“Musica Futurista: The Art of Noises” is a 73 minute collection of music and spoken word from the Italian Futurist movement 1909-1935, including original recordings by Marinetti, Russolo and Balilla Pratella. As well as period recordings,including “free verse” readings by Futurist figurehead F.T. Marinetti and the celebrated “intonarumori” created by Luigi Russolo which influenced Stravinsky, Stockhausen and John Cage, the CD includes contemporary performances of other key Futurist works.This is a definitive collection with all material digitally remastered and a deluxe booklet with many rare images and detailed sleeve notes by noted author James Hayward.