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Stockhausen - Kurzwellen (1969) re-post

Posted By : ooliver | Date : 30 Nov 2009 10:53:34 | Comments : 12 |
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Kurwellen

Stockhausen - Kurzwellen (1968-69)
for six players & short-wave radio
Avant-Garde | Analog to Digital Rip (ape) | rar 3% recovery record | 309 MB | RS.com
Deutsche Grammophon 2707 045 | 2 Vinyl LP 47' & 53' | Full Sleeve Scans

HOW the players react to what they hear on the radio; HOW they imitate and then modulate it, transpose it in time (longer or shorter, more or less rhythmically articulated) and in space (higher or lower, louder or softer); WHEN and HOW and HOW OFTEN they play synchronously or alternatingly, in duos, trios or quartets; HOW they call and invite each other to hear together an event which wanders among them for a prolonged period of time, letting it shrink and grow, compressing and expanding it, darkening and lightening it, concentrating or playfully decorating it.
Stockhausen, from the attached sleeve text

Kurzwellen is a piece where, the musicians need to improvise and react to signals they receive on randomly tuned Shortwave radio's. Participants:
Aloys Kontarsky, piano & short-wave radio
Harald Bojé, electronium & short-wave radio
Alfred Alings & Rolf Gehlhaar, tam-tam & short-wave radio
Johannes G. Fritsch, electric viola & short-wave radio
Karlheinz Stockhausen, filters & potentiometers

Same work recorded twice during two different performances:

LPa_139451

LP A was recorded in the television studio's of Radio Bremen on May fifth, 1968, during the festival Pro Musica Nova.
Reissued on CD by Stockhausen-Verlag in 1998 (Stockhausen 61)

Lpb_139452

LP B was recorded in the Rhenus studio in Godorf for the Cologne Radio (WDR, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln) on the 8th and 9th of April 1969.
Reissued on CD by Stockhausen-Verlag in 1992 (Stockhausen 13)

Deutsche Grammophon 2707 045 - 2LP (1969)

Why version 1969 was reissued 6 year before version 1968?
For a technical take on KURZWELLEN
http://home.earthlink.net/~almoritz/kurzwellen.htm

For a more philosophical take on KURZWELLEN:
http://home.swipnet.se/sonoloco2/Rec/Stockhausen/13.html

Packed via rar with 3% recovery record, served by RS
Part1
Part2
Part3
Part4


During the recording 1968 LP Side 2 a little strange and unexplicable thing happened at the 5th minute: a very short loop of the same sound.
This is the link for a new recording for replacement of the previous file:

A2 Kurzwellen (Radio Bremen Aufname - 4 Mai 1968) Teil 2 (new recording)


My Analog to Digital Conversion System:
- Transcriptor Hydraulic Reference Turntable
- SME Arm Model 3200 with a Shure Stylus VN35HE
- Marantz 1120 Power Amplifier
- TerraTec Electronic Aureon Wave
- Total Recorder Professional Edition Version 7.1 (with Click, Noise and Hiss Removal activated)

Enjoy


THE LINK BELOW IT'S NOT MINE, CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK


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Posted By: basa005 Date: 30 Nov 2009 11:03:10
WOW!GREAT POST!!!!!!
many thanks ooliver!
Posted By: LulisMoscow Date: 30 Nov 2009 15:18:51
Thanks soooo much! Initiatives such yours to restore LPs with the utmost care make me jump from joy!
Posted By: d'Avignon Date: 30 Nov 2009 16:38:28
Tougher Stocky, as far as I remember. Thank you, ooliver. I'm curious to hear your restoration. I do not doubt it will be fine!
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btw, it only strikes me now - the album was recorded in Bremen and Cologne, Germany; I wonder what that sign they're holding is doing there. It's Dutch and means "no access; entrance (go right)". The juxtaposition of the nouns is a bit weird. I take it Karlheinz snitched it somewhere in the Netherlands because he liked the absurdity of it
Posted By: Antidatum Date: 30 Nov 2009 23:13:20
ooliver, thanks for your excellent job! I listened to both recordings, don't have any complaints about the sound, wish you would take your time and share next rarities with us. Just to mention, at the 5th minute of the side B of 1968 recording there's a very short loop at which drops the turntable needle. Every time we listen to this part we'll be thinking about you, thanks!
Posted By: denegado Date: 01 Dec 2009 01:22:54
Many thanks!!!!
Posted By: staygroovy Date: 01 Dec 2009 17:23:38
Thank you so very much for posting this, and hope you get to post more of them!

One little comment I would like to offer: because of the very nature of Stockhausen's music, and his unconventional
use of tones and frequencies, some of these could very much be taken as 'noise' and removed by your software.

While the software probably works reasonably well for 'normal' music, this is one instance where I wonder
if it may not be better to let people decide how much noise and hiss removal should be performed on these pieces.

(That is, besides removing the obvious clicks and pops from the vinyl)

What do you think? Anyway, looking forward to more of these! Also, do you have any Oskar Sala by any chance?

sg
Posted By: ooliver Date: 01 Dec 2009 22:04:03
@staygroovy ok for the noise software question..
I've checked the difference (noise removal on/off) with the software that now I use (Total Recorder) and found no relevant significance (you can check with my files: on LP A noise removal is on and LP B is off): probably why my LP are quite new and well kept.

BTW tomorrow I will add a link for the second file, the loop problem on LP A side B noted by Antidatum (if anyone send me other problems..).

Finally Oscar Sala. I've 3 cd, found on the web (My fascinating instrument; Subharmonische Mixturen; Trautonium Works, with also Hindemith's works) and 2 LP (Electronic Kaleidoscope; Elektronische Impressionen): please, the LP transfer it's a lot of work.....
Posted By: steyskal Date: 02 Dec 2009 20:55:52
Thanks very very much for this, including the fix for A2. Your care and devotion makes this a superb release in every way.
Posted By: Piterets Date: 03 Dec 2009 06:54:08
That's a lot of work buddy! Thanks - no way should I miss your unique share.
Posted By: fanny.xenakis Date: 31 Jan 2010 23:46:12
Tak so mucket, Ingvar!
Posted By: grasprelease Date: 19 Aug 2010 06:31:23
Your efforts ripping this are greatly appreciated, ooliver! Marvelous. Sounds good, too.
Posted By: đorđe Date: 18 Mar 2012 20:54:10
Thank you, ooliver! I think I have another recording of this, but will be interesting to compare.
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