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2026 marks the centenary of the composer and pianist Hans Otte’s birth. His multi-movement minimalist masterpiece The Book of Sounds has been pretty lucky on disc, and Jed discusses the work’s discography for this episode.

Here are links to recordings:

Hans Otte - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHmWXLaSePc&list=PLWM30loNhYy-M0EmzudadkmyXfDXjH471

Ralph van Raat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXeD6h0cVMI

Nicolas Horvath (live performance) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUpt_f3b8z0

Nicholas Horvath (studio recording) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZP3UCKL7U6I

Carlos Cipa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsexWDGgGCU&list=OLAK5uy_kzPAmicXIR6pt8oXCSvTpGLCUjGFav9RA&index=2

Conor Hanick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT_NFb0XCUA

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