Stirling Newberry wrote:

>Scelsi has been the "next big thing" in many critics minds since the
>1950's.

Hardly.  He didn't have a full international following until the 1980s.

>Consequently recordings, the obsession of many on this list, are in very
>short supply.

There are presently 25 CD recordings devoted entirely to Scelsi, together
with the appearance of individual works on many anthologies.

>That is, if he can be saved from his defenders who talk about themselves
>rather than about the music....

If you want to read my discussion of his work, you can certainly read it.
I'm not repeating it here.  Janos Gereben saw it.

Achim Breiling wrote:

>Five? There are 9!

There are arguably 6, depending on how one counts, as there are 6 mature
pieces for large orchestra.  Quattro Pezzi & Anahit are for chamber
orchestra and Chukrum is for string orchestra.  There are other works for
string orchestra which have not been recorded, but they are based on other
pieces rather than original as is Chukrum.

Such an assessment does not include Scelsi's pre-crisis works, which
include at least a few for orchestra.

Todd McComb
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