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Edgard Varèse
1883-1965 FR, Paris
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse ([ɛdɡaːʁ viktɔːʁ aʃil ʃaʁl vaʁɛːz]; also spelled Edgar Varèse; December 22, 1883 – November 6, 1965) was a French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States.
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1 | Edgard Varèse | 2018 | Album |
| Ein Heldenleben - Amériques | Richard Strauss, Edgard Varèse, Ingo Metzmacher, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin | 2014 | Album |
| American Mavericks | The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Edgard Varèse | 2012 | Album |
| Kontinent (»In Meinem Kopf Singt Ein Vogel Das Ganze Jahr.«) | Edgard Varèse − The Percussive Planet Ensemble, Martin Grubinger, Ensemble Modern Orchestra, François-Xavier Roth, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Bertrand De Billy | 2011 | Album |
| Boulez Conducts Webern, Carter, Varèse, Berio | Pierre Boulez - Anton Webern, Elliott Carter, Edgard Varèse, Luciano Berio - Ensemble Intercontemporain, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, The London Symphony Orchestra | 2009 | Compil. |
| Milano Musica Festival Live - Volume 2 | Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varèse, Fausto Romitelli, Asko Ensemble, Stefan Asbury, Marieke Koster | 2009 | Album |
| The View From The Edge | Edgard Varèse / Carlos Chávez / Silvestre Revueltas / Olivier Messiaen / Lou Harrison | 2009 | Compil. |
| Orchestral Works • 2: Amériques, Écuatorial, Ionisation | Edgard Varèse - Elizabeth Watts, Maria Grochowska, Thomas Bloch, Camerata Silesia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee | 2008 | Album |
| La Flûte Soliste Au XXe Siècle | Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, André Jolivet, Henri Dutilleux & Edgard Varèse / Philippe Bernold • Alexandre Tharaud | 2008 | Album |
| I Grandi Direttori: Pierre Boulez | Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Béla Bartók, Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez | 2007 | Compil. |
| Entretiens Avec Georges Charbonnier - Création De "Déserts" | Edgard Varèse | 2007 | Album |
| Arcana ● Intégrales ● Déserts | Edgard Varèse, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Lyndon-Gee | 2001 | Album |
| Amériques · Arcana · Déserts · Ionisation | Pierre Boulez Conducts Edgard Varèse, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 2001 | Album |
| Offrandes, Arcana / Atmosphères / Sequenza I (Per Flauto), Sequenza IV (Per Pianoforte) / Sonate N. 12, N. 13, N. 2, N. 5 Da Sonatas And Interludes | Edgard Varèse, György Ligeti, Luciano Berio, John Cage | 2000 | Compil. |
| Amériques - Offrandes - Hyperprism - Octandre - Arcana - Densité 21,5 - Ionisation - Ecuatorial - Nocturnal - Intégrales - Déserts | Edgard Varèse | 2000 | Compil. |
| Suites For Orchestra: The Miraculous Mandarin • Nobilissima Visione • Arcana | Béla Bartók, Paul Hindemith, Edgard Varèse - Jean Martinon, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra | 1999 | Compil. |
| The Complete Works | Edgard Varèse - Concertgebouworkest, Asko Ensemble, Riccardo Chailly | 1998 | Compil. |
| Holst, The Planets; Varèse, Arcana | Edgard Varèse, Gustav Holst ; Philharmonia Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 1997 | Compil. |
| Dämmerschein / Persephassa / La Déesse Athéna / Amériques | Iannis Xenakis, Edgard Varèse | 1997 | Album |
| L'Œuvre De Edgar Varèse (Vol. 2 - 1925-1961) | Edgard Varèse - Orchestre National De France, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Nicholas Isherwood, Philippe Pierlot, Kent Nagano | 1996 | Album |
| A Symphony Of Three Orchestras / Déserts · Ecuatorial · Hyperprism | Elliott Carter / Edgard Varèse - Pierre Boulez, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra | 1995 | Compil. |
| Ionisation | Edgard Varèse / Krzysztof Penderecki / György Ligeti | 1995 | Album |
