George Crumb | Makrokosmos, Volume II


		Makrokosmos, Volume II Twelve fantasy pieces after the Zodiac
year		1973
instrumentation		Amplified piano
première		First performed by Robert Miller at Alice Tully Hall in New York City - 12 November 1974 [First performance of volumes I and II together by David Burge in Wichita, Kansas - 4 February 1975] [First performance of complete Makrokosmos cycle by Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen and Frieda Manes (pianos), Jan Williams and Lynn Harbold (percussion) in Buffalo, New York - 12 June 1980]
publisher		C.F. Peters (P66539b)
recordings		Laurie Hudicek (piano). Furious Artisans FACD 6805 {CD}, 2002 Jo Boatright (piano). Music & Arts {CD}, 1999 Bojan Gorisek (piano). Audiophile Classics 103301 {CD}, 1997 Christiane Mathe (piano). Koch Schwann 364092-2 {CD}, 1997 Emmy Henz-Diemand (piano). Musiques Suisses 6091-2 {CD}, 1994 Robert Nasveld (piano). Attacca Babel 9371/2 {CD}, 1993 Jeffrey Jacob (piano). Centaur 2080 {CD}, 1991 Robert Groslot (piano). Queen Elisabeth International Competition Records 1980 022 Robert Miller (piano). Columbia Odyssey Y 34135 {LP}, 1976
movements		Part One Morning Music (Genesis II) Cancer [J. DeG. W.] The Mystic Chord Sagittarius [R.M.] Rain-Death Variations Pisces [F.C.] Twin Suns (Doppelgänger aus der Ewigkeit) [SYMBOL] Gemini [E.A.C.] Part Two Ghost-Nocturne: for the Druids of Stonehenge (Night-Spell II) Virgo [A.B.] Gargoyles Taurus [P.P.] Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica) Scorpio [L.K.] A Prophecy of Nostradamus [SYMBOL] Aries [H.W.] Part Three Cosmic Wind Libra [S.B.] Voices from "Corona Borealis" Aquarius [E.M.C.] Litany of the Galactic Bells Leo [R.V.] Agnus Dei [SYMBOL] Capricorn [R.W.]
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