side 1 ~ 28:24
side 2 ~ 25:07
Created during a production between the 10th and 14th December 1969 in the Godorf/Cologne Studio
'Based formally on the composition of 'Kurzwellen': material is obtained from a regulating system [radio short waves], selected freely by the player and immediately developed. By 'developed' is meant: spread, condensed, extended, shortened, differently coloured, more or less articulated, transposed, modulated, multiplied, synchronized.
from the attached sleeve text [translated from German, i imagine]:
'This classic live electronic improvisation work [which grew out of Stockhausen's Kurzwellen] is actually a great noisy atonal tribute to Beethoven's Opus 212b. Stockhausen's Opus 1970 was composed to mark the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth, but curiously suppressed in the official list of Stockhausen works.
Stockhausen serves as sound-director of Aloys Kontarsky [piano], Johannes G. Fritsch [electric viola], Harald Bojé [Elektronium early electronic keyboard instrument], and Rolf Gehlhaar [tam-tam]. The players activate tapes containing abstract fragments of Beethoven's music as they perform and improvise in response, with Stockhausen electronically processing and mixing the group's output.'
most impressive group sounds from 69. originally dropped by the noble ooliver[thanks!] of avaxhome fame in .ape format & converted to 320 mp3 utilizing this piece of freeware. highly recommended
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