I still think that the best intro to Varese would be the CBS LP conducted
by Robert Craft, which I believe contains "Poeme Electronique" among
various other works. It's fairly common in the 20th Cent Classical bins &
I think received CDization. Look for the olive green cover. There was a
2CD that came out recently that claimed to be "complete" (did you know
that Mr. Varese was no more prolific than Klaudia Schiff?), but reaction
to it seemed fairly mixed among fans. At least enough to make me put it
off (any opinions around here? Andrei?) I mean, it does have the
original version of "Ameriques" on it, so it's gotta be worth checking
out.
-rob
ps- when you search cdnow for all sackbut recordings, it doesn't return
Kagel's "Music for Renaissance Instruments"... heresy!
pps- Hugh Le Caine rules
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