Anthony Braxton - Composition No. 173 (1996) CDRip FLAC

Tracklist:
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[15:39] 1. Anthony Braxton - Opening Music (Introduction)
[16:16] 2. Anthony Braxton - Scene One - Interlude Duo
[14:22] 3. Anthony Braxton - Scene Two (A) - Interlude Ensemble
[5:12] 4. Anthony Braxton - Scene Two (B)
[7:27] 5. Anthony Braxton - Closing Music

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Recorded on 19, 20 and 21 December, 1994 at East Side Sound, NYC.


Opening Music - Introduction
Scene One - Interlude Duo
Scene Two (A) - Interlude Ensemble
Scene Two (B)
Closing Music

All Compositions by Anthony Braxton

Actors:

Steve Ben Israel, Laura Arbuckle, Isha Beck, Baba Ben Israel

Solo Instrumentalists:

Melinda Newton: oboe
Brandon Evans: sopranino sax





Musicians:

Bo Bell: bassoon
Melinda Newman: oboe
Jennifer Hill: clarinet
Brandon Evans: bass clarinet
Danielle Langston: violin
Nickie Braxton: violin
Brett W. Larner: koto
Kevin O'Neil: guitar
Sandra Miller: cello
Jacob Rosen: cello
Dirck Westervelt: bass
Joe Fonda: bass
Josh Rosenblatt: percussion

Anthony Braxton: composer/conductor

Blue" Gene Tyranny, Allmusic wrote:
This musically and textually complex composition examines movement-strategies that occur in normal life in various spaces (a living room, an airport, a theater space, an open outdoor area "I hear an influence coming on from the CKA AREAS," dream spaces, etc.); the actors describe in subtle detail several "movement-execution strategies." Body areas are examined as analogs for the occurrence of sound, the imagery of a "body-examination logic." As one actor describes the purpose of the text "... all I need are allies who are willing to risk a moment to change fundamental established 'positions, ' really Arnold, it's time for a change." The music is exciting and contrapuntally dense, and at other times mysteriously sustained. Maps of geography (sounds moving about the real and imaginary and video "virtual" lands) and musical graph strategies are treated as analogs. A thoughtful and innovative "multimedia" work.



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