Lou Harrison - La Koro Sutro
Lou Harrison - La Koro Sutro (1988)
Contemporary Classical, World | New Albion | 1988 | 72:39 | EAC (FLAC, cue, no log) | Booklet, covers | 274 MB
UC Berkeley Chorus: Philip Brett, dir; American Gamelan: William Winant, dir, John Bergamo, conductor; Abel-Steinberg-WinanTrio
Contemporary Classical, World | New Albion | 1988 | 72:39 | EAC (FLAC, cue, no log) | Booklet, covers | 274 MB
UC Berkeley Chorus: Philip Brett, dir; American Gamelan: William Winant, dir, John Bergamo, conductor; Abel-Steinberg-WinanTrio
Lou Harrison's ambitious composition "La Koro Sutro" (translated from Esperanto as "Heart Sutra") does not simply borrow from the gamelan tradition of Indonesia. An Americanized gamelan ensemble, with instruments built by William Colvig utilizing more Western tunings, allows Harrison's composition a new, more stable sonic texture, and the ability to add various different percussive sounds that build on the virtues of the ancient metallophone. The American gamelan is complemented by the 100-voice choir of the University of California, Berkeley, along with harp, violin and organ players, and percussion instruments consisting of inverted metal garbage cans, bell-like oxygen tanks with stripped bottoms, brake drums, aluminum sheets, and a gigantic over six-foot triple contrabass metallophone made of huge PVC pipes, tin can resonators, and steel and aluminum components.
Review by Michael G. Nastos
C 2008 All Media Guide, LLC
C 2008 All Media Guide, LLC
Works:
La Koro Sutro, for chorus, percussion, harp, organ & American Gamelan (also arr. for chorus & orchestra)
with Karen Gottlieb, Agnes Sauerbeck, American Gamelan
Varied Trio, for violin, piano & percussion
with William Winant, Abel-Steinberg-WinanTrio, David Abel, Julie Steinberg
Suite for Violin and American Gamelan (collab. with Richard Dee)
with David Abel, American Gamelan
Conducted by John Bergamo
Read more about the CD here.
Download Links:
Part 1
Part 2
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John Luther Adams - for Lou Harrison (2007)
Lou Harrison - Chamber and Gamelan Works
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