by Edgard Varese, Michael Colgrass, David Saperstein, Henry Cowell, Charles Wuorinen, The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble · Elektra / Nonesuch · CD · EAN 0075597915020
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«Percussion Music» is the compilation album by Edgard Varèse, Michael Colgrass, David Saperstein, Henry Cowell and Charles Wuorinen, released by Elektra / Nonesuch on CD.
The CD brings together five percussion works composed between 1931 and 1976 and performed by The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. It includes Varèse's "Ionisation", Colgrass's "Fantasy-Variations", Cowell's "Ostinato Pianissimo" and Wuorinen's "Percussion Symphony", conducted by Raymond Des Roches and Wuorinen himself.
CD edition with one disc, released by Elektra / Nonesuch (code 7559-79150-2) in 1987.
For listeners of contemporary classical music and those seeking a sample of the American avant-garde for percussion.
