text from the Popol-Vuh, translated to Spanish
Edgard Varèse - Octandre
Octandre, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, and double bass (1923)
I. Asses lent
II. Très vif et nerveux
III. Grave -- Animé et jubilatoire
ASKO Ensemble
Riccardo Chailly
Varèse often insisted that music is both a science
Density 21.5
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Density 21.5 · László Kovács · Edgard Varèse · István Matuz · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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Spotlight on Percussion. Eduard Varèse - Amériques. Pierre Boulez & the NY Philharmonic. (1977)
This early 20th century piece by Edgard Varèse (1883-1965) was completed just six years after Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. There are certainly echos of that earlier piece at the start of Varèse's work. But Varèse took the percussion elements to another
Varèse : Ecuatorial
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Varèse : Ecuatorial · Kent Nagano
Varèse : Orchestral Works
℗ 1996 Erato Disques S.A.
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Bass- Baritone: Nicholas Isherwood
Orchestra: Orchestra National de Radio France
Composer
Varèse: Déserts
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Varèse: Déserts · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Pierre Boulez
Varése: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
℗ 2001 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2001-01-01
Producer: Roger Wright
P
Interpolations From Deserts (Interpolation III)
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Interpolations From Deserts (Interpolation III) · Edgard Varèse
Complete Works of Edgard Varèse, Vol. 1 (Digitally Re-mastered)
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Released on: 2011-06-01
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Varèse : Nocturnal
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Varèse : Nocturnal · Kent Nagano
Varèse : Orchestral Works
℗ 1996 Erato Disques S.A.
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Orchestra National de Radio France
Soprano Vocals: Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Choir:
Varèse: Ionisation
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Varèse: Ionisation · Chicago Symphony Orchestra · Pierre Boulez
Varése: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
℗ 2001 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Released on: 2001-01-01
Producer: Roger Wright
Octandre
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Octandre · Edgard Varèse · Frederic Waldman · NY Wind Ensemble
Varèse: Complete Works Volume 1
℗ 2010 Smith & Co
Released on: 2010-04-23
Music Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING RICORDI SRL
Au
Varèse - Arcana (Boulez)
Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
Arcana (1926-1927)
New York Philharmonic
Pierre Boulez
Matuziada No. 2: Streams
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Matuziada No. 2: Streams · László Kovács · István Matuz · László Dubrovay · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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Edgard Varese: Integrales (1925)
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Edgard Varese: Integrales (1925) · The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble
Edgard Varèse: Offrandes; Intégrales; Octandre; Ecuatorial
℗ 1972 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for
Varèse : Intégrales
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Varèse : Intégrales · Kent Nagano
Varèse : Orchestral Works
℗ 1996 Erato Disques S.A.
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Orchestra National de Radio France
Composer: Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
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Cinq Incantations: I.
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Cinq Incantations: I. · László Kovács · István Matuz · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra · André Jolivet
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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Varèse : Déserts
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Varèse : Déserts · Kent Nagano
Varèse : Orchestral Works
℗ 1996 Erato Disques S.A.
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Orchestra National de Radio France
Composer: Edgar Varèse (1883-1965)
Composer: V
No. 1
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No. 1 · László Kovács · István Matuz · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra · Barnabás Dukay
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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Edgard Varèse, Hyperprism
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Edgard Varèse, Ameriques (Part 1)
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Tempophonie
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Tempophonie · László Kovács · István Szigeti · István Matuz · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on: 1992-08-17
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Cinq Incantations: IV. pour une communion serine de l'étre avec le monde
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Cinq Incantations: IV. pour une communion serine de l'étre avec le monde · László Kovács · István Matuz · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra · André Jolivet
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Released on
Edgard Varèse - Octandre 1/3
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Cinq Incantations: V. aux funérallies du chef pour obtenir la protection de som ame
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Cinq Incantations: V. aux funérallies du chef pour obtenir la protection de som ame · László Kovács · István Matuz · Miskolc Symphony Orchestra · André Jolivet
The New Flute
℗ 1992 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.
Amériques (Varèse)
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Edgard Varèse Actor
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Edgar Varèse: "Density 21.5" , performance by Egbert Jan Louwerse. Edited video.
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Edgard Varêse and Le Corbusier - Poême électronique (1958)
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Los Grandes Temas de la Música Clásica Vol. 59
Edgard Varèse / Carlos Chávez / John Cage - Los Percusionistas De Estrasburgo – Ionización / Tambuco / Toccata / Primera Construcción (En Metal)
Philips – 68 51 260
Edgard Varèse
A1 Ionización
Carlos Chávez
A2 Tambuco
B1 Toccata
John
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