Release Date: 1 May 1994

Rampant antiphonal brass and percussion characterise Smalley's Pulses for 5x4 Players – a huge and gripping work which uses electronic treatment of sound to explore the spatial relationship between groups of performers.

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Bernas conductor

AUDIO REVIEWS

'Pulses is still fresh and impressive 25 years on, its sound growing inexorably like cumulus clouds... The performers... do the piece full justice, prompting a query as to why it has not been played more often.'  The Wire

FUNDERS

Produced in association with BBC Radio 3

RECORDING CREDITS

Recording Engineer: Martin Page
Ring modulators and amplification: Ian Dearden & Javier Alvarez 
Recording Producer: Martin Cotton 
Editing & mastering: Marian Freeman

Catalogue number: NMC D017M
Release Date: 1 May 1994