| Symphony No.3 / Arcana / Iron Foundry | Sergei Prokofiev / Edgard Varèse / Alexander Mossolov - Concertgebouworkest, Riccardo Chailly | 1994 | Album |
| Ameriques / Gloses II / Dionysiaques / Ouverture Colas Breugnon | Edgard Varèse, Florent Schmitt, Harmonie St. Michaël van Thorn, Armando Blanquer Ponsoda, Heinz Friesen, Dmitry Kabalevsky | 1994 | Album |
| Emergent / The Rothko Chapel / Intégrales, Octandre | Gerhard E. Winkler • Morton Feldman • Edgard Varèse | 1994 | Album |
| Amériques - Symphony No. 4 - The Unanswered Question | Edgard Varèse / Charles Ives - The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi | 1994 | Album |
| Flute | Severino Gazzelloni, Bruno Canino, Orchestra Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Donato Renzetti, Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Friedrich Händel, Benedetto Marcello, Ludwig van Beethoven, Edgard Varèse, Goffredo Petrassi, Kazuo Fukushima | 1993 | Album |
| L'Œuvre De Edgar Varèse, Vol. 1 1920-1927: Amériques/Offrandes/Hyperprism/Octandre/Arcana | Edgard Varèse – Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Orchestre National De France, Kent Nagano | 1993 | Album |
| Live 3 | Edgard Varèse | 1992 | Album |
| SMCQ - Gougeon-Rea-Varèse-Longtin | Denis Gougeon - John Rea - Edgard Varèse - Michel Longtin / Ensemble De La Société De musique Contemporaine Du Québec | 1992 | Album |
| Arcana • Amériques • Ionisation • Offrandes • Density 21.5 • Octandre • Intégrales | Edgard Varèse - Pierre Boulez | 1990 | Compil. |
| Electro Acoustic Music: Classics | Edgard Varèse, Milton Babbitt, Roger Reynolds, Iannis Xenakis | 1990 | Compil. |
| Weill-Varèse-Bowles-Martinů | Kurt Weill, Edgard Varèse, Paul Bowles, Bohuslav Martinů, Chicago Pro Musica | 1989 | Album |
| Baccalauréat 1987 | Franz Liszt / Johann Sebastian Bach / Edgard Varèse | 1986 | Album |
| New Music Workshop Of Miskolc | Igor Stravinsky, Bruno Maderna, Anton Webern, Edgard Varèse, Miskolci Új Zenei Műhely, György Selmeczi | 1985 | Album |
| The Roots Of The Budding: The Adventures Of The Intellectual Life Of A Medical Scientist / Ionisation / Adagio From The String Quintet In C Major D. 956 (Op. Posth. 163) | André Cournand / Edgard Varèse / Franz Schubert - Ensemble "die reihe", Wien / Friedrich Cerha / Collegium Aureum | 1985 | Album |
| Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation | Edgard Varèse | 1984 | Album |
| Ionización / Antikhthon / Cantéyodjayâ /Sonatas 1-4 Y Primer Interludio Para Piano Preparado | Edgard Varèse / Iannis Xenakis / Olivier Messiaen / John Cage - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Robert Sherlaw Johnson, John Tilbury Directed By William Kraft, Zubin Mehta, Elgar Howarth | 1984 | Compil. |
| Varèse: Ecuatorial / Déserts / Intégrales | Edgard Varèse / Pierre Boulez / Ensemble Intercontemporain | 1984 | Album |
| Documenti Sonori: Dal Dopoguerra Agli Anni '60: Cori Di Michelangelo Buonarroti Il Giovane / Cantari Alla Madrigalesca / Density 21,5 Per Ft. Solo / Music Walk | Luigi Dallapiccola / Gian Francesco Malipiero / Edgard Varèse / John Cage | 1983 | Album |
| Appalachian Spring / Octandre / Sinfonietta Opus 1 | Aaron Copland / Edgard Varèse / Benjamin Britten, The Stratford Ensemble - Raffi Armenian | 1980 | Album |
| Ionisation / Toccata | Carlos Chávez / Edgard Varèse / Les Percussions De Strasbourg | 1978 | Album |
| The New Flute | István Matuz, Edgard Varèse, André Jolivet, Barnabás Dukay, László Sáry, László Dubrovay | 1978 | Album |
| Boulez Conducts Varèse: Amériques / Arcana / Ionisation | Edgard Varèse - The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | 1977 | Album |
| Music Of Varèse - Arcana / Ionisation | Edgard Varèse, Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra | 1976 | Album |
| Percussion At Fredonia | Fredonia Percussion Ensemble / Gitta Steiner / Michael Colgrass / James Stabile / Zita Carno / Edgard Varèse / Niel DePonte | 1975 | Album |
| Percussion Music | The New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Raymond Des Roches, Edgard Varèse, Michael Colgrass, Henry Cowell, David Saperstein, Kil-sung Oak | 1974 | Album |
