Plectra and Percussion Dances

Album by Harry Partch

First released: 14th January 2014

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Castor & Pollux: Castor: Leda & the Swan (Insemination)
    1:52
  2. 2.
    Castor & Pollux: Castor: Conception
    1:50
  3. 3.
    Castor & Pollux: Castor: Incubation
    1:51
  4. 4.
    Castor & Pollux: Castor: Chorus of Delivery from the Egg
    1:50
  5. 5.
    Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Leda & the Swan (Insemination)
    1:50
  6. 6.
    Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Conception
    1:51
  7. 7.
    Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Incubation
    1:51
  8. 8.
    Castor & Pollux: Pollux: Chorus of Delivery from the Egg
    2:06
  9. 9.
    Ring Around the Moon: First Phase: “Ring Around the Moon”
    2:55
  10. 10.
    Ring Around the Moon: Second Phase: “One, two, three, four…”
    2:14
  11. 11.
    Ring Around the Moon: Third Phase: “Shake hands now boys…”
    2:48
  12. 12.
    Ring Around the Moon: Fourth Phase: “Mumbo jumbo, hocus pocus…“
    1:29
  13. 13.
    Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 1, A Decent and Honorable Mistake
    3:06
  14. 14.
    Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 2, Rhythm of the Womb, Melody of the Grave
    3:01
  15. 15.
    Even Wild Horses: Act I: Scene 3, Happy Birthday to You!
    2:55
  16. 16.
    Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 1, “Nor These Lips Upon Your Eyes”
    3:24
  17. 17.
    Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 2, “Hunger, Thirst, Shout, Dance!”
    2:26
  18. 18.
    Even Wild Horses: Act II: Scene 3, “Land of Darkness and of Whirlwinds”
    3:37
  19. 19.
    Even Wild Horses: Act III: Scene 1, “Had I Not Once a Lovely Youth?”
    3:00
  20. 20.
    Even Wild Horses: Act III: Scene 2, “Let Us Contemplate Undazed the Endless Reaches of My Innocence”
    2:37
  21. 21.
    Partch’s 1953 introduction to the live broadcast of the Premiere on KPFA-FM (Berkeley, California)
    7:11