STOCKHAUSEN Kontakte/Refrain UK VOX/DECCA UNPLAYED/MINT
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Feb 11, 2013
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STOCKHAUSEN Kontakte/Refrain UK VOX/DECCA UNPLAYED/MINT
TWO 20th CENTURY MASTERPIECES - BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN COPY
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSENKontakte for electronic sounds, piano and percussion (1959/60)
Refrain for three instruments (1959)
UK VOX/CANDIDE (STGBY 638) STEREO PRESSING OF TWO OF STOCKHAUSEN'S FINEST WORKS BOTH REALISED FOR THIS RELEASE IN JULY 1968 UNDER STOCKHAUSEN'S DIRECTION AND WITH HIS PARTICIPATION
IN UNPLAYED/MINT CONDITION WITH BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN PLAYBACK (an incredibly impressive Decca cut - sounds stunning)
ISSUED WITH THE FIRST PLUM VOX/DECCA LABELS
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL FRONT LAMINATED SLEEVE “Printed in England by Senol Printing Limited”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED DECCA COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
KONTAKTE (1959/60)
Kontakte ("Contacts") is a celebrated electronic music work by Karlheinz Stockhausen, first realised in 1959/60 at the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) electronic-music studio in Cologne
The title of the work “refers both to contacts between instrumental and electronic sound groups and to contacts between self-sufficient, strongly characterised moments. In the case of four-channel loudspeaker reproduction, it also refers to contacts between various forms of spatial movement”
According to the composer, “In the preparatory work for my composition Kontakte, I found, for the first time, ways to bring all properties [i.e., timbre, pitch, intensity, and duration] under a single control” (Stockhausen 1962), thereby realising a longstanding goal of total serialism.
On the other hand, as one commentator says, 'Kontakte' is arguably the last of Stockhausen's tape pieces in which serial proportions intervene decisively at anything but the broad formal level".
The most famous moment, at the very centre of the work, is a potent illustration of these connections: a high, bright, slowly wavering pitch descends in several waves, becoming louder as it gradually acquires a snarling timbre, and finally passes below the point where it can be heard any longer as a pitch.
As it crosses this threshold, it becomes evident that the sound consists of a succession of pulses, which continue to slow until they become a steady beat.
With increasing reverberation, the individual pulses become transformed into tones once again
Stockhausen also made advances over his previous electronic composition, Gesang der Jünglinge, in the realm of spatial composition, adding the parameters of spatial location, group type, register, and speed.
Kontakte is composed in four channels, with loudspeakers placed at the corners of a square surrounding the audience.
With the aid of a "rotation table", consisting of a rotatable loudspeaker surrounded by four microphones, he was able to send sounds through and around the auditorium with unprecedented variety.
LABELS: MINT
Factory-fresh labels - no spindle traces or indeed any signs the record has ever been played
VINYL Visual: MINT
Immaculate playing surfaces which are unmarked and shine like-new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Cut by Decca the sound performance is breathtaking - utilising both channels to maximum effect with incredibly sharp and crystal clear high registers and deep, deep growling bass.
In my opinion, the finest version of Kontakte ever recorded and a beautiful example with silent playing surfaces.
Play-checked at loud volume the playback is flawless - sounds stunning
SLEEVE: MINT
A crisp, sharp and fresh sleeve with sharp, square edges and spine (all text is clear, bold and unrubbed), a deep glossy sheen to the front laminate and a clean, unmarked back
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Clean and white - barely seen the light of day
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
POST & PACKING
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