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George Crumb: Makrokosmos I & II

Mode Records
MO142
1:03:08
1972
George Crumb
solo instrumental

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play Makrokosmos Volume 1 32:27 George Crumb    
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 1 - Primeval Sounds (Genesis I) – Cancer G.R. 4:07 George Crumb    
Darkly mysterious
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 1 – Proteus – Pisces W.R.C. 1:16 George Crumb    
Very fast; whimsical, volatile
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 1 - Pastorale (From The Kingdom Of Atlantis, Ca. 10,000 B.C.) - Taurus J.B. 1:55 George Crumb    
Moderately, with incisive rhythm
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 1 - Crucifixus [Symbol] – Capricorn R.L.F. 2:55 George Crumb    
Darkly mysterious
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 2 - The Phantom Gondolier – Scorpio G.H.C. 2:50 George Crumb    
Eerily, with a sense of malignant evil
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 2 - Night-Spell I – Sagittarius A.W. 3:44 George Crumb    
Poised, expectantly
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 2 - Music Of Shadows (For Aeolian Harp) – Libra P.Z. 2:09 George Crumb    
Gracefully, with elastic rhythm
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 2 - The Magic Circle Of Infinity (Moto Perpetuo) [Symbol] – Leo C.D. 2:04 George Crumb    
Joyously, like a cosmic clockwork; with mechanically precise rhythm
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 3 - The Abyss Of Time – Virgo A.S. 2:40 George Crumb    
Dark, with a sense of profound mystery
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 3 – Spring-Fire – Aries D.R.B. 1:39 George Crumb    
Prestissimo; breathlessly, with élan
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 3 - Dream Images (Love-Death Music) – Gemini F.G.L. 4:18 George Crumb    
Musingly, like the gentle caress of a faintly remembered music
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 1: Part 3 - Spiral Galaxy [Symbol] – Aquarus B.W. 2:45 George Crumb    
Vast, lonely, timeless
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1972
play Makrokosmos Volume 2 30:40 George Crumb    
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 1 - Morning Music (Genesis II) – Cancer J.DeG.W. 2:32 George Crumb    
Exuberantly, with primitive energy
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 1 - The Mystic Chord – Sagittarius R.M. 2:17 George Crumb    
Adagio molto; serene, desireless, like a Nirvana-trance
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 1 - Rain-Death Variations – Pisces F.C. 1:36 George Crumb    
Crystalline, with elegance
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 1 - Twin Suns (Doppelgänger Aus Der Ewigkeit) [Symbol] – Geminin E.A.C. 3:10 George Crumb    
Majestic
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 2 - Ghost-Nocturne For The Druids Of Stonehenge (Night-Spell II) – Virgo A.B. 2:05 George Crumb    
Dark, fantasmic, subliminal
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 2 – Gargoyles – Taurus P.P. 1:20 George Crumb    
Marcia grottesca; savagely with irony
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 2 - Tora! Tora! Tora! (Cadenza Apocalittica) – Scorpio L.K. 1:58 George Crumb    
Dramatic, with great intensity; violent, relentless
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 2 - A Prophecy Of Nostradamus [Symbol] – Aries H.W. 3:16 George Crumb    
Stark, powerful; molto pesante
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 3 - Cosmic Wind – Libra S.B. 2:11 George Crumb    
Ghostly, shadowy, tremulous
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 3 - Voices From "Corona Borealis" – Aquarius E.M.C. 3:25 George Crumb    
Passacaglia: very slow, with majestic calm
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 3 - Litany Of The Galactic Bells Leo R.V. 2:34 George Crumb    
Jubilant; metallic, incisive, echoing
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973
play Makrokosmos Volume 2: Part 3 - Agnus Dei [Symbol] – Capricorn R.W. 4:12 George Crumb    
"Prayer-wheel" - Very slow; like a vision; as if suspended in endless time
Margaret Leng Tan, piano
1973