Classical Connection

Resurrected

2006-11-05T16:17:00.000-06:00

Goodbye!

2006-10-23T22:49:00.000-05:00

Now dead.

Scaruffi's Brief History of Classical Music

2006-10-10T21:19:00.000-05:00

My new project is to collect all of the compositions that Piero Scaruffi lists on his Brief History of Classical Music. You'll find many, many works here (from Hildegarde of Bigen to today), including many that are OOP, and perhaps you'll be able to contribute!

Noah Howard - The Black Ark

2006-10-07T03:25:00.000-05:00

Not classical, I know, but I doubt anyone here will complain. Here is Noah Howard's utterly awesome The Black Ark from 1969, out of print. My jazz album discovery of the month.

The Black Ark

Piero Scaruffi's Rock Album Recording Date Project

2006-10-06T18:53:00.000-05:00

In August 2006, music historian and critic Piero Scaruffi wrote the following to his website:

I would like to date all rock albums with their recording date, not with their release date... The older I get, the more fed up I am that we are so influenced by what the bureaucrats of record labels did: a work of art should be dated with the date when the artist finished it, not the date when someone else started selling it!

Scaruffi's online music database covers thousands of musicians. You can help with his epic project to gather recording dates (month and year) for each album in his database by checking the liner notes for each album you own that he has written about, and submitting them to Scaruffi via email in the following format:

Artist: Title (month year)

Thank you for contributing to recorded history!

Carl Orff - Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1

2006-09-30T16:42:00.000-05:00

Haven't been able to track down the other volumes yet, but here's Vol. 1:

Orff-Schulwerk Volume 1

Various - Unknown Public 8: Sensuality, Essence & Nonsense

2006-09-29T15:23:00.000-05:00

A collection of avant-garde tracks from Unknown Public in 1996. Now unavailable.

Sensuality, Essence & Nonsense

Update

2006-09-26T23:50:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the death of posts! My time has been consumed elsewhere, including with this project (under my alter-ego lukeprog).

Does anyone have any Unknown Public releases? Those all seem to be out of print.

Wire's 100 Records That Set the World On Fire

2006-09-19T12:37:00.000-05:00

Here are downloads for albums on Wire's infamous "100 Records That Set the World on Fire, While No One Was Listening" list. (Several are avantgarde and out of print.)

Ake Hodell - Purgatory / Electric Buddha

2006-09-09T00:05:00.000-05:00

This extremely rare 1972 disc from multiple-discipline artist Ake Hodell contains four of his Luc Ferrari-esque electro-acoustic compositions. Enjoy.

Purgatory / Electric Buddha

Michael Levinas - Les Rires Du Gilles, etc.

2006-09-04T19:26:00.000-05:00

This 1989 Michael Levinas album contains several of his compositions. Each of the pieces is a terrifying nightmare. Many thanks to Jordan for sending me this. Liner notes included.

Les Rires Du Gilles, etc.

Dream Syndicate - 2 IV 64, Day Of The Holy Mountain

2006-08-28T11:57:00.000-05:00

Many thanks to Misha for sending me this. He wrote that this is an "extremely rare 1964 bootleg/recording of The Dream Syndicate, which I presume to go by the name of "2 IV 64 Day Of The Holy Mountain". It features the rare sounds of La Monte's Sopranino, which I heard on your blog only in the song B Flat Dorian Blues 19 X 63, 5th Day Of The Hammer."

I uploaded it to SendSpace because it was too big for Rapidshare.

Day of the Holy Mountain

Note

2006-08-24T13:09:00.000-05:00

skafunkrastapunk is a great forum for finding rare recordings of classical, jazz, and other music. You can find hundreds of recording indexed in the sticky posts of the Classical, Jazz World forum, alone. I'm sure that any of you who like what's been posted on Classical Connection will love what you see at skafunkrastapunk. See you there!

(I will continue to update Classical Connection when I have more OOP albums to post.)

Guillermo Gregorio - Ellipsis

2006-08-21T13:26:00.000-05:00

Many thanks to Reimer for sending me Guillermo Gregorio's other fantastic mid-90s avant-garde/jazz album, Ellipsis!

Part 1
Part 2

My Requests

2006-08-06T21:44:00.000-05:00

Dinu Lipatti - Works, Vol. 1
Arnold Van Wyk - Primavera / Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2
Josip Stolcer-Slavenski - Sinfonija Orijenta (1934)
Mordechai Seter - Jerusalem (1968)
Primoz Ramovs - Symphony No. 4 (1968)
~~Hugues Dufourt - Erewhon (1977)~~ - thanks, arcaf!
Michael Levinas - Les rires du gilles - thanks, Jordan!
Natasa Danilovic - Horror Vacui
Guillermo Gregorio - Approximately - thanks, Eugene!
Guillermo Gregorio - Ellipsis - thanks, Reimer!
Diedre Murray - Running Man
D.D. Jackson - Québécité

To my knowledge, all these are out of print, or may never have been released.

