[CP 296 CD] Alberto Soriano; Qualiton Recordings

March 2024; Extremely glad to finally sort out this long-ago nominated title covering the 3 LPs of work by Argentinian Composer Alberto Soriano issued on Iván René Cosentino's Fonema s.c.a. sub-label Qualiton between 1968 & 1970, centered around the stellar Musique Concrète masterpiece "Cánticos Para El Caminante [Construcciones Sonoras]". Born in 1915 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Soriano began his studies in Composition & Ethnomusicology after moving to Bahia, Brazil & eventually ended up in Montevideo, Uruguay where he remained for the majority of his life. Traveling around South America during the 50s & 60s he was undoubtedly taken in by the breadth & complexity of the soundscapes he encountered, leading him to compose the "Songs for the Wanderer" on location via early portable magnetic tape systems. "Cánticos" consists of densely layered "Sound-on-Sound" collages of environmental documentation & disturbance, rife with jarring pause-button effects and a