Pioneers of Electronic Music
Includes The Transformation of Ani
New World Records #80644
Electronic music on tape: Shields' recorded voice chants and sings from the Egyptian Book of the Dead as the dying soul of the scribe Ani, chanting the words of his own resurrection.
"...strangled cries, abortive screams and fragmented voices calling from some unimaginable beyond." — The New York Times
"Alice Shields tells us this story in fascinating detail." — Alex Ross, Fanfare
Shenandoah: Three Electronic Works
TROY699
Electronic works by Alice Shields
[On Dust:]"exotic electronic score"
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
[On Dust:]"traditional Bharatanatyam jathis ... a musical setting inspired by the tillana" — The Hindu
Restless Spirits
Includes the track, Komachi at Sekidera
Koch International Classics #3-7503-2111
For mezzo-soprano, alto flute and koto.
"a fascinating exploration of the melismatic voice against the timbres of alto flute and koto." — Audiophile Audition
"Alice Shields' beautiful Komachi at Sekidera, adapted from a Noh play"
— Weekly Alibi, www.alibi.com
Apocalypse
CRI #647
Electronic opera
"dramatic and powerful"— CDE Music
"Highly recommended" — Contact (Montreal)
"a full-blown electronic opera" — The Splatter Effect
Reynolds/Kreiger/Shields
Includes the track, Coyote
CRI #495.
Electronic vocal work
"eerily evocative...holds the listener spellbound" — Musical America
The Composer-Performer 40th Anniversary
Includes the tracks, Organ Screaming and The Dawn Wind
CRI #670
Excerpts for the electronic opera Apocalypse, sung by Shields
Pioneers of Electronic Music
Includes the track, The Transformation of Ani
CRI #611
Electronic vocal work
"...a spooky ride...without cliche and chilling to the bone." — American Record Guide
Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center Tenth Anniversary Celebration
Includes the track, The Transformation of Ani
Original, 12" vinyl release
To purchase this album on CD, see the above listing (CRI #611)
Columbia- Princeton Electronic Music Center 1961- 1973
Includes the tracks, Study for Voice and Tape and Dance Piece No.3
New World Records #80521-2
Electronic music
"...alice shields (both pieces here are absolutely bubbling with psychedelic-era modular synth grankle...)..."
— Mimaroglu Music Sales
Vladimir Ussachevsky - Film Music
Includes the track, Line of Apogee
New World Records #80389-2
Composed assisting Vladimir Ussachevsky
Electronic film score
Includes the track, Rhapsody for Piano and Tape
Opus One #94
Electronic music
"...moments of echoing beauty and sustain."
— Carl VP Groome, Ear Magazine
Gageego
Inclues the track, El's Aria
Opus One #90
Aria for soprano, flute and tape from the electronic opera Shaman
"A harrowing work for soprano...vividly sung" — Fanfare
Includes the track, Neruda Songs
Opus One #83
Six songs for mezzo-soprano and cello, on poems of Pablo Neruda
Includes the track, Wildcat Songs
Opus One #13
Three songs for soprano and piccolo on a Native American shaman's song
