tracks 3-3, 3-4 conductor Ernest Bour
tracks 1-1 to 2-1, 3-1, 4-1 conductor Hans Rosbaud
tracks 4-4 conductor Johannes Kalitzke
tracks 4-2, 4-3 conductor Michael Gielen
tracks 2-1, 2-5 conductor Pierre Boulez
tracks 1-1 to 2-1, 2-5, 3-3, 3-4, 4-1 to 4-3 orchestra Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks
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Track 1-1 is for large orchestra, world premiere September 10th 1950.
Track 1-2 is for 18 solo instruments, Modéré- Lent- Vif, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 6th 1951.
Track 1-3 was commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 11th 1953.
Track 1-4 had its world premiere October 16th 1955.
Track 1-5 is for strings and groups of percussion, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 16th 1960.
Track 1-6 is for large orchestra, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 22nd 1961.
Track 2-1 composed after a poem by Henri Michaux, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 19th 1958.
Tracks 2-2 to 2-4 were commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 19th 1958.
Track 2-5 is for orchestra, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 20th 1963.
Track 3-1 is for tenor, string quartet and four trombones, European premiere October 17th 1954.
Track 3-2 was commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 15th 1955.
Track 3-3 is for wind, percussion and radios, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 18th 1970.
Track 3-4 is for brass and strings, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 17th 1975.
Tracks 3-5 to 3-7 composed 1982 to 1984, performed by Auryn Quartet, world premiere October 17th 1987.
Track 4-1 is for piano and orchestra, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 11th 1953.
Track 4-2 was commissioned by its dedicatee, Paul Sacher, completed in October 1987, world premiere June 17th 1988 in Zürich, German premiere October 16th 1988.
Track 4-3 is for soprano and orchestra with soprano, words by Heiner Müller, commissioned by the town of Donaueschingen on the occasion of its 1100th anniversary, world premiere October 22nd 1989.
Track 4-4 is a madrigal for vocal sextet, performed by London Sinfoniette Voices, commissioned by Southwest German Radio, world premiere October 21st 1989.

Comes in slipcase and with 164-pages thick booklet in German and English.

Barcode: 4 010165 318007 (Text)
Label Code: LC 7709
SPARS Code: DDD