Available on CD for the first time ever, five Soviet composers perform their works on the legendary ANS synthesizer. Recorded in 1971, "MUSICAL OFFERING" is 6 tracks (42 mins) of experiments on the unique machine by: Eduard Artemiev (2 tracks), Oleg Buloshkin, Sofia Gubaidulina, Edison Denisov, and Alfred Schnittke. These tracks have only ever been available on an LP pressed by the state-run Soviet Union label Melodiya over 30 years ago.
"MUSICAL OFFERING" demonstrates a 'musical' machine unlike any other and has long fascinated cutting edge, modern electronic composers, notably COIL and THE ANTI GROUP COMMUNICATIONS (TAGC) / CLOCK DVA, that have both released recordings utilising the ANS.
1. OLEG BULOSHKIN - 'Sacrament' (3:32)
2. SOFIA GUBAIDULINA - 'Vivente-Non Vivente (Alive And Dead)' (10:44)
3. EDUARD ARTEMIEV - 'Mosaic' (4:05)
4. EDUARD ARTEMIEV - 'Twelve Looks At The World Of Sound' (12:53)
5. EDISON DENISOV - 'Birds' Singing' (5:04)
6. ALFRED SCHNITTKE - 'Stream' (5:57)