Movement For Nine Players / Per Vege Viene / Bagatelles No. 3 / Parody-Fantasia / Wind Quintet

Released in 1972 by Composers Recordings Inc., catalog number SD 293 showcases a collection of contemporary American chamber music. This album was part of the label's mission to document mid-century avant-garde and academic compositions that were often overlooked by major commercial labels, providing a vital platform for composers like Raoul Pleskow, John Harbison, and Roger Johnson to reach a dedicated audience of music scholars and enthusiasts.

The album reflects the specific intellectual climate of the American university-based composition scene during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The works included, such as Harbison's 'Wind Quintet,' illustrate the era's focus on complex structuralism and the rigorous experimentation with serialism and tonality that defined the output of the CRI catalog during this period, ultimately serving as an archival cornerstone for the preservation of modern American classical repertoire.