Recommended Recordings: ( denotes highest recommendation for a "core" collection)

Four String Quartets

Julliard String Quartet, Sony S2K47229 (with Duo for Violin and Piano)

Ariditti String Quartet, Etcetera KTC1065 & KTC1066

Violin Concerto, Concerto for Orchestra (with Three Occasions for Orchestra)

London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen – conductor, Ole Bohn – violin, Virgin Classics CDC59271 CS

Symphony of Three Orchestras (with Varèse)

New York Philharmonic, Pierre Boulez – conductor. Sony SMK68334

Eight Instrumental Works, 1948-1993 (Duo, Cello Sonata, several later chamber and solo works)

The Group for Contemporary Music, Bridge 9044

Partita (with Berio and Takemitsu)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Baremboim – conductor. Teldec (1995)

Double Concerto for Harpsichord and Piano (with Cello Sonata, Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, and harpsichord)

Paul Jacobs, Gilbert Kalish, keyboard, Elektra Nonesuch 79183

Variations for Orchestra (with Schuller, Babbitt, and Cage)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, conductor. Deutsche Grammophon 431 698-2

A Mirror on Which to Dwell, (with Symphony of Three Orchestras)

Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano (original soloist), Pierre Boulez, conductor. LP Columbia M 35171

Aaron M. Cassidy <amc@nwu.edu>