Harry Partch

Plectra and Percussion Dances

Release date January 14, 2014

Tracklist

1
Castor & Pollux: Castor: Leda & the Swan (Insemination)
1:52
1:52
2
Castor & Pollux: Castor: Conception
1:50
1:50
3
Castor & Pollux: Castor: Incubation
1:51
1:51
4
Castor & Pollux: Castor: Chorus of Delivery from the Egg
1:50
1:50
5
Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Leda & the Swan (Insemination)
1:50
1:50
6
Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Conception
1:51
1:51
7
Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Incubation
1:51
1:51
8
Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Chorus of Delivery from the Egg
2:06
2:06
9
Ring Around the Moon: First Phase: “Ring Around the Moon”
2:55
2:55
10
Ring Around the Moon: Second Phase: “One, two, three, four…”
2:14
2:14
11
Ring Around the Moon: Third Phase: “Shake hands now boys…”
2:48
2:48
12
Ring Around the Moon: Fourth Phase: “Mumbo jumbo, hocus pocus…“
1:29
1:29
13
Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 1, A Decent and Honorable Mistake
3:06
3:06
14
Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 2, Rhythm of the Womb, Melody of the Grave
3:01
3:01
15
Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 3, Happy Birthday to You!
2:55
2:55
16
Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 1, “Nor These Lips Upon Your Eyes”
3:24
3:24
17
Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 2, “Hunger, Thirst, Shout, Dance!”
2:26
2:26
18
Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 3, “Land of Darkness and of Whirlwinds”
3:37
3:37
19
Even Wild Horses: Act III: Scene 1, “Had I Not Once a Lovely Youth?”
3:00
3:00
20
Even Wild Horses: Act III: Scene 2, “Let Us Contemplate Undazed the Endless Reaches of My Innocence”
2:37
2:37
21
Partch’s 1953 introduction to the live broadcast of the Premiere on KPFA-FM (Berkeley, California)
7:11
7:11