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george crumb

Buy the sheetmusic! Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV)

year 1979

instrumentation Cosmic dances for amplified piano (four hands)

première First performed by Gilbert Kalish and Paul Jacobs (piano) at Alice Tully Hall in New York City - 18 November 1979

[First performance of complete Makrokosmos cycle by Ivar Mikhashoff, Aki Takahashi, Stephen and Frieda Manes (pianos), Jan Williams and Lynn Harbold (percussion) in Buffalo, New York - 12 June 1980]

publisher C.F. Peters (P66788)

recordings
  • Bojan Gorisek and Tatiana Ognjanovic (piano). Audiophile Classics 103301 {CD}, 1997
  • Robert Nasveld and Jacob Bogaart (piano). Attacca Babel 9371/2 {CD}, 1993
  • Peter Degenhardt and Fuat Kent (piano). Mode Records 19 {CD}, 1992
  • Lambert Orkis and James Primosch (piano). Smithsonian Collection N 027, 1982 (Re-released by Pro Arte Records)

movements
  1. Alpha Centauri
  2. Beta Cygni
  3. Gamma Draconis
  4. Delta Orionis

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