The Major Electronic & Electroacoustic Scores (since WWII)

[James]

Electronic & Electroacoustic music and the increasing use of technology really took hold as a major musical & compositional expansion/development after WWII. For a complete survey of 20th century (and beyond) western art music it can't be ignored. Within this thread we can survey the essential statements regarding this major and continually expanding western art music development. Purely electronic scores, mixtures of traditional/acoustical instruments with electronic media & instruments and even full scale operas.

[Drasko]

Xenakis - La légende d'Eer
Birtwistle - Chronometer
Riley - Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band

[EigenUser]

Respighi The Pines of Rome
Boulez Repons (my favorite of this list, by far, for whatever that's worth)
Varese Deserts
Stockhausen Kontakte (full electronic version), GdJ
Ligeti Artikulation (that piece is actually hilarious -- almost like a friendly jab/parody at Stockhausen)
Reich Violin Phase
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[San Antone]

Just about anything by Bernard Parmegiani ("La Creation du Monde" was his first acknowledged masterpiece), Francis Dhomont, his CD released last year is exceptionally good:

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or Ferrari. 

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Dominque Bassal's newest CD is excellent.  Pierre Alexandre Tremblay's CD from2013 is also very good.

[North Star]

Respighi The Pines of Rome

Uh. . . Are you sure that's post-WW II?

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Xenakis - La légende d'Eer

Seconded. Berio's Visage must be mentioned - it's creepy and gripping, and lacks that "hey listen to these weird sounds" vibe that is the sole achievement of a lot of electro-acoustic works.

[San Antone]

Peat+Polymer
Natasha Barrett

[ritter]

First to come to mind (some are repeats from other "post-WW2" lists, and YouTubes are rationed to one by composer on this post  ):

Pierre Boulez: Répons; ...explosante-fixe...; Anthèmes 2; Dialogue de l'ombre double
https://www.youtube.com/v/TMYDgwNALY8

Kaija Saariaho: Lonh
https://www.youtube.com/v/l7ZQTYhO4fM

Jonathan Harvey: Speakings; Mortuos plango, vivos voco
https://www.youtube.com/v/vq3XU4eLUuk

Cristóbal Halffter: Variaciones sobre la resonancia de un grito
https://www.youtube.com/v/Ez8UpmYWjlU

[EigenUser]

Uh. . . Are you sure that's post-WW II?

Oops . The 'electronic' part stuck out more than the 'post-WWII' part.

[Artem]

Xenakis on Mode is very nice, but I heard that the earlier version on Montaigne is better. Does anybody have a preferred recording of La légende d'Eer?

I rather like Cerha's Und du... from the following CD, which is about Hiroshima:

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[San Antone]

Some composers, there are many more.  For those who are interested, the site electrocd.com is a good resource.

Alvin Lucier
Phill Niblock
William Basinski
Jacob Kierkegaard
Philip Jeck
Taylor Deupree
Machinefabriek is the musical nom de plume of musician/sound artist and graphic designer Rutger Zuydervelt
Stephen Maltheiu

I don't do "lists of great or major works" that is for each person to decide for themselves; I am not an arbiter of greatness, in fact I do not even consider "greatness".  Nor do I expect or desire for anyone else to play that role for me or others.

[San Antone]

Here's some works, but for me the way this music works is as the totality of a composers sound world which develops across many years of work.  To select a piece here and there is beside the point, imo.  Most of these composers deal with slowly developing sound and drones.  I especially appreciate Church and the other related works on that recording, but all have resonated with me at one time or another.  However, they may do nothing for others.

Michèle Bokanowski - Cirque; Enfance
Bruno Capelle - Douze douces variations autour d'elle
Michel Chion - La messe de terre
Alvin Lucier - This the sound of my voice
Phill Niblock - Winterbloom Too
William Basinski - Nocturnes
Jacob Kierkegaard - Church
Philip Jeck - Stoke (entire recording is one work)
Taylor Deupree - Perpetual, three movement work
Machinefabriek is the musical nom de plume of musician/sound artist and graphic designer Rutger Zuydervelt - Music for Studies
Stephan Maltheiu - Transcriptions ( w/ Taylor Deupree); Remain

Bolded ones are especially noteworthy imo.

[chadfeldheimer]

Some additions:

Grisey - Les Espaces Acoustiques, Vortex Temporum
Xenakis - Persepolis, Bohor, Orient Occident
Kagel - Acustica

[Karl Henning]

Not a major work, but very musical:

http://www.youtube.com/v/NKMmwq1Iy_8

[chadfeldheimer]

Not a major work, but very musical:

http://www.youtube.com/v/NKMmwq1Iy_8

Which one?

[Karl Henning]

Which one what?

[North Star]

Not a major work, but very musical:

Very cool.

Which one?

The red pill.

[chadfeldheimer]

Which one what?

Ah - sorry. Your link is for some reason hidden in my browser (Opera). Saw just your text and interpreted it as an answer to my post.

[Karl Henning]

Ah - sorry. Your link is for some reason hidden in my browser (Opera). Saw just your text and interpreted it as an answer to my post.

Ah, I see. No worries.