Stuart Maconie’s Fifties Freakier Zone
Stuart Maconie looks at the alternative music of the 1950s, from the modal jazz of Miles Davis to Bernard Hermann's soundtracks and the pioneering electronics of Edgar Varese
Stuart Maconie brings his ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 6 Music show to Radio 2 50s, as he explores the experimental music of the 1950s. From the modal jazz of Miles Davis to the soundtracks of Bernard Hermann and pioneering electronics of Edgar Varese.
Hear Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone and Freakier Zone at bbc.co.uk/6music
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Bernard Herrmann
The Day The Earth Stood Still
- The Day The Earth Stood Still.
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Scores.
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Miles Davis
So What
- Kind Of Blue.
- Columbia.
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Pierre Schaeffer
Symphonie Pour Un Homme Seule
- L'Oevre Musicale.
- INA-GRM.
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Pierre Boulez
Commentaire II de "Bourreaux de solitude"
- LE MARTEAU SANS MAÃŽTRE.
- Columbia Masterworks.
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Eric Dolphy
Out There
- Out There.
- New Jazz.
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Billy Higgins, Don Cherry, Charlie Haden & Ornette Coleman
Lonely Woman
- The Shape Of Jazz To Come.
- Atlantic.
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Edgard Varèse
Poème Électronique
- The Complete Works.
- Decca.
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Dissevelt
Syncopation
- POPULAR ELECTRONICS: EARLY DUTCH ELECTRONCI MUSIC FROM PHILIPS RESEARCH 1956-196.
- Basta.
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Kid Baltan
Song Of The Second Moon
- POPULAR ELECTRONICS: EARLY DUTCH ELECTRONCI MUSIC FROM PHILIPS RESEARCH 1956-196.
- Basta.
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Herbert Eimert
Klangstudie II
- FORBIDDEN PLANTES – MUSIC FROM THE PIONEERS OF ELECTRONIC SOUND.
- Chrome Dreams.
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Karlheinz Stockhausen
Gesang Der Jünglinge
- Gesang der Junglinge.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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John Cage
Sonata XIII
- Sonatas and Interludes For Prepared Piano.
- Naxos.
Broadcast
- Sat 16 Apr 2016 18:00³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 2 50s
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