The 1st-5th works for solo voice; the 6th work for amplified voice with electronics; the 7th-9th and 11th works for multiple voices on multitrack tape; the 10th work for voice and Buchla synthesizer. Text of the 9th work derived from a radio interview given by Cathy Berberian on June 19, 1977. Joan La Barbara, voice. Recorded in Berkeley, Calif., at the University Art Museum, Feb. 26, 1976 (1st, 3rd, 6th works); in New York City at Washington Square Church on Jan. 15, 1975 (2nd, 6th works) and at The Kitchen Center for Video and Music, Feb. 17-18, 1978; on Radio France, Nov. 4, 1976 (4th-5th works); at Radio Bremen (7th work); in Paris at IRCAM (11th work). Compact discs; analog recording. Includes program notes by Kenneth Goldsmith and the composer ([12 pages] inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1, Explorations. Voice piece : one-note internal resonance investigation (15:20) ; Hear what I feel (8:26) ; Circular song (7:28) ; Des accords pour Teeny (13:41) ; Les oiseaux qui chantent dans ma tête (19:18) -- Disc 2, The music. Vocal extensions (16:38) ; Twelvesong (Zwölfgesang) (12:15) ; q-/-uatre petites bêtes (7:23) ; Cathing (8:02) ; Autumn signal (13:18) ; October music : star showers and extraterrestrials (14:16).
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