Release Date: 1 May 1994
Rampant antiphonal brass and percussion characterise Smalley's Pulses for 5x4 Players – a huge and gripping work which uses electronic treatment of sound to explore the spatial relationship between groups of performers.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bernas conductor
AUDIO REVIEWS
'Pulses is still fresh and impressive 25 years on, its sound growing inexorably like cumulus clouds... The performers... do the piece full justice, prompting a query as to why it has not been played more often.' The Wire
FUNDERS
Produced in association with BBC Radio 3
RECORDING CREDITS
Recording Engineer: Martin Page
Ring modulators and amplification: Ian Dearden & Javier Alvarez
Recording Producer: Martin Cotton
Editing & mastering: Marian Freeman
Catalogue number: NMC D017M
Release Date: 1 May 1994