#2309: If It's Broke, Don't Fix It

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
Hear music for ruined pianos and beat-up guitars on this New Sounds program, subtitled, "If It's Broke, Don't Fix It." Listen to Victoria Jordanova's Requiem for Bosnia, where the piano is strummed, beaten, and otherwise serves as a entire battery of percussion instruments. Also on tap is a piece by Ross Bolletter, "Nallan Void," for a piano left to the Australian elements. Plus, works by T. Sukegawa, Annie Gosfield, and Ed Gerhard.

PROGRAM #2309 If It's Broke, Don't Fix It (Tues. 7/20/2004)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

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SOURCE

Various Artists - Ross Bolletter

Austral Voices

Nallan Void, excerpt [7:00]

New Albion #028
www.newalbion.com*

Annie Gosfield

Burnt Ivory & Loose Wires

Nikolaievski Soldat [7:00]

Tzadik #7040** www.tzadik.com*

Victoria Jordanova

Requiem For Bosnia

Requiem [7:30]

CRI #673 Out of print. Try Amazon.com* Or auction sites.

Various artists

Music from Six Continents, 1992 Series

Toshiya Sukegawa: The Eternal Morning 1945.8.6., excerpt [14:30]

VMM #3006**
VMM website

Ed Gerhard

House Of Guitars

Shallow Brown [8:00]

Virtue #1925 www.edgerhard.com*

Various artists

Music from Six Continents, 1992 Series

Toshiya Sukegawa: The Eternal Morning 1945.8.6., excerpt [14:30]

VMM #3006**
VMM website

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