Plectra and Percussion Dances by Harry Partch

Tracks

1Castor & Pollux: Castor: Leda & the Swan (Insemination)1:52

2Castor & Pollux: Castor: Conception1:50

3Castor & Pollux: Castor: Incubation1:51

4Castor & Pollux: Castor: Chorus of Delivery from the Egg1:50

5Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Leda & the Swan (Insemination)1:50

6Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Conception1:51

7Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Incubation1:51

8Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Chorus of Delivery from the Egg2:06

9Ring Around the Moon: First Phase: “Ring Around the Moon”2:55

10Ring Around the Moon: Second Phase: “One, two, three, four…”2:14

11Ring Around the Moon: Third Phase: “Shake hands now boys…”2:48

12Ring Around the Moon: Fourth Phase: “Mumbo jumbo, hocus pocus…“1:29

13Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 1, A Decent and Honorable Mistake3:06

14Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 2, Rhythm of the Womb, Melody of the Grave3:01

15Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 3, Happy Birthday to You!2:55

16Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 1, “Nor These Lips Upon Your Eyes”3:24

17Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 2, “Hunger, Thirst, Shout, Dance!”2:26

18Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 3, “Land of Darkness and of Whirlwinds”3:37

19Even Wild Horses: Act III: Scene 1, “Had I Not Once a Lovely Youth?”3:00

20Even Wild Horses: Act III: Scene 2, “Let Us Contemplate Undazed the Endless Reaches of My Innocence”2:37

21Partch’s 1953 introduction to the live broadcast of the Premiere on KPFA-FM (Berkeley, California)7:11

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