曲目列表(Album Tracks):
01. Cage/Third Construction
02. Cowell/Seven Paragraphs
03. Cowell/Pulse
04. Seeger/Suite No.II
05. Harrison/String Trio

专辑简介与评论:

The New Music Consort: Pulse: Works For Percussion & Strings
Music Of Cage, Cowell, Harrison, Crawford Seeger
New World/classic Nw/nwcd 319 (lp/cd). 1985. Elizabeth Ostrow, Prod.; Anthony Salvatore, Eng. Aaa/aad. Tt: 35:31

Henry Cowell Was The First American Composer To Advocate Both Unorthodox Instrumental Techniques And The Assimilation Of Non-western Cultural Influences In His Music. These Compositional Trademarks Became Strong Influences On Much Of The Music Of Cowell's Two Most Famous Students, John Cage And Lou Harrison. Following Edgard Varèse's Footsteps, Cage Began, In The Late 1930s, To Compose For His Own Percussion Ensemble Works, Which Drew Heavily On Asian Music And Freely Used An Unorthodox Battery Of Western And Eastern Percussion Instruments. Cage's Third Construction And Cowell's Pulse, Both Written For Cage's Ensemble, Date From This Period, And Were Featured On A Spectacular 1985 New World Recording By The New Music Consort. The Performances On This Sonic Blockbuster (the Percussion Pieces Test A System's Transient, Dynamic, And Soundstaging Capabilities) Are Riveting; It's Difficult To Listen To The Unusually Accessible Cage Without Dancing Around The Room. Classic Records Has Now Reissued The Recording On Vinyl And Gold Cd. When Comparing The Reissue To The Original Vinyl, I Preferred The Sound Of The Reissue Slightly For Its Quieter Vinyl. And Classic's Gold Cd Sounds Damn Close To Their Vinyl. This Reissue Is A Must-buy For Anyone Remotely Interested In 20th-century Or Percussion Music. (xix-9)

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