Various – living music 2001 – musique vivante 2001 (Double CD)

I found this double CD at Renaissance Montréal. This compilation was still sealed and at 4.00 $ it`s a damned good deal. This came out in 2001 on the Canadian music centre. The CMC, since 1959 has been proudly supporting, preserving and promoting the work of Canadian composers. This double compilation features mostly Canadians and some composers from Germany (Eugene Martynec) and the United Kingdom (Michael Finnissy). There`s a lot of listening material on this double CD compilation 25 tracks by 25 composers = 139.25 minutes. They offer a nice variety of sounds / styles; new classical, experimental jazz, electroacoustic and sound art. A nice introduction for these types of music. On the first CD there`s an amazing piece by Michael Bushnell (from British Columbia) titled `on the night train` (9.05 minutes) = experimental percussive soundscapes = strangely compelling meditative music. More information here; http://www.musiccentre.ca/