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Harrison Birtwistle - Jonathan Harvey - Javier Alvarez - Mira Calix
Recovery/Discovery: 40 Years Of Surround Electronic Music In The UK

Album UK 2008 on Sound and Music label
Electronic (Experimental)

Recovery/Discovery ©&℗ 2008 Sound and Music. dts™ Digital Surround. DuelDisc™. Dolby Digital™. DTS 96/24™. Released in tri-fold Digipak with 16 page booklet. The DVD side contains Dolby Digital and DTS 96/24 surround versions of the music. "Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (1980)" commissioned by the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Recorded in an 8-track spatialized format at the Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique / Musique (IRCAM). 4.0 Surround Remix at EMI Abbey Road Studios, 15/04/08. Technologies used included the MusicV software (IRCAM, originally developed by Max Matthews) and CHANT voice synthesis software (developed by Gerald Bennett and Xavier Rodet at IRCAM). 4.0 surround remix at EMI Abbey Road Studios, 15/04/08. "Chronometer (1971)" realized at Electronic Music Studio (EMS), London using the Musiys system developed by Peter Grogono (software), David Cockerell (hardware/interfacing) and Peter Zinovieff (system design and operation). Three versions of "Chronometer" are thought to have been made: an eight-track master (possibly on 2 four-track 1/2" tapes), a 4-track quadrophonic concert tape (as played at the première of the piece, an all-electronic concert of EMS pieces at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, on 24 April 1972) and a downmix to stereo 1/4" tape, which was subsequently released on the LP "The Triumph Of Time" (Argo ZRG 790) in 1975. The master for the current release was the 4-track 1/2" quadrophonic tape as played in 1972. Analogue tape transfer and restoration at EMI Abbey Road Studios, 22/02/08. "Temazcal (1984)" realized at the Royal College of Music, London, at that tme mostly a hybrid/analogue electroacoustic studio. The quadrophonic tape part was originally recorded on 2" eight-track analogue tape and later transferred to four-track 1/4" tape using DBX noise reduction. Around 1991 the composer decided to transfer the tape part to the digital domain through an early Digidesign Protools system at 16 bit/44.1 kHz. The current recording was based on the original Protools sound files which were unsampled to 24 bit / 96 kHz. The percussion part was recorded through a pair of high resolution Sennheiser MKH800 microphones. 4.0 surround recording at EMI Abbey Road Studios, 14/04/08. 4.0 surround mastering at EMI Abbey Road Studios, 15/04/08. "Nunu Wadudu (2008)": this surround remix is based on various earlier versions of "Nunu" which was originally made for the 2003 La Bâtie Festival in Geneva. The live arrangements were composed for the 2004 South Bank Ether Fastival. This recording uses the live arrangement as captured on 17 June 2004 at the Concertgebouw, Bruges, supplemented by material from the concert on 7 September 2006 at Cité de la musique, Paris. 4.1 surround mastering at EMI Abbey Road Studios, 15/04/08.

     
Musicians
PortraitHarrison Birtwistle , *1934 GB
album by, composed by
PortraitJonathan Harvey syn, 1939-2012 GB
album by, composed by, recorded by
PortraitJavier Alvarez , MX
album by, composed by, performer, realized by
PortraitMira Calix , *1970 ZA
album by, remix, 4.1 surround
PortraitSimon Gibson ,
engineer, restoration, mastering
PortraitPeter Zinovieff , *1933 GB
performer, realized by
PortraitJoby Burgess perc, GB
maracas
PortraitDavid Sheppard ,
arranged by, live arrangemenats assistance, engineer, sound
PortraitIan Dearden ,
arranged by, live arrangemenats assistance
PortraitDouglas Mitchell cl,
bass clarinet
PortraitSally Pendlebury vc, GB
cello
PortraitSound Intermedia , GB
engineer, sound
PortraitAndriy Viytovych vl, *1971
viola
PortraitJoan Atherton vn, GB
violin, 1
PortraitHilary Jane Parker vn,
violin, 2
Producers
Lieven Bertels concept by, producer, liner notes
Jonathan Harvey photography by
Simon Gibson engineer, mixing, mastering, engineer, mastering
Stanley Haynes technician, technical assistance
Janik Rajapakse engineer, assistant
Sam Okell engineer, recording
Album Tracks
No Title Artist Composer Duration
1Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (1980)Jonathan HarveyJonathan Harvey9:07
2Chronometer (1971)Harrison BirtwistleHarrison Birtwistle24:42
3Temazcal (1984)Javier AlvarezJavier Alvarez8:03
4Nunu Wadudu (2008)Mira Calix11:55
5Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (1980)Jonathan HarveyJonathan Harvey9:07
6Chronometer (1971)Harrison BirtwistleHarrison Birtwistle24:42
7Temazcal (1984)Javier AlvarezJavier Alvarez8:03
8Nunu Wadudu (2008)Mira Calix11:55
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