Sounds of New Music

Sounds of New Music is a collection of 18 compositions from the 1920s to the mid-1950s representing attempts at a "new means of musical expression." Some use familiar instruments in new ways, while others experiment with new instruments; the formats of the compositions range from structured musical scores written for orchestra to electronically altered music using tape-recording devices. Composers include Edgard Varèse, Henry Cowell, and John Cage, whose "Dance" is played on a transformed Steinway piano that gives the music an almost primitive quality. Liner notes describing the new music feature a substantial article on Concrete Music.

Track Listing

101	Bahnfahrt	German dance orchestra	02:51
102	Symphony of Machines	Aleksandr Mossolov	03:03
103	Dnieprostrot	Julius Meytuss	02:30
104	Dance	John Cage	02:42
105	Ionization	Edgard Varèse	00:56
106	Aeolian Harp	Henry Cowell	02:08
107	Banshee	Henry Cowell	02:39
108	Sonic Contours	Vladimir Ussachevsky	01:14
109	Fantasy in Space	Otto Luening	02:48
110	Symphonies in Sonic Vibration - Spectrum No. 1	Halim El-Dabh	04:16
201	Transposition	Vladimir Ussachevsky	01:28
202	Reverberation	Vladimir Ussachevsky	01:21
203	Compositionion	Vladimir Ussachevsky	04:08
204	Underwater Waltz	Vladimir Ussachevsky	01:36
205	Natural Pipes (1)	Roger Marin and Fredric Ramsey, Jr.	00:24
206	Natural Pipes (2)	Roger Marin and Fredric Ramsey, Jr.	00:08
207	Natural Pipes (3)	Roger Marin and Fredric Ramsey, Jr.	04:32
208	Sonata for Loudspeakers	Henry Jacobs	09:32