1-3. John Adams: Harmonielehre (1984-85) 39:25
1. Part I 17:29
2. Part II - The Anfortas Wound 12:26
3. Part III - Meister Eckhardt and Quackie 10:30
4-6. Conlon Nancarrow: Three Canons for Ursula (1988) 15:00
4. Canon 5/7 - 5:28
5. Canon 6/4/10/15 - 4:10
6. Canon 2/3 - 5:22
7-9. John Cage: Three Dances (1945) 22:35
7. Dance No.1 6:37
8. Dance No.2 7:10
9. Dance No.3 8:48
City of Birmingham Orchestra. Simon Rattle, conductor (tracks 1-3). Thomas Adès, piano (tracks 4-6); Michael Tilson Thomas,
Ralph Grierson, prepared pianos (tracks 7-9).
Recordings: 4, 6, 8 & 9 July, 1993 at Symphony Hall, Birmingham (tracks 1-3, DDD). 7-10 February, 2000 at Potton Hall, Westleton,
Suffolk (tracks 4-6, DDD). 1972 & 1973 (tracks 7-9, ADD).
Producers: David R. Murray (tracks 1-3); Stephen Jones (tracks 4-6)
Balance Engineers: Mike Hatch (tracks 1-3); Arne Akselberg (tracks 4-6)
Digital remastering 2002 (tracks 7-9)
Design: Kevin Jones for WLP Ltd.
Editorial: Peter Quantrill for WLP Ltd.
Liner Notes: Martin Cotton
Translations: Dennis Collins, Gudrun Meier
Cover image: Jupiterimages Unlimited
Re-releases of other EMI CD's and LP's. Three Dances previously released on LP in 1973:
EMI EAC-80227 and Angel S-36059.
Re-released on CD in 2002: Angel Classics 67691-2. Dance No.1 currently available on CD:
EMI 2 68132 2.
CD released in November 2009
