Ben Johnston: Suite for Microtonal Piano - I. Alarum

Played by Phillip Brush This recording can be difficult to find, but is absolutely superb! The tuning used is a 19-limit just intonation scheme, displayed below (with cents deviation from equal-temperament): C: 1/1 C#: 17/16 ( 4.9) D: 9/8 ( 3.9) Eb: 19/16 (-2.5) E: 5/4 (-13.7) F: 21/16 (-29.2) F#: 11/8 (-48.7) G: 3/2 ( 1.9) G#: 13/8 ( 40.5) A: 27/16 ( 5.9) Bb: 7/4 (-31.2) B: 15/8 (-11.7)
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