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THE NEW YORK SCHOOL


Earle Brown
Folio (1952/53)
Music for Cello and Piano (1954)


John Cage
Variations I (1958)
Seven Haiku (1951/52)
Solo for Flute, Alto Flute, and Piccolo (1957/58)


Morton Feldman
Projection 1 (1950)
Extension 3 (1953)
Intersection 4 (1953)
Duration 2 (1960)


Christian Wolff
For Prepared Piano (1951)
For 1, 2, or 3 People (1964)


Eberhard Blum, flute
Frances-Marie Uitti, violoncello
Nils Vigeland, piano


Co-Production: Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt/Hat Hut Records Ltd., Therwil
Digital recording: 12/13 August 1991, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt
Recording supervisor: Udo Wüstendörfer
Sound engineer: Detlev Kittler


CD-Master by Peter Pfister
Liner notes by Art Lange
Typography and design by Ann Holyoke Lehmann


Produced by Ernstalbrecht Stiebler/Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger


DDD / Total time 65:17


hatART CD 6101

 

THE NEW YORK SCHOOL 2


Earle Brown
Hodograph 1 (1959)
4 Systems (1954)
Hodograph 1 Version 2 (1959)
Octet I (1952/53) Composition for Tape


John Cage
cC/omposed Improvisation (1958)
Variations II (1961)


Morton Feldman
Intersection 2 (1951)
The King of Denmark (1964)
Intersection 3 (1953)


Christian Wolff
Pairs (1968) Versions 1 + 2


Eberhard Blum, flute and sound objects
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano and celesta
Jan Williams, percussion


Co-Production: Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt/Hat Hut Records Ltd., Therwil
Digital recording: 16/17 December 1991, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt
Recording supervisor: Christoph Classen
Sound engineer: Rüdiger Orth
Production assistant: Elena Krankus


CD-Master by Peter Pfister
Liner notes by Art Lange
Cover typography and photograph by Ann Holyoke Lehmann
Special thanks to Jörn Merkert


Produced by Ernstalbrecht Stiebler/Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
With kind support from Lufthansa Cultural Affairs


DDD / Total time 67:30


hatART CD 6146

 

THE NEW YORK SCHOOL 3


Earle Brown
From FOLIO II (begun 1970):
1991 Versions 1 + 2
For Ann Versions 1 + 2
1980 Versions 1 + 2


John Cage
Variations III (1962/63) Versions 1 + 2


Morton Feldman
Give My regards to Eighth Street (1968) Text


Christian Wolff
Edges (1969) Versions 1 + 2


Eberhard Blum, flute and sound objects
Art Lange, reading
Jan Williams, percussion


Digital recording: 1/2 June 1995, Slee Concert Hall, University at Buffalo, NY
Recording and CD-Master by Peter Pfister
Sound engineer: Rüdiger Orth
Production assistant: Elena Krankus


Liner notes by Art Lange
Cover and photograph by Ann Holyoke Lehmann
Layout typography by fuhrer vienna
Liner notes by Eberhard Blum, John Corbett, and Jean Vermeil


Produced by Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
With kind support from the University at Buffalo and Lufthansa Cultural Affairs


Also made possible by the Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge-Preis für unkonventionelle Kunstvermittlung 1995 awarded to Eberhard Blum by the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung, Berlin


DDD, 24-Bit / Total time 55:40


hatART CD 6176

 

EARLE BROWN


Four Systems (1954)
for piano(s) and/or other instruments or sound-producing media
Realization for flutes


Folio II (begun 1970)
A collection of graphic and concept pieces:
I (1970)
II (15 August 1991)
III (Berlin, 6 June 1993)
Realizations (Versions 1 + 2) for flutes


Eberhard Blum, piccolo, flute, alto flute, and bass flute


Co-Production: Sender Freies Berlin/Hat Hut Records Ltd., Therwil
Digital recording: 30 April/1 May 1994, Sender Freies Berlin
Recording supervision and mix by Wolfgang Hoff
Sound engineer: Ekkard Stoffregen
Sound technician: Hans-Jürgen Paesch


CD-Master by Peter Pfister
Cover typography by Ann Holyoke Lehmann
Photograph by Wolfgang Hoff
Special thanks to Susan Sollins


Produced by Martin Demmler/Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger


