CD FLUXUS & NEOFLUXUS: STOLEN SYMPHONY

Popis - FLUXUS & NEOFLUXUS: STOLEN SYMPHONY:
This album features pieces by (in alphabetical order): Eric Andersen, Ay-O, George Brecht, John Cage, Giancarlo Cardini, Giuseppe Chiari, Henning Christiansen, Philip Corner, Öyvind Fahlström, Ken Friedman, Sten Hanson, Geoffrey Hendricks, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Joe Jones, Bengt af Klintberg, Milan Knízák, Alison Knowles, Larry Miller, George Maciunas, Sara Miyamoto, Nam June Paik, Yoko Ono, Opening Performance Orchestra, Benjamin Patterson, Josef Anton Riedl, Terry Riley, Takako Saito, Tomas Schmit, Dieter Schnebel, Mieko Shiomi, Yasunao Tone, Ben Vautier, Yoshi Wada and La Monte Young. The musicians and performers Anna Clementi, Agnese Toniutti, Deborah Walker, Werner Durand, Luciano Chessa, Miroslav Beinhauer, Petr Bakla, Nicolas Horvath, Petr Ferenc and Premysl Ondra have played, performed and declaimed the Fluxus pieces, Arditti Quartet and S.E.M. Ensemble provided one piece from their archives. Milan Knízák, Petr Rezek, Petr Kotík, Olaf Hanel, Eric Andersen, Per Brunskog, Peter van der Meijden, Pavlína Morganová, Natasha Lushetich, Joseph Nechvatal, Natilee Harren, Martin Patrick, Diedrich Diederichsen, Christopher M. Reeves and Hubertus von Amelunxen have written Fluxus-themed texts. Archivio Conz in Berlin provided access to their extensive Fluxus archives and Edizioni Conz provided co-production. Ursula and René Block made possible the realisation of John Cage's historical composition 'Rozart Mix' from the Edition Block archive. The photographic material comes from Marie Knízáková and Milan Knízák's private archive, the German photographer Wolfgang Träger, Archivio Conz's Fluxus archive and Opening Performance Orchestra's digital archive. The cover themes are paintings by Milan Knízák, while the graphic design is the work of Jaroslav Buzek. The whole release is produced by re-set production. The CD edition contains 29 pieces, new and old, live and studio, finished pieces and scores to be performed, acoustic and classical, solos and pieces for ensemble, using classical and special instruments.
CD1:
00. John Cage - 0'00'' (1962) (solo to be performed in any way by anyone) 0:00
01. La Monte Young - Composition 1960 #15 to Richard Huelsenbeck (1960) 4:39 (Agnese Toniutti, piano)
02. Milan Knízák - DKH Quartet (edit) (1973) 4:40 (Arditti Quartet)
03. Henning Christiansen - Wolfsflöte (1986) 4:00 (Werner Durand, wind)
04. Giuseppe Chiari - Metodo Teorico E Pratico Per Suonare Il Violoncello (1962) 7:43 (Deborah Walker, cello)
05. Milan Knízák - White Process (from the cycle 'Processes Mainly For The Space Of Mind) (1978) 0:46 (Petr Ferenc, voice)
06. Dick Higgins - Emmett William's Ear (1977) 9:40 (Agnese Toniutti, piano)
07. Milan Knízák - A Chromatic Scale In Countermovement (1971) (2:04) (Miroslav Beinhauer, broken piano)
08. Henning Christiansen - Sturmsax (1986) 3:34 (Werner Durand, wind)
09. Yoshi Wada - Lip Vibrator (1973) 2:24 (Ostravská Banda & Audience, Live at DOX Gallery, Prague, 7 June 2021)
10. Terry Riley - Shoganigidi #1 (2021) 3:18 (Miroslav Beinhauer, broken piano)
11. Yasunao Tone - Clapping Piece (1963) 2:33 (residents of the Institute Ostrava Days conducted by Eric Andersen)
12. Mieko Shiomi - Direction Music For A Pianist (1990) 25:59 (Agnese Toniutti, piano)
13. Dieter Schnebel - An-sätze (1985) 5:37 (Anna Clementi, voice)
14. La Monte Young - Composition 1960 #7 (1960) 1:19 (Nicolas Horvath, piano)
CD2:
01. Eric Andersen - It Isn't Bad (2021) 1:05 (Eric Andersen)
02. Eric Andersen - Opus 1961 (1961) 5:29 (Miroslav Beinhauer & Petr Bakla, piano)
03. Bengt af Klintberg - Triad No.1 (2021) 5:10 (Werner Durand, bottles)
04. Mieko Shiomi - Imaginary Garden No. 3 (2009) 7:38 (Miroslav Beinhauer, piano)
05. Milan Knízák - Material Events (from the cycle 'Processes Mainly For The Space Of Mind') (1978) 1:26 (Premek Ondra, voice)
06. Giuseppe Chiari - Gesti Sul Piano (1962) 4:40 (Luciano Chessa, piano)
07. Öyvind Fahlström - Morgon (1952-55) 5:31 (Anna Clementi, voice)
08. Philip Corner - A Really Lovely Piece Made For & By Agnese (2019) 3:13 (Agnese Toniutti, piano)
09. Terry Riley - Ear Piece (1962) 5:00 (Luciano Chessa)
10. Philip Corner - Small Pieces Of A Fluxus Reality (2018) 2:26 (Agnese Toniutti, piano)
11. Benjamin Patterson - Paper Piece (1960) 5:59 (Luciano Chessa)
12. Philip Corner - Toy Piano (2012) 2:24 (Agnese Toniutti, piano)
13. Sten Hanson - A Living Man (Poem) (1971) 3:51 (Anna Clementi, voice)
14. Opening Performance Orchestra - Stolen Symphony (2021) 21:25 (Opening Performance Orchestra, electronics)
15. Milan Knízák & Phaerentz & Opening Performance Orchestra - BROKEN REBROKEN edit (2020) 3:00 (Milan Knízák & Phaerentz & Opening Performance Orchestra, live at MaerzMusik, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2014)