Six works by Carter (audio only) for string quartet (1st work), for piano and string quartet (2nd work), for soprano, baritone, and instrumental ensemble (3rd work), for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin, violoncello (4th work), for piano and woodwind quartet (5th work), and for piano solo (6th work); followed by two films, the first of a performance of the Quintet for piano and strings, the second an interview by Joshua Cody of Elliott Carter, Ursula Oppens, and Irvine Arditti. Ursula Oppens (2nd, 5th-6th works) ; Lucy Shelton (3rd-4th works) ; André Solomon-Glover (3rd work) ; Steve Taylor, oboe (5th work) ; Charles Neidich, clarinet (5th work) ; Frank Morelli, bassoon (5th work) ; William Purvis, horn (5th work) ; Arditti Quartet (1st-2nd works) ; Ensemble Sospeso (3rd-4th works) ; Ensemble Sospeso, with Jeffrey Milarsky (3rd work), Stefan Asbury (4th work), conductors. Audio works recorded in New York City at St. Peter's Church, Feb. 20, 2000 (1st work); at Concordia College, Oct. 16-17, 1999 (3rd work); at the Episcopal church of the Good Shepherd, Feb. 22, 2001 (4th work), at the Academy of Arts & Letters, Dec. 20, 2000 (5th-6th works); and in the Recital Hall at SUNY Purchase, Purchase, NY, on Dec. 7, 1998 (2nd work). The films were made at De Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, June 21, 1999 (7th work) and in Elliott Carter's apartment in New York City, Feb. 18, 2000 (8th work). PCM digital stereo. Program notes by Paul Griffiths in English, French, German, and texts of the vocal works in English, English and Italian with English translations of the Greek and Italian texts ([28] pages ; 12 cm.) and notes on the filmmakers ([4] pages : 19 cm.) included. Mode: 128.
Contents:
Music. Fragment II : for string quartet (4:31) ; Quintet for piano & strings (14:56) ; Syringa : for soprano, baritone & ensemble (19:11) ; Tempo e tempi : for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello (16:06) ; Quintet for piano & winds (22:08) ; Retrouvailles : for piano solo (1:51) -- Video. Quintet for piano and strings / directed by Frank Schiffer (c2002) ; Arditti, Carter, Oppens, Cody / a film [directed] by Tim Chu (c2003).
Summary:
Audio only performances of six works by Carter are followed by two films, the first of a performance of the Quintet for piano and strings, the second of an interview by Joshua Cody of Elliott Carter, Ursula Oppens, and Irvine Arditti about the Quintet and various aspects of its performance.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)53951952
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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