Edgard Varese:
Poeme électronique

György Ligeti:
Glissandi
Artikulation

Bruno Maderna:
Musica su due dimensioni

Luciano Berio:
Différences
Visage

Helmut Lachenmann:
Szenario

Jonathan Harvey:
Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco

Pierre Boulez:
Dialogue de l’ombre double

Brian Ferneyhough:
Mnemosyne

Is a musical performance “historically informed”? Does it do justice to the “original sound”? Is it even possible to truly experience the “original idea” behind a composition when it is performed with “modern instruments”? We are familiar with questions such as these in connection with the interpretation of so-called early music. On this double album they are rigorously applied to so-called new music. Milestones of electroacoustic music – from Varese’s Poeme électronique (1958) to Ferneyhough’s Mnemosyne (1986) – are investigated from a music-historical perspective and presented in a contemporary 5.1 surround edition. The artistic curiosity, scientific relevance and technical know-how that are essential ingredients for such a project are contributed by the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology (ICST) at the Zurich University of the Arts, under the direction of Germán Toro Pérez.

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Masterpieces of electroacoustic music – presented in 5.1 surround and stereo