Earle Brown’s “Contemporary Sound Series” on WERGO 6 slipcases, each containing 3 CDs in jewel boxes – with original LP covers and liner notes – as well as a leaflet containing an essay by D.J. Hoek on the series. earle brown – a life in music – vol. 1 cd 1 concert percussion for orchestra amadeo roldán: ritmicas nos. 5 & 6 / lou harrison: canticle no. 1 / william russell: three dance movements / henry cowell: ostinato pianissimo / william russell: three cuban pieces / john cage and lou harrison: double music / john cage: amores the manhattan percussion ensemble / john cage and paul price: conductors cd 2 stockhausen – kagel karlheinz stockhausen: zyklus / refrain / mauricio kagel: transición II david tudor, piano / christoph caskel, percussion, vibraphone, cowbells, glockenspiel / aloys kontarsky, piano, woodblocks / bernhard kontarsky, celeste, antique cymbals cd 3 live electronic music improvised mev: spacecraft / amm mev – musica elettronica viva (from rome): alan bryant, alvin curran, frederic rzewski, richard teitelbaum, ivan vandor / amm (from london): cornelius cardew, lou gare, christopher hobbs, eddie prévost, keith rowe WER 6928 2 (3 CDs) earle brown – a life in music – vol. 2 cd 1 works for chamber orchestra luigi nono: polifonica – monodia – ritmica / bruno maderna: serenata n. 2 / luciano berio: differences the english chamber orchestra / bruno maderna: conductor / jacques castagner, flute / walter lewis, clarinet / francis pierre, harp / walter trampler, viola / seymour barab, cello / luciano berio: conductor cd 2 new music from london peter maxwell davies: antechrist / harrison birtwistle: ring a dumb carillon / david bedford: come in here child / richard orton: cycle, for 2 or 4 players the pierrot players / peter maxwell davies: conductor / mary thomas, soprano / jane manning, soprano / john tilbury, piano / richard orton, piano, percussion / moray welsh, cello cd 3 feldman – brown morton feldman: durations / earle brown: music for violin, cello and piano / music for cello and piano / hodograph I don hammond, (alto) flute / don butterfield, tuba / david tudor, piano, celeste / philip kraus, vibraphone, orchestra bells, marimba / matthew raimondi, violin / david soyer, cello WER 6931 2 (3 CDs) earle brown – a life in music – vol. 3 cd 1 the voice of cathy berberian luciano berio: circles (e.e. cummings) / sylvano bussotti: frammento / john cage: aria with fontana mix cathy berberian, voice / francis pierre, harp / jean-pierre drouet, boris de vinogradov, percussion / luciano berio, piano cd 2 nirvana symphony toshiro mayuzumi: nirvana symphony nhk symphony orchestra, chorus of tokyo choraliers and nippon university chorus group / conductor: wilhelm schüchter WERGO / SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA GmbH · Weihergarten 5 · 55116 Mainz · Germany cd 3 new music for piano(s) iannis xenakis: herma / roger reynolds: fantasy for pianist / yuji takahashi: metathesis / earle brown: corroboree yuji takahashi, piano WER 6934 2 (3 CDs) – Spring 2010 earle brown – a life in music – vol. 4 cd 1 new music for string quartet pierre boulez: livre pour quatuor I, II, V / giacinto scelsi: quartetto d’archi n. 4 / earle brown: string quartet quatuor parrenin / hamann quartett / quartetto di nuova musica / new york string quartet cd 2 new music for chamber orchestra iannis xenakis: achoripsis / aldo clementi: triplum / bo nilsson: frequenzen / szene III / arnold schönberg: drei kleine stücke / wlodzimierz kotonski: canto / yuji takahashi: six stoicheia internationales kranichsteiner kammer-ensemble / conductor: bruno maderna / the hamburger kammersolisten / conductor: francis travis / paul zukofsky, violin cd 3 the hamburger kammersolisten milko kelemen: etudes contrapuntiques / niccolò castiglioni: tropi / vittorio fellegara: serenata / isang yun: musik für sieben instrumente the hamburger kammersolisten / conductor: francis travis WER 6937 2 (3 CDs) – Autumn 2010 earle brown – a life in music – vol. 5 cd 1 sonic arts union electric sound alvin lucier: vespers / robert ashley: purposeful lady slow afternoon / david behrman: runthrough / gordon mumma: hornpipe alvin lucier / robert ashley / david behrman / gordon mumma cd 2 “concord” sonata charles ives: piano sonata no. 2 “concord, mass., 1840–1860” aloys kontarsky, piano / theo plümacher, viola / willy schwegler, flute cd 3 music for flute and piano franco evangelisti: proporzioni / luciano berio: sequenza I / yoritsune matsudaira: somaksah / niccolò castiglioni: gymel / olivier messiaen: le merle noir / bruno maderna: honeyrêves severino gazzelloni, flute / aloys kontarsky, piano WER 6940 2 (3 CDs) – Spring 2011 earle brown – a life in music – vol. 6 cd 1 cage – wolff john cage: cartridge music / christian wolff: duo for violinist and pianist / summer for string quartet / duet II for horn and piano david tudor, piano / kenji kobayashi and matthew raimondi, violin / walter trampler, viola / david soyer, cello / howard hillyer, horn cd 2 new music for violin and piano george crumb: four nocturnes for violin & piano / isang yun: gasa / charles wuorinen: the long and the short / john cage: six melodies for violin and keyboard paul zukofsky, violin / gilbert kalish, piano cd 3 new music from south america for chamber orchestra gerardo gandini: soria moria / césar bolaños: divertimento III / marlos nobre: tropicale / oscar bazán: sonogramas / manuel enriquez: diptico I / alcides lanza: penetrations II the new sound composers-performers group / conductor: alcides lanza WER 6943 2 (3 CDs) – Autumn 2011 WERGO / SCHOTT MUSIC & MEDIA GmbH · Weihergarten 5 · 55116 Mainz · Germany .