DDD / Total time 83:56


hatART CD 6147

 

MORTON FELDMAN

 

9 works
recorded between 1956 and 1978

 

Piano Three Hands (1957)

Morton Feldman + John Tilbury, piano
Intermission 5 (1952)

Morton Feldman, piano
Vertical Thoughts 2 (1963)

Cornelius Cardew, piano; Janos Négyesy, violin
Extensions 3 (1952)

Morton Feldman, piano
Four Instruments (1975)

Cantilena Chamber Players
Intermission 5 (1952)

David Tudor, piano
Piano Piece 1956 A + B (1956)

David Tudor, piano
Intersection 3 (1953)

David Tudor
Instruments 1 (1974)

Eberhard Blum, flute; Nora Post, oboe; Garrett List, trombone; Jan Williams, persussion; Joseph Kubera, celesta

 

Edition RZ, Berlin

This record was produced in 1994 in collaboration with the Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD and Noch Musik.
Design by Nicolaus Ott + Bernhard Stein, Christine Berkenhoff


ADD Total time 70:04

 

Ed. RZ 1010 CD

 

CHRISTIAN WOLFF


Exercises 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16, and 18 (1973–75)


Eberhard Blum, flute
Roland Dahinden, trombone
Steffen Schleiermacher, piano
Jan Williams, percussion


Co-Production: Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt/Hat Hut Records Ltd., Therwil
Digital recording: 6/7 August 1994, Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt
Recording supervisor: Christoph Calssen
Sound engineer: Rüdiger Orth
Productiona assistant: Elena Krankus


CD-Master by Peter Pfister
Liner notes by Eberhard Blum, Art Lange, and Jean Vermeil
Cover and photograph by Ann Holyoke Lehmann


Produced by Ernstalbrecht Stiebler/Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger


DDD / Total time 55:25


hatART CD 6167

 

TOM JOHNSON


Rational Melodies (1982)
Twenty-one pieces for any instrument


Eberhard Blum, piccolo, flute, alto flute, and bass flute


Co-Production: Radio Bremen/Hat Hut Records Ltd., Therwil
Digital recording: 26/27 April 1993, Radio Bremen
Recording supervision and CD-Master by Hein Laabs, Radio Bremen
Sound engineer: Frauke Schulz
Sound technician: Gisela Reinköster


Photograph of Tom Johnson by Anna Mortley
Cover typography and photograph of Eberhard Blum by Ann Holyoke Lehmann


Produced by Marita Emigholz/Pia & Werner X. Uehlinger
With kind support from Lufthansa Cultural Affairs


DDD Total time 50:22


hatART CD 6133

 

PHILL NIBLOCK


Four Full Flutes
P K
Peter Kotik, alto flute


S L S
Susan Stenger, flute


P K & S L S
Peter Kotik, alto flute
Susan Stenger, flute


Winterbloom Too
Eberhard Blum, bass flute


Producer: Phill Niblock, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 1990
Original analog recording: Robert Cummins, Steve Cellum
Mix to digital: Tom Hamilton


Digital master by Paul Stubblebine, Rocket Labs S.F.
Designer: Robin Gross
Art director: Eileen Gilmartin
Photo by Phill Niblock


Produced with support from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art


AADD / CD, Total time 79:27


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PHILL NIBLOCK


Musik by Phill Niblock


Five More String Quartets
The Soldier String Quartet


Early Winter
Susan Stenger, flute
The Soldier String Quartet


Eberhard Blum, bass flute (on pre-recorded eight-channel tape)
38 sampled and synthesizer voices, computer controlled


Producer: Phill Niblock, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, 1993
Music technology engineers for Early Winter: Richard Lainhart, Tom Hamilton, reed Hayes
Recording engineers at Kampo and Baby Monster studios in New York: Bryce Googin and Miles Green
Mix engineer: Bryce Googin


Mastered at Foothill Digital Productions, New York, by Allan Tucker
Earlier versions of these pieces were commissioned by Thomas Buckner for performance in January 1991

at Merkin Concert Hall, New York
Graphic design: Caroline Meyers
Logo: Mike Ketz
Photo by Phill Niblock


Funded by the Phaedrus Foundation, the Research Foundation of the City University of New York, Thomas Buckner,

and Experimental Intermedia


ADD / CD, Total time 70:50


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