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A	Nature's Breath Bass – Gail Kruvand*Bassoon – Peter SimmonsCello – Alvin McCallClarinet – Laura FlaxConductor – Robert Black Engineer – David HancockFlute – Jayn RosenfeldFrench Horn – William PurvisHarp – Susan JollesOboe – Pamela EppleOrchestra – The Prism OrchestraPercussion – Daniel Druckman, James Baker Viola – Daniel Seidenberg*Violin – Mineko Yajima, Ronald Oakland*	19:04
B	Spectres Parisiens Bassoon – Louis van NunenCello [Solo] – Taco KooistraClarinet – Arjan AriënsConductor – Peter EötvösDirected By [Sound Director] – Tod MachoverDouble Bass – Libia HernandezEngineer – Adrian Verstijnen*Engineer [Sound] – Sebastian van PinkxterenEnsemble – ASKO Ensemble, The*Flute – Mart BendersFlute [Solo] – Leonore Pameijer*French Horn [Solo] – Jeff Hamburg, Remco Kraamwinkle*Harp – Ernestine StoopOboe – Alayne LesliePercussion – Peppie Wiersma, Renee JonkerPiano – René EckhardtTrombone – Toon van UlsenViola – Liesbeth SteffensViolin – Erik Kromhout, Jan-Erik van Regteren Altena*	25:45

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• Composed By, Liner Notes – Tod Machover
• Design [Sleeve Design] – Brighton Typography, Ltd
• Edited By – MacDonald Moore
• Producer – David Starobin

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"Nature's Breath" composed Fall 1984 for chamber ensemble. Commissioned by the Serge Koussevitzky Foundation of the Library of Congress, and was premiered by the Ensemble Intercontemporain at Paris' Theatre du Rond Point in March 1985. Recorded October 9, 1985 at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, New York.

"Spectres Parisiens" composed January to April 1984 for chamber orchestra and computer sounds. Commissioned by the French Culture Ministry. Premiered by the Ensemble L'Itinéraire at the Centre Georges Pompidou in May 1984. Recorded December 16 and 17, 1984 in live performance at Paradiso, Amsterdam.

Digital editing at NY Digital.

This recording was made possible through grants from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Catalog number is BCS 7002 on cover but BCS7002 on cassette itself.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
BCD 9002	Tod Machover - The Prism Orchestra Of New York* • Robert Black , Conductor / The ASKO Ensemble Of Amsterdam* • Peter Eötvös	Tod Machover - The Prism Orchestra Of New York* • Robert Black , Conductor / The ASKO Ensemble Of Amsterdam* • Peter Eötvös - Spectres: Music For Large Ensemble And Computer Sounds ‎(CD, Album)	Bridge Records	BCD 9002	US	1986