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Chou Wen-chung (born June 29, 1923, Chefoo (now Yantai), China - died October 25, 2019) was a Chinese-American composer and educator. He emigrated in 1946 to the United States and received his music training at the New England Conservatory and Columbia University. In 1949 Chou met the late Edgard Varèse, became his pupil and friend, and later served as his literary executor.

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Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
China Symphonic Era (中国交响70年)
2019, 30xCD, Comp + 2xFile, WAV, Shanghai Music Publishing House (SMPH), SLAV
Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam*
Live, The Radio Recordings 1990-2014
2015, 13xCD, Album, Ltd + DVD, RCO Live, ,
Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Contemporary
Steffen Schleiermacher
Artefacts = Fundstücke (Piano Music From The 50th)
2013, CD, Album, MDG Scene, Musikproduktion Dabringhaus Und Grimm
Riccardo Chailly
The Art Of Riccardo Chailly
2012, 16xCD + Box, Comp, Decca, Decca, ,
Romantic/Classical/Baroque/Modern/Post-Modern/Contemporary
Edgard Varèse
Amériques
2012
Ying Quartet
Dim Sum
2008, CD, Album, Telarc
Varèse* - Watts*, Grochowska*, Bloch*, Men's Voices Of The Camerata Silesia*, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Orchestral Works • 2: Amériques, Écuatorial, Ionisation
2008
Various
OHM+ : The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music : 1948 - 1980
2005, 3x CD, DVD, Box Set, ,
Musique Concrète/Experimental/Avantgarde/Modern Classical/Minimal
Elisabeth Klein
Music Of The Night
1999
Varèse* - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra*, Asko Ensemble, Riccardo Chailly
The Complete Works
1998, 2x CD, Box Set, ,
Contemporary
Tsai Chai-Hsio
Children's Suite (Chinese Piano Music)
1996, CD, Thorofon
The Group For Contemporary Music
CHOU Wen-Chung (CRI New American Masters)
1996, CD, Album, New World Records,
Contemporary
Varèse* - Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic, Ensemble Intercontemporain
Arcana • Amériques • Ionisation • Offrandes • Density 21.5 • Octandre • Intégrales
1990
Varèse* / Boulez* / Ensemble Intercontemporain
Varèse: Ecuatorial / Déserts / Intégrales
1984
Edgard Varèse - Utah Symphony Orchestra, Maurice Abravanel*
Ecuatorial / Nocturnal / Amériques
1973
Varèse* / Lazarof* - Utah Symphony Orchestra / Maurice Abravanel*, Ariel Bybee / Bass Ensemble Of The University Of Utah* ; Dr. Newell B. Weight*
Nocturnal / Ecuatorial / Structures Sonores
1968
The Louisville Orchestra
Louisville Orchestra First Edition 1964
1964, 6xLP + Box, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, ,
Contemporary
Robert Sanders (2) – Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, David Van Vactor
Symphony In A
1962, LP, Album, Mono, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
The Louisville Orchestra
Louisville Orchestra Commissions (1956)
1961, 6xLP, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records
The Louisville Orchestra
Louisville Concerto / "And The Fallen Petals" / Suite IV Centenario
1956, LP, First Edition Records
Thor Johnson*
Hungarian Set / Trumpet Concerto / Landscapes / Concert For Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon And Strings
The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney
Louisville Orchestra Commissions Volume III
5xLP, Album, Mono + Box, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records