MOTM

In a message dated 99-10-31 19:09:41 EST, you write:

<< I also really like the Stockhausen pieces you mention as well as "Hymnen" 
 which uses a lot of short-wave broadcasts.  >>


john,
i have most of stockhausens recorded output. he`s sort of my personal e.m. 
idol. yeah, "hymnen" is great. "telemusik", "kurzwellen" ( shortwaves), etc., 
all first rate.
varese is really good,too. i have an old collected works 2 lp set that has a 
nice version of "deserts" on it with the e.m. inserts recorded at columbia 
princeton. xenakis piece was the foyer entry music to the pavillion. i 
haven`t heard any of his more recent work emanating from CEMAMU in france but 
have an lp of his older electroacoutic tape music which has some good stuff. 
yeah, a reissue of varese stuff might certainly have been remastered. i don`t 
know what format the original tapes for the multispeaker projection system 
used. the lp i have has a stereo mix. i do recall that the e.m. was recorded 
at the phillips facility in the netherlands, later to become the core of the 
studio in utrecht, now moved to the hague. the utrecht studio put out a 4 
record set that had a lot of very varied electroacoustic and electronic music 
on it. some of it was very intense.
best,
dave