Pulse, judged best classical album in the 2002 Tui Awards, is Wellington composer Jack Body’s exploration, through transcription, of music from a variety of countries including China, Bulgaria and Indonesia. “I believe musical composition should be the exploration of new worlds of aural sensibility.
This is why I ‘travel’ a great deal, musically speaking, even when at home, by listening obsessively to recordings of the music of other cultures.”

One CD contains the works, the other the original music that has been the subject of transcription.

Music

African Strings	Jack Body	11' 23"
for two guitars
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Performed by Norio Sato and Kei Koh (guitars)
Campur Sari	Jack Body	14' 01"
for string quartet with Javanese musician
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Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet and Budi Putra (gamelan instuments and voice)
Melodies for Orchestra	Jack Body	14' 00"
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Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young
Pulse	Jack Body	18' 00"
for full orchestra
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Performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Young
Three Transcriptions	Jack Body	11' 56"
for string quartet
Performed by the New Zealand String Quartet

Featuring

• Kenneth Young
• New Zealand String Quartet
• New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Publishers

• Rattle Records

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