Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Luciano Berio

The Great Works for Voice

(Mode Records, mode 48) (U.S.) (CD)

    Folk Songs [1964]
    for flute, clarinet, harp, viola, cello, and two percussions; conducted by Tania Leon
  1. Black is the Color (3:00)
  2. I Wonder as I Wander (2:00)
  3. Loosin Yelav (2:55)
  4. Rossignolet du Bois (2:17)
  5. A la Femminisca (2:14)
  6. La Donna Ideale (1:15)
  7. Ballo (1:35)
  8. Motettu du Tristura (2:56)
  9. Malurous qu'o uno Fenno (1:37)
  10. Lo Fiolairé (2:33)
  11. Azerbaijan Love Song (3:11)

  12. Sequenza III [1966] (9:21)
    for female voice; text by Markus Kutter

    Quattro Canzoni Popolari [1946-47]
    for voice and piano
  13. Dolce cominciamento [1946, rev. 1973] (to Elena Hift) (2:31)
  14. La Donna Ideale (to Lele d'Amico) (1:11)
  15. Avendo Gran Disio (to Cathy) (5:30)
  16. Ballo (to Andrew Rosner) (1:33)

    Chamber Music [1953]
    for clarinet, cello, and harp; texts by James Joyce
  17. Strings in the Earth and Air (4:30)
  18. Monotone (2:58)
  19. Winds of May (1:31)

  20. O King [1968] (5:13)
    for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano

    Circles [1960]
    for voice and piano; text by e.e. cummings
  21. I. stinging (3:38)
  22. II. riverly is a flower (4:55)
  23. III. n(o)w (8:15)
  24. IV. riverly is a flower (3:13)
  25. V. stinging (2:13)

All music composed by Luciano Berio; performed by Christine Schadeberg (soprano) and Musicians' Accord (ensemble)

Remastered
Includes program notes in English, German, and French by Mark Swed and Sabine Feisst

Released with added tracks (13-16) in May 2006; originally released on Mode Records in 1995