The Harry Partch Collection Volume 3

Harry Partch (Composer), John Garvey (Conductor), Jack Logan (Conductor), Gate 5 Ensemble (Orchestra), The Harry Partch Ensemble (Orchestra), Harry Parch (Performer), Freda Pierce (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Harry Parch, Freda Pierce
• Orchestra: Gate 5 Ensemble, The Harry Partch Ensemble
• Conductor: John Garvey, Jack Logan
• Composer: Harry Partch
• Audio CD (January 1, 2005)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New World Records
• ASIN: B00076Y1AC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,539 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Dreamer That Remains - A Study in Loving

2. Rotate the Body in All Its Planes - Ballad for Gymnasts

3. Windsong

4. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

5. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

6. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

7. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

8. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

9. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

10. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

11. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

12. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

13. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

14. Water! Water! - An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues

Editorial Reviews

The four works on this newly remastered CD are eloquent testimony to Harry Partch’s aesthetic of corporeality. The music he composed for The Dreamer That Remains, for Rotate the Body in All Its Planes, for Windsong, and for Water! Water!, was intended as only one component in the total artistic experience. In these works music joins with drama, with film, with dance, even with gymnastics, as integral parts of the composer’s vision.

"The eloquent and affecting The Dreamer That Remains (1972) was Partch’s last work. It was commissioned by the patroness Betty Freeman for her film on Partch which was directed by Stephen Pouliot. Rotate the Body in All Its Planes (1961) was a spin-off of the "Tumble On" sequence in Partch’s large-scale theatre piece Revelation in the Courthouse Park. It was premiered at the National Collegiate Gymnasts Championship in 1961. Windsong (1958) was also written for film, the soundtrack to a film by Madeline Tourtelot in which Partch saw the Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo. (A later version of the work was named Daphne of the Dunes). Finally, somewhat akin to a Broadway musical, Water! Water! (1961) is perhaps Partch’s most lively and lighthearted work. It pokes fun at many targets, especially the rush of audiences for water at the interval; thus the subtitle: "An Intermission with Prologues and Epilogues.