Texts by John Donne and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Twenty-eight compositions for various instruments, voices, computer and MIDI: solo piano, violin, viola, vibraphone, computer and MIDI; duets for violin and violoncello, violin, flute, viola, alto saxophone or mezzo-soprano and piano, flute and clarinet, computer and soprano, two violins, B♭ clarinet and violin; trio for violin, piano and computer; jazz ensemble. Various performers. Some works recorded during 2010-2011 in various locations. Issued with Perspectives of new music, v. 49/2 special supplement (Spring 2012) and Open space magazine special issue 14 (April 2012), which contains scores for all works and articles on Babbitt. Disc durations: 53:32; 45:41; 52:07; 52:29. Booklet with biographical notes on the composers and performers in English and song texts (31 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1. Tre Duetti / Elliott Carter (Rolf Schulte, violin; Joel Krosnick, violoncello) (11:11) -- For Milton / Martin Boykan (Martin Boykan, piano) (3:31) -- Call it what you will : for violin, piano, computer / Matthew Barber (Chun Ching (David) Leung, violin; Zuzanna Szewczyk Kwon, piano) (10:26) -- Steps / Joan Tower (Melvin Chen, piano) (5:11) -- Duetude / Carlton Gamer (Paul Nagem, flute; Sergei Vassiliev, clarinet) (7:34) -- For Milton / Samuel Adler (Michelle Ross, violin) (5:02) -- Is it serious? : for computer / Joel Gressel (9:58). Disc 2. Odds and ends / Robert Morris (Ashlee Mack, piano) (3:30) -- For toy piano / Stephen Dembski (Ju-Ping Song, piano) (2:58) -- Fingertips / Paul Lansky (Mihae Lee, piano) (4:30) -- Xtet : Last dance for Milton : [for] MIDI / Elaine Barkin (6:08) -- The way it was : [for] MIDI / J.K. Randall (8:42) -- The memory of all that : a sonnet of John Donne for Milton Babbitt / Benjamin Boretz (Megan Berti, mezzo-soprano; Zuzanna Szewczyk Kwon, piano) (12:38) -- In memoriam M.B. / Andrew Mead (Maria Sampen, violin) (6:33). Disc 3. On ear and ear / Hilary Tann (Matthew Jones, viola; Annabel Thwaite, piano) (9:30) -- Clusters : [for] computer / Hubert S. Howe (9:30) -- Double song / Matthew Greenbaum (Stephanie Griffin, viola) (4:30) -- For Milton : [for] computer and soprano / John Melby (Patricia Sonego, soprano) (6:08) -- The shape of the voice I : Milton Babbitt : (for computer) / Warren Burt (8:42) -- Red is the rows / Elizabeth Hoffman (Conrad Harris, Paula Kim Harris, violins) (11:38) -- For Milton / David Saperstein (Peter Jarvis, vibraphone) (6:33). Disc 4. Tints for Milton : [for] computer / Wayne Slawson (6:11) -- Things are / Eleanor Cory (Jayne Rosenfeld, flute; Stephen Gosling, piano) (9:10) -- Compulsive loves / John Aylward (Mary Joy Patchett, alto saxophone, John McDonald, piano) (9:26) -- Ferocious alphabets / James Romig (Ted Gurch, B-flat clarinet; Helