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[aligreto]

I am lifting this recent article from Discogs and posting it here as some here are interested in the genre and may, or may not be aware of these women.

7 Extraordinary Women of Early Electronic Music
[Nicole Raney posted April 7, 2021]


Johanna Magdalena Beyer (1888-1944) is the first female composer to create work for electronic instruments back in the 1930s. Although she did not reach notoriety during her lifetime, her compositions — especially her percussion music — have been immensely influential.
Recommended listening: Sticky Melodies and Percussion Suite.

Clara Rockmore (1911-1988) is arguably the most accomplished artist on theremin to this day. She was instrumental (no pun intended) in establishing both the theremin and experimental music in general as art to be respected and revered.
Recommended listening: Theremin and Music In and On the Air.

Pauline Oliveros (1932-2016) is a multi-instrumentalist (although the accordion was one of her main weapons), electronic music composer, teacher, and author who developed not only a unique setup of digital signal processors for her live performances but also musical concepts such as "deep listening" and "sonic awareness."
Recommended listening: Accordion & Voice and the improv work of the Deep Listening Band.

Delia Derbyshire (1937-2001) is an electronic music composer whose career is defined by her long stint at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop and for her contribution to the famous Doctor Who theme music. She has greatly influenced subsequent British electronic musicians.
Recommended listening: Standard Music Library: Electronic Music and The Dreams.

Wendy Carlos (b. 1939) is an early modular synthesizer pioneer and electronic music composer. She helped Robert Moog develop his namesake synths and scored several hit film soundtracks.  Recommended listening: Switched-On Bach and the original Tron soundtrack.

Pauline Anna Strom (1946-2020) is a self-taught electronic music composer and synth performer who also went by the moniker Trans-Millenia Consort. She explored various complex themes and "inner worlds" through her work.
Recommended listening: Trans-Millenia Consort and Angel Tears in Sunlight.

Suzanne Ciani (b. 1946) is a synth maestro whose work can be best defined as electronic or new-age music but also includes sound effects and jingles. She has composed and produced on a wide variety of electronic instruments but is best known for using Buchla synths.
Recommended listening: Seven Waves and LIVE Quadraphonic.

[amw]

Bruckner 6 - Herbert Blomstedt - Gewandhausorchester - Querstand

Objectionable in many minor and not-so-minor details (eg soft-edged timpani, rounded articulations when staccato/staccatissimo is called for, minor live performance defects, balance problems) but absolutely perfect in large-scale phrasing, forward motion and tempo relations.

[Sergeant Rock]

Prokoviev Classical Symphony, Giulini conducting the Chicago




Sarge

[Madiel]

Oh yes, there are lots of people with large collections and CD players, but they (we) are OLD, Harry!  A dying breed..

Most of my colleagues, who are generally younger - in their 30s and 40s - are absolutely shocked when they hear I still have physical recordings! 

I'm in my 40s. People are more shocked that I don't have Netflix.

[Papy Oli]

Good afternoon all,

More and more of this :

Debussy / Ciccolini.


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[vandermolen]

Lennox Berkeley PC and the one for 2 Pianos:

[Sergeant Rock]

Stravinsky Orpheus and Symphony in C




Sarge

[North Star]

A little afternoon concert program

Liszt
Totentanz, Paraphrase über 'Dies Irae'
Rian de Waal (pf)
Anima Eterna
Immerseel


Salonen
Violin Concerto
Leila Josefowitz (vn)
Finnish RSO
Salonen

   


Kurtág
Stele
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
Gielen


Strauss
Eine Alpensinfonie
Berliner Philharmoniker
Karajan

[Traverso]

Morley

This was a must have for me,just arrived and in mint condition,I'm now listening and it sounds great.
Leonhardt is not mentioned on the front cover but he participates nevertheless in two tracks ( virginal and harpsichord )
Parts of this recording are familiar to me from a recording with The Consort of Musicke wich I enjoyed very much over the years.

[Traverso]

Stravinsky Orpheus and Symphony in C




Sarge

Very nice and great box   

[North Star]

Stravinsky Orpheus and Symphony in C




Sarge

Good to see you around, Sarge. That's a real table pounder of a box, too. 

[Stürmisch Bewegt]

Gosh, now I feel like doing the same thing with Kertesz and Vienna playing the Schubert symphonies. A set that I so dearly love.

Personally, I regard those among his best recordings, along with Bluebeard and the Dvořák Symphonies. 

[Sergeant Rock]

Very nice and great box   

Good to see you around, Sarge. That's a real table pounder of a box, too. 

It is a fabulous box. I'm going to keep listening: the Symphony of Psalms.

Sarge

[Brahmsian]

It is a fabulous box. I'm going to keep listening: the Symphony of Psalms.

Sarge

I have to be honest, I don't ever remember seeing you listening to Stravinsky before, Sarge? 

[Que]

2nd run:

[DavidW]

Pounds the table! I should revisit Karajan's Mahler, although I think of him as a better Bruckner conductor generally.

Completely agreed.

[Brahmsian]

Personally, I regard those among his best recordings, along with Bluebeard and the Dvořák Symphonies.

Speaking of, I am listening to the Kertesz Dvořák symphony set right now, as it arrived yesterday.  Listening to the 2nd symphony! 

[DavidW]

I plan on listening to Rachmaninov's Vespers, cello sonata and piano trios today.

[Sergeant Rock]

I have to be honest, I don't ever remember seeing you listening to Stravinsky before, Sarge? 

It happens occasionally 

Sarge

[Sergeant Rock]

Making a brief excursion into Mirror Image's neck of the classical woods: Debussy Preludes played by Samson François




Sarge