Howard Shore
"Suite from Ed Wood" composed 1994 and recorded 2000.
Percy Grainger
"Free Music No.1" composed 1936 for four theremins.
"Free Music No.2" & "Beatless music" composed 1937 for six theremins.
Christian Wolff
Exercise 28 composed 2000 for theremin, violin, French horn and double-bass.
Olga Neuwirth
"Suite aus Bählamms Fest" composed 1999.
Miklós Rósza
"Spellbound", concerto for theremin & chamber ensemble composed 1945, arr. 1946.
Recorded at Concordia college (Bronxville, New York, USA) on 20-22 July 2000 (except Grainger) and Patrych sound studios (Bronx, New York, USA) on 10 July 2000 (Grainger).
Mastered in 96khz/24-bit high definition recording at Sonicraft.
All works are first recordings except "Free Music No.1" which Lydia Kavina recorded in her previous "Music from the ether" (Mode, mode 76, 1999) - this is a different recording of the piece.
Enhanced CD features a 16-minute video documentary from the recording sessions, including interviews with Kavina, Shore and Wolff (shot and edited by Motria Sabat, audio restored by Michael Hynes).
credits
released January 30, 2008
Theremin – Lydia Kavina
Piano, Celesta, Organ – Stephen Gosling(tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19)
Cello – Gordon* (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19)
Composed By – Christian Wolff (tracks: 10), Howard Shore (tracks: 1 to 8), Miklós Rósza* (tracks: 21), Olga Neuwirth (tracks: 12 to 19), Percy Grainger (tracks: 9, 11, 20)
Conductor – Charles Peltz (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19)
Edited By – Jonathan Schultz (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19, 21), Michael Hynes (tracks: 9, 10, 11, 20)
Engineer – Jonathan Schultz (tracks: 1 to 8, 10, 12 to 19, 21), Joseph Patrych (tracks: 9, 11, 20)
Ensemble – Ensemble Sospeso (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19)
Liner Notes – Olivia Mattis
Mastered By [24-bit Digital] – Steve Puntolillo
Oboe – LeClair* (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19)
Piano – Kristen Fox (tracks: 5)
Producer – Brian Brandt
Supervised By – Howard Shore (tracks: 1 to 8)
Viola – Rozanna (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19)
Violin – Frautschi* (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19), Menzies* (tracks: 1 to 8, 12 to 19)
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