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Conlon Nancarrow is doubtless one of the most original figures in the history of music. In the late 1940s, he turned to the instrument that later became inseparable from his name: the player piano...

The composer Conlon Nancarrow, who died in 1997 at the age of 84, is regarded as an exceptional figure in the field of contemporary music. It is especially his compositions for player piano that made...

For decades, Conlon Nancarrow's creative activity was confined to the privacy of his studio: he wrote music for the player piano, punched it manually onto paper rolls, and listened to it played by...

In complex layers of sound, Sarah Nemtsov creates a polydimensional utopian vision of urban life - confusing, energetic, and sometimes nerve-wracking: "It has to do with the tension between...

Don't expect anything simpler from me! - Emmanuel Nunes (1941-2012) was an artist of almost intimidating ability and self-confident stubbornness - much like his teachers Karlheinz Stockhausen and...

Klaus Ospald's Leopardi Cycle is based on the work of Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi. Notable in all three works is a preference for low tonal regions, especially of the brass and woodwinds, augmented...

The Trio Accanto's unconventional instrumentation of saxophone, piano, and percussion fascinates composers and inspires them to look beyond their usual musical horizons. This is confirmed by the...

Seidener Faden -Silken Thread is WERGO's second album portrait of Younghi Pagh-Paan. The first appeared 26 years ago, and this new recording is long overdue, given the composer's increasing...

Piercing, song-like, aggressive, dance-like - this is how her music sounds. Graciela Paraskeva?dis was someone who did not bow down. Companions from all over Latin America call her a great beacon,...

It was only with Partch that a music began to take shape that could do equal justice to the physical desire for rhythmic pulse and a curiosity for new, unheard sounds; a music that enthralls us...

For half a century, Juan Carlos Paz has had an impact on the avant-garde aesthetic in Argentina and Latin America. In honor of his decades of commitment to Latin American contemporary music, Wergo...

Pecou / Orchestre National De France / Stockhammer Pecou: Orquoy / Chango / Macha De La Humanidad CD1. Orquoy 2. Rez? a Elegua 3. Cant? a Chang? 4. Marcha de la Humanidad