Guillermo Gregorio - Approximately

2006-07-24T11:42:00.000-05:00

Blogger's image upload tool stopped working a few days ago, and I want to post this before I leave for a week in the BW. Guillermo Gregorio's Approximately introduced his cross between classical avantgarde and avant-jazz. I think it might be my favorite of all the albums I've posted on Classical Connection so far. HUGE thanks to Eugene for sending me this. Enjoy!

Approximately

Toru Takemitsu - Flute Music

2006-07-22T11:29:00.000-05:00

Classical Connection reader OZtransgressions sent me a ton of Takemitsu. Unfortunately, of those he sent, only Flute Music appears to be out of print. Ripped at 320kbps.

Flute Music (part 1)
Flute Music (part 2)

Diamanda Galas - The Litanies of Satan

2006-07-15T07:41:00.000-05:00

Avantgarde vocalist Diamanda Galas' out-of-print debut features some of her best and most terrifying work.

The Litanies of Satan

Note

2006-07-13T22:27:00.000-05:00

I'm running out of time and OOP classical works, so my posting pace will slow.

I'm always aching for contributions and requests.

Just so ya'll stick around, I'll let you know that I'm preparing a big-ass OOP Takemitsu post. Stay tuned.

Theatre of Eternal Music - various tracks

2006-07-11T08:21:00.000-05:00

The Theatre of Eternal Music, aka The Dream Syndicate, was a mid-60s drone music ensemble featuring La Monte Young, John Cale, Angus MacLise, Marian Zazeela, Tony Conrad, Jon Hassell, David Rosenbloom, Terry Riley, Jon Gibson, and Lee Konitz. Much of their music is now available in compilations like this disc, but some of their music never survived past the original, super-limited LP releases. I can't find reliable information about the original LPs, or any track listings, but here I've collected 6 tracks from those super-rare LPs.

For more information, see this lengthy interview with Young and Zazeela.

Part 1
Part 2

La Monte Young - Dream House

2006-07-06T14:32:00.000-05:00

Two more colossal La Monte Young compositions are compiled on Dream House (1973). Some critics rank this disc above even the popular Well-Tuned Piano. Enjoy.

Dream House

F.A.Q.

2006-07-03T08:44:00.000-05:00

What is Classical Connection?

Classical Connection is a "sharity" blog that posts links to MP3 downloads for out of print classical music.

Who are you?

Call me knowby. I'm just some guy who wants to share his love of innovative music with others.

Hey, ______ isn't out of print!

Oops, sorry. Let me know and I'll delete the offending post. I deal with very rare music on this blog, and sometimes it's hard for me to determine if something is really out of print or not.

I've got some out of print classical music I'd like to share.

Great! You can upload it yourself and post a comment with the download link, or you can email me at knowby [at] gmail.com and we'll figure something out.

I've got a request.

Great! Please verify that the title is actually out of print, then let me know! I love requests, and don't get enough of them.

Your writing sucks!

Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, I have very little time to devote to this blog, and since I don't actually know music (I just love it), I won't waste your time with pretty but ignorant commentary. I'll share the music and you can figure out if you like it. If you want to comment on the music or link to more information about it, please do so.

David Shire - The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

2006-07-03T07:44:00.000-05:00

p-eat requested David Shire's Schoenbergian score for The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. I'd never heard of it, and now I think it's some kind of masterpiece. You be the judge.

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

Luigi Nono - Prometeo

2006-07-01T13:18:00.000-05:00

Today I get to fill another request, this time for late-period Luigi Nono. I've chosen Ensemble Modern's (out-of-print) performance of Prometeo, a 1984 opera and one of Nono's most famous works. I leave the commentary to people who know what they're talking about (like Stefan Beyst), but I will say this is one my favorite 20th century operas.

Encoded in 320kbps MP3 for your listening pleasure.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

Note

2006-06-30T21:24:00.000-05:00

I've deleted older posts that linked to music that is not out-of-print, so I feel like this blog is now, in some way, "legit".

Readers, please make more requests for out-of-print classical music. I love to fill requests. And, I'm still waiting for other contributors.

I hope you're all watching the comments. Some great info and commentary has been posted, along with additional download links.