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Harry Partch – The Bewitched
Label:
Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) – CD 7001
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CD, Reissue, Remastered
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Tracklist
| The Bewitched (A Dance-Satire) | (74:43) | |
| 1 | Prologue - The Lost Musicians Mix Magic | 18:08 |
| 2 | Scene 1 - Three Undergrads Become Transfigured In A Hong Kong Music Hall | 5:30 |
| 3 | Scene 2 - Exercises In Harmony And Counterpoint Are Tried In A Court Of Ancient Ritual | 5:07 |
| 4 | Scene 3 - The Romancing Of A Pathological Liar Comes To An Inspired End | 5:33 |
| 5 | Scene 4 - A Soul Tormented By Contemporary Music Finds A Humanizing Alchemy | 5:39 |
| 6 | Scene 5 - Visions Fill The Eyes Of A Defeated Basketball Team In The Shower Room | 4:20 |
| 7 | Scene 6 - Euphoria Descends A Sausalito Stairway | 4:17 |
| 8 | Scene 7 - Two Detectives On The Tail Of A Tricky Culprit Turn In Their Badges | 5:32 |
| 9 | Scene 8 - A Court In Its Own Contempt Rises To A Motherly Apotheosis | 5:27 |
| 10 | Scene 9 - A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among The Voteless Women Of Paradise | 5:57 |
| 11 | Scene 10 - The Cognoscenti Are Plunged Into A Demonic Descent While At Cocktails | 9:18 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Composers Recordings, Inc.
- Copyright (c) – Composers Recordings, Inc.
- Manufactured By – American Helix
Credits
- Art Direction [Art Direction And Production] – Brian Conley (2)
- Bass Clarinet – Joseph Firrantello
- Cello – Peter Farrell
- Chorus – The Chorus Of Lost Musicians
- Clarinet – Warren Birkett
- Composed By, Supervised By, Liner Notes – Harry Partch
- Conductor – John Garvey
- Design [Graphic Design] – Bernhard Hallstein
- Engineer [Remastering, Assistant] – Francis X. Pierce
- Engineer [Remastering] – Charles Harbutt
- Ensemble – The University Of Illinois Musical Ensemble
- Koto – Carol Zuckerberg
- Marimba [Bass] – Warren Smith
- Marimba [Diamond] – Danlee Mitchell
- Marimba [Eroica], Voice, Leader [Chorus] – William Olson
- Organ [Chromelodeon] – Herbert Bielawa
- Painting [Cover Painting] – Mark Allen
- Percussion [Boo], Marimba [Bamboo] – Thomas Gauger
- Percussion [Cloud Chamber Bowls] – George Andrix
- Percussion [Spoils Of War] – Michael Donzella
- Photography By [Harry Partch] – Betty Freeman
- Piccolo Flute – Charles Delaney
- Producer – Carter Harman
- Recorded By – Lyle Dahms
- Remastered By [Digitally] – Joseph R. Dalton
- Vocals [The Witch] – Freda Schell
- Zither [Harmonic Canon] – Barbara Grammar, Georgi Mayer
- Zither [Kithara Left Side] – Jan Bach
- Zither [Kithara Right Side] – Sanford Berry
- Zither [Surrogate Kithara], Gong – Jack McKenzie
Notes
℗ 1973 Composers Recordings, Inc.
© 1990 Composers Recordings, Inc.
This is a recording of the first performance of Harry Partch's dance-satire, The Bewitched, which took place at the University of Illinois' Champaign-Urbana campus in 1957.
This recording was originally released on Partch's own label, Gate 5.
© 1990 Composers Recordings, Inc.
This is a recording of the first performance of Harry Partch's dance-satire, The Bewitched, which took place at the University of Illinois' Champaign-Urbana campus in 1957.
This recording was originally released on Partch's own label, Gate 5.
Other Versions (5 of 6) View All
| Cat# | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| none | Harry Partch | The Bewitched (2xLP) | Gate 5 Records | none | US | 1958 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CD 754 | Harry Partch | The Harry Partch Collection Volume 4: The Bewitched (CD, Album, RE, RM) | Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI) | CD 754 | US | 1997 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue E | Harry Partch | The Bewitched (LP, RE) | Gate 5 Records | Issue E | US | 1962 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 80624-2 | Harry Partch | The Bewitched (CD, Mono, RE, RM) | New World Records | 80624-2 | US | 2005 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3CACKLP | Harry Partch | The Bewitched (Excerpted) A Dance Satire (LP, RE) | Cacophonic | 3CACKLP | UK | 2013 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
