V.A. : Adventures In Sound

"No composer had a greater appetite for revolution than Stockhausen, who was embarking on a quest that would occupy him for more than half a century, and which would take in a whole gamut of constantly re-defined objectives - among them 'point music', 'spatial music' and 'multi-formula composition'. His early electronic compositions such as the Studies were painstakingly and meticulously constructed using magnetic tape, to be followed over the ensuing decade by the works which ranked among the masterpieces of electronic music, Gesang der Ju?nglinge (Song of the Youths) and Kontakte (Contacts). All of these unprecedented early electronic works are included in this three CD box set presentation which also incorporates such visionary creations of intellect and sensitivity as Pierre Boulez' orientally flavored Le Marteux Sans Maitre, recorded under the baton of Robert Craft, Xenakis' brilliant explorations of the dramatic and coloristic properties of Concre?te sound, Poe?me e?lectronique, Edgard Vare?se's extraordinary response to a commission from Le Corbusier for music for the pavilion of the 1958 Brussels World Fair, and Ligeti's 'conversation without words', Artikulation, alongside the audacious Cartridge Music, for 'amplified small sounds' constructed by John Cage, using phonograph cartridges inserted with feathers, lengths of wire, toothpicks, pipe cleaners, small twigs, wire coils and nails to make audible otherwise indiscernible sounds."

Tracklist
- Adventures In Sound
- Pierre Schaeffer - Cinq Etudes De Bruits (Five Studies Of Noises) -
1-1 - Etude Aux Chemins De Fer - 2:57
1-2 - Etude Aux Tourniquets - 1:58
1-3 - Etude Violette - 3:26
1-4 - Etude Noire - 3:58
1-5 - Pathetique - 4:09
1-6 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Studie Nr. 1 - 9:31
1-7 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Studie Nr. 2 - 3:11
1-8 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Gesang Der Junglinge (Song Of The Youths) - 13:11
1-9 Iannis Xenakis - Diamorphoses - 7:00
1-10 Iannis Xenakis - Concret PH - 2:50
1-11 Edgard Varese - Poeme Electronique - 8:13
1-12 Pierre Henry - Voile D'Orphee (Veil Of Orpheus) - 15:36
- New Directions In Music
2-1 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Etude Concrete -
2-2 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Nr. 5 Zeitmasse (Time-measures) -
- Pierre Boulez - Le Marteux Sans Maitre (The Hammer Without A Master) -
2-3 - Avant "L'Artisanat Furieux" -
2-4 - Commentaire I De "Bourreaux De Solitude" -
2-5 - "L'Artisanat Furieux" -
2-6 - Commentaire II De "Bourreaux De Solitude" -
2-7 - "Bel Edifice Et Les Pressentiments", Version Premiere -
2-8 - "Bourreaux De Solitude" -
2-9 - Apres "L'Artisanat Furieux" -
2-10 - Commentaire III De "Bourreaux De Solitude" -
2-11 - "Bel Edifice Et Les Pressentiments" Double -
2-12 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontra-Punkte (Counter-Points) -
2-13 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zyklus (Cycle) -
2-14 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Refrain -
- Electronic Music For The Mind And Body
3-1 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte (Contacts) (For Electronic Sounds) -
3-2 Iannis Xenakis - Orient-Occident -
3-3 Gyorgy Ligeti - Artikulation -
3-4 John Cage - Cartridge Music -
3-5 John Cage - Aria With Fontana Mix -

Credits
Alto Vocals ? Margery MacKay (tracks: 2-3 through 2-11)
Bassoon [Bassoonist] ? Donald Christlieb* (tracks: 2-2)
Celesta [Celeste], Cymbal [Antique Cymbals] ? Bernhard Kontarsky (tracks: 2-14)
Clarinet [Clarinetist] ? William Ulyate (tracks: 2-2)
Conductor ? Robert Craft (tracks: 2-2 through 2-11)
Cover [Cover Art Of Electronic Music For The Mind And Body] ? Amanda LeCorney
Electronics ? Cornelius Cardew (tracks: 3-3), Gottfried Michael Koenig (tracks: 3-3), Gyorgy Ligeti (tracks: 3-3)
Engineer ? Bob Arnold (tracks: 3-4, 3-5), Frank Abbey (tracks: 3-5)
Engineer [Recording Engineer] ? Wolfgang Hirschmann (tracks: 2-14)
English Horn ? Donald Leake (tracks: 2-2)
Flute [Flutist] ? Arthur Gleghorn (tracks: 2-2 through 2-11)
Guitar [Guitarist] ? Theodore Norman (tracks: 2-3 through 2-11)
Liner Notes ? Christopher Evans
Marimba [Marimbaphone], Guiro, Drums [Two Wood Drums (African Tree Drums)], Bells [Suspended Indian Bells], Drum [Side Drum], Tom Tom [Four Tom-Toms], Cymbal [Two Cymbals], Hihat [High Hat], Triangle [Two Triangles], Vibraphone, Cowbell [Four Cowbells], Gong, Tam-tam, Other [Short And Hard Sticks Of Different Materials] ? Christoph Caskel (tracks: 2-13)
Oboe [Oboist] ? David Muggeridge* (tracks: 2-2)
Percussion [Percussionist (Playing Bongos, Maracas, Tamborines, Claves, Bells, Tam-tam, Triangle, Gong, Cymbals, Small Cymbals)] ? Walt Goodman* (tracks: 2-3 through 2-11)
Performer ? David Tudor (tracks: 3-4)
Piano, Wood Block [Wood Blocks] ? Aloys Kontarsky (tracks: 2-14)
Vibraphone [Vibraphonist] ? William Kraft (tracks: 2-3 through 2-11)
Vibraphone, Cowbell [Cowbells], Glockenspiel ? Christoph Caskel (tracks: 2-14)
Violin [Violinist] ? Milton Thomas (tracks: 2-3 through 2-11)
Xylophone [Xylorimbist] ? Dorothy Remsen (tracks: 2-3 through 2-11)

Notes
Box set collecting Various - Adventures In Sound, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez - New Directions In Music (with revised tracklist), and Various - Electronic Music For The Mind And Body.
Three discs, each in a Mini LP style sleeve, housed in a 5 1/8” x 5 1/8” x 5/8” cardboard box including a twenty-four page booklet.