Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Those on the Roughtrade mailing list will already know about this but it looks so good it's worth a post:


Blurb

"Rough Trade Shops Present Behind the Counter with Max Richter. This spectacular compilation put together by much-loved British composer Max Richter is the first in Rough Trade Shop’s Behind the Counter series, in which some of our favourite artists create mixes especially for us using the records we sell on the shop floor.

As big fans of Max, Rough Trade invited him to curate a mix, knowing he would pick out some unexpected gems. The result is a 36-track (on CD) and 33-Track (On Vinyl) compilation of soundbites, pieces of composition, interesting mixes and curious musical choices including tracks from Mogwai, Boards of Canada, Philip Glass, Aphex Twin and Low among some classical works by Rachmaninoff and Bach.

3LP+ - Rough Trade Exclusive. 33 Track Unmixed Triple 180 Gram Transparent green coloured vinyl with 7". It comes with a Download of the Mixed Version. The bonus 7" features two Max Richter tracks - Whale Window Hotel and Farewell Threshold Laudanum.

3CD - Rough Trade Exclusive. 36 Track Mixed Triple CD Version with bonus CD including the 7” tracks and a selection of unmixed tracks pulled from the LP track listing."


Tracklisting

Side A

1 - The Unanswered Question
Composed by Charles Ives
Performed by New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor Leonard Bernstein

2 - Bach BWV 659 arr. Busoni Nun Komm den Heiden Heiland, Composed by J.S. Bach arr. Busoni
Performed by Alfred Brendel, Piano

3 - Partita III. Courante
Composed by Caroline Shaw
Performed by Roomful of Teeth

4 - 3 Pieces for Cello and Piano_No. 1. Modere
Composed by Nadia Boulanger
Performed by Nicolas Alstaedt, cello and Jose Gallardo, piano

Side B

1 - Ether
Performed by Mogwai

2 - Arcadiana, Op.12 (1994)_VI. O Albion
Composed by Thomas Adès

3 - Hoquetus David
Composed by Guillaume de Machaut
Musical Director: David Munrow

4 - Zoetrope
Performed by Boards of Canada

5 - Starry Sky Cycle (1980-87)_Ursa Minor [Peace]
Composed by Urmas Sisask
Performed by Lauri Väinmaa, Piano

Side C

1 - Qui Habitat (Psalm 90)
Composed by Josquin des Prez
Performed by Huelgas Ensemble and Paul Van Nevel

2 - Of Late
Composed by Howard Skempton
Performed by John Tilbury, Piano

3 - Bobbing Beams of Light
Performed by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

4. - Dixit Dominus, HWV 232_ IX. Die Torrente in via bibet
Composed by George Frideric Handel
Performed by English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot
Gardiner & Monteverdi Choir

5. - Mercy
Composed by Max Richter
Performed by Hilary Hahn, Violin and Cory Smythe, Piano

Side D

1 - Rejoice O Virgin
Composed by Rachmaninov
Performed by Tenebrae

2 - Last Things Last
Performed by Rachel's

3 - Canticles of the Sky_Sky with Four Suns
Composed by John Luther Adams
Performed by the Northwestern University Cello Ensemble

4 - Wasserklavier
Composed by Luciano Berio
Performed by David Arden, Piano

5 - Satyagraha: Evening Song
Composed by Philip Glass
Performed by New York City Opera Chorus and New York City Opera Orchestra

6 - Deep Six Textbook
Performed by Let's Eat Grandma

Side E

1 - FANTASIA 7
Composed by Henry Purcell
Performed by Phantasm

2 - Preludes, Opus 11_XXI Andante - In B flat Major
Composed by Alexander Scriabin
Performed by Marta Deyanova, Piano

3 - What Part of Me
Performed by Low

4 - Tenebrae_II
Composed by Osvaldo Golijov
Performed by Kronos Quartet

5 - DISKPREPT1
Performed by Aphex Twin

6 - Immortal Bach
Composed by Knut Nystedt
Performed by Schola Cantorum
Conductor: Kåre Hanken

Side F

1 - Rockets Fall On Rocket Falls
Performed by Godspeed You! Black Emperor


From: HERE

I bought the CD, arrived yesterday. I played (what amounts to) Side A in the car on the way in to work, pretty stunning. With a voting interlude. The Bach piano into Partita III especially.

Thanks for the tip! I find I'm buying more compilations than albums proper these days - intelligently put together they are of course valid entities in their own right and they do lead me down some interesting highways and byways.

Mate, I'm a total sucker for compilations, always have been. It's completely different to this one but I can recommend Making Time: A Shel Talmy Production. It's the best recent compilation I've snuffled.

Whoah, that looks far out and groovy. Ace Records I see, always deliver

My favourite recent purchse is Honeybeat 60s Groovy Girl Pop, kicks off with The What Fours'(4 models trying their hand at making music) trashy, provocative 'I'm Gonna Destroy That Boy' and doesn't let up.

Love that tune! Have you got the Destroy That Boy and Girls With Guitars comps? Both great. The Gia Mateo tune from Honeybeat is great - I seem to remember Marc Riley or Gideon Coe playing that recently.