| Ecuatorial / Nocturnal / Amériques | Edgard Varèse - Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice de Abravanel | 1973 | Album |
| Amériques / Arcana | Edgard Varèse / Orchestre National De L'ORTF Direction Marius Constant | 1973 | Album |
| Poème Electronique And Other Selections | Edgard Varèse | 1973 | Album |
| The Varèse Album | Edgard Varèse, Robert Craft | 1972 | Compil. |
| Offrandes / Intégrales / Octandre / Ecuatorial | Edgard Varèse | 1972 | Album |
| Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation | Edgard Varèse | 1972 | Album |
| Percussion from Denmark | Edgard Varèse, Per Nørgård, Bent Lylloff, Copenhagen Percussion Ensemble | 1971 | Album |
| 13e Saison De L'Ensemble Instrumental De Musique Contemporaine De Paris 1971-1972 | Iannis Xenakis / Luc Ferrari / Edgard Varèse, Ensemble Instrumental de Musique Contemporaine | 1971 | Compil. |
| Density, Intégrales, Offrandes, Hyperprism, Octandre, Ionisation | Edgard Varèse | 1971 | Album |
| Musikprotokoll 1970 - Steirischer Herbst - Eine Dokumentation | Edgard Varèse | 1970 | Album |
| Offrandes / Hyperprism / Intégrales / Ionisation | Edgard Varèse | 1969 | Album |
| Nocturnal / Ecuatorial / Structures Sonores | Edgard Varèse / Henri Lazarof - Utah Symphony Orchestra / Maurice de Abravanel, Ariel Bybee / Bass Ensemble Of The University Of Utah Civic Chorale ; Newell Weight | 1968 | Album |
| Programme N° 6 & 7 | Montreal CBC Symphony Orchestra ,orchestre Symphonique de Radio-canada A Montreal Vancouver Instrumental Orchestra, Edgard Varèse, Maurice Ravel, Ludwig van Beethoven | 1967 | Compil. |
| Les Illuminations / Octandre / Cadenze Per 9 Strumenti / Warum Nicht? | Benjamin Britten, Edgard Varèse, Siegfried Naumann, Karl-Erik Welin | 1966 | Album |
| Amériques / L'Homme Et Son Désir / Pacific 231 | Edgard Varèse / Darius Milhaud / Arthur Honegger | 1966 | Album |
| Arcana / Concerto For Seven Wind Instruments, Timpani, Percussion And String Orchestra | Edgard Varèse / Frank Martin / The Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Jean Martinon | 1966 | Album |
| A Sound Spectacular. Music Of Edgar Varèse Vol. 2: Arcana ‧ Déserts ‧ Offrandes | Edgard Varèse / Robert Craft | 1962 | Album |
| Music Of Edgar Varèse | Edgard Varèse | 1960 | Album |
| Hyperprisme - Octandre - Intégrales / Suite Op. 29 | Edgard Varèse / Arnold Schoenberg - Pierre Boulez | 1960 | Album |
| Complete Works Of Edgard Varèse, Volume 1 | Edgard Varèse | 1951 | Album |
| Ionisation (For Percussion Ensemble) | Edgard Varèse | 1937 | Album |
| Le Merle Noir / Density 21,5 / Sonatine / Sequenza / Honeyreves / Tempus Loquendi / Sul G | Olivier Messiaen / Edgard Varèse / Pierre Boulez / Luciano Berio / Bruno Maderna / Bernd Alois Zimmermann / Johannes G. Fritsch | Album | |
| Deserts / Hyperprism / Integrales / Density 21,5 | Edgard Varèse | Album | |
| The Medinah Sessions | Chicago Pro Musica, Richard Strauss - Franz Hasenöhrl, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Alexander Scriabine - Willard Elliot, Igor Stravinsky, Bohuslav Martinů, Carl Nielsen, Sir William Walton, Paul Bowles, Edgard Varèse, Kurt Weill | Compil. | |
| Trio À Cordes / Opus 20 Et Cinq Pièces Pour Orchestre / Opus 10 - Cantate N° 1 Pour Soprano, Choeur Et Orchestre - Variations Pour Piano / Opus 27 - Intégrales - Densité 21,5 - Hyperprisme - Ionisation | Anton Webern, Dorothy Dorow, John Alldis Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Gary Bertini, Claude Helffer, Edgard Varèse, Michel Debost, Ensemble Instrumental de Musique Contemporaine, Konstantin Simonovitch, Les Percussions De Strasbourg, Le Trio A Cordes Français | Album | |
| Vol. 25 / Déserts | Bruno Maderna, Edgard Varèse | Album | |
| Offrandes. Intégrales. Octandre. Ecuatorial. | Edgard Varèse - Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg Conductor, Jan DeGaetani, Thomas Paul | Album |
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