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Symphony No. 9 "L'Eve Future"
Released: 1995
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Performed by the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, with vocals by the Camerata Silesia Singers Ensemble, conducted by Christian van Borries. The beginning expands melodic... Continue[+]
Lesson No. 1
Released: 1980
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Glenn Branca's first release of his sprawling guitar symphonies, Lesson No. 1, is glossy compared to some of his later work -- and is, admittedly by Branca, an exercise in rock minimalism. With a... Continue[+]
The Ascension
Released: 1981
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If one chooses to categorize the music on this recording as "rock," this is surely one of the greatest rock albums ever made. But there's the rub. While sporting many of the trappings of the genre... Continue[+]
Who You Staring At?
Released: 1982
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The aggressively titled Who You Staring At? is a split LP, one side each for Glenn Branca and poet John Giorno, on whose label it was issued. The side-long Branca composition was written to... Continue[+]
Symphony No. 1 (Tonal Plexus)
Released: 1983
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Branca's first symphony is a massive behemoth of guitars, noise and alternate tunings with players that include the Theoretical Girls' Wharton Tiers and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and Lee... Continue[+]
Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven)
Released: 1989
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Glenn Branca's Symphony No. 6 is as dense, edgy, and dramatic as listeners have come to expect. Symphony No. 6 isn't a symphony in the stuffy classical sense -- it's not written for a traditional... Continue[+]
Music for Peter Greenaway's Film "The Belly of an Architect" (1987)
Released: 1987
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A different light...music for string orchestra with the gradually sliding tone-densities of the guitar music transferred to orchestral strings for some of the best moments in the score. ~ "Blue"... Continue[+]
Symphony No. 3 (Gloria)
Released: 1983
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Branca subtitled this work as "music for the first 127 intervals of the harmonic series," and one can certainly sense a more arcane, less overtly rockish approach here than on previous releases... Continue[+]
Symphony No. 2 (The Peak of the Sacred)
Released: 1992
Label: N\A
The legendary live performance at St. Mary's Church on May 14, 1982. Scored for eight mallet guitars, taped harmonic guitars, bass drums, metal percussion and drums. The first movement, "Slow... Continue[+]
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