Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators XL

Featuring

Alvin Lucier
Nicolas Horvath

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Performer Biography

Nicolas Horvath is recognized as a leading interpreter of Liszt's music, a foundation laid with the help of Liszt specialist Leslie Howard.

Recording & Production

This album is a world premiere recording of Alvin Lucier's "Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators XL" (1992/2020).

Composer Biography

Alvin Lucier, the composer, co-founded the Sonic Arts Union, a collective dedicated to exploring the nature of sound, with Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma, and David Behrman.

Interpretation

Pianist Nicolas Horvath recorded the nearly 65-minute piece in one take, with no editing, to maintain the experimental aesthetic of composer Alvin Lucier.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alvin Lucier's work over six decades has focused on acoustic phenomena and how listeners perceive them, using diverse sound sources from amplified vases to his own brain waves.

Compositional Technique

The primary compositional focus of "Music for Piano with Slow Sweep Pure Wave Oscillators" is acoustic beating, where two pure waves sweep up and down while the pianist plays single tones.