Acousmatic

Acousmatic music is an avant-garde genre that transcends traditional musical boundaries by focusing on the sonic experience separated from its source. Originating from the teachings of Pierre Schaeffer, this genre emphasizes the art of listening to sounds without the preconceptions that come from viewing their origins, encouraging a pure auditory engagement. Composers in this field, like those listed, craft intricate soundscapes using recorded, synthesized, or processed audio, which are often diffused through speakers arranged spatially to immerse the audience. Whether it is the pioneering electronic works of Morton Subotnick, the tape music experiments of Daphne Oram, or the abstract compositions of Pierre Boulez, acousmatic music pushes the listener to explore texture, timbre, and the spatial qualities of sound in ways that challenge and expand conventional notions of what music can be.

Impressions of Orient

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•

Albert Ketèlbey•

Albert Roussel•

Alexander Borodin•

Alexander Glazunov•

André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry•

Antonio Vivaldi•

Antonín Dvořák•

Benjamin Britten•

Béla Bartók•

Camille Saint-Saëns•

Carl Maria von Weber•

Charles Gounod•

Charles Koechlin•

Christoph Willibald Gluck•

Claude Debussy•

Claudio Monteverdi•

César Cui•

Edvard Grieg•

Emmanuel Chabrier•

Enrique Granados•

Erik Satie•

Felix Mendelssohn•

Florent Schmitt•

Francisco Tárrega•

Franz Lehár•

Franz Schubert•

François Couperin•

Frederick Delius•

Fritz Kreisler•

Frédéric Chopin•

Gabriel Fauré•

Gaetano Donizetti•

George Frideric Handel•

Georges Bizet•

Giacomo Puccini•

Gioachino Rossini•

Giuseppe Verdi•

Gustav Holst•

Gustav Mahler•

Hector Berlioz•

Henry Purcell•

Iannis Xenakis•

Igor Stravinsky•

Isaac Albéniz•

Jacques Ibert•

Jean Sibelius•

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Album - 79 Tracks - Released February 20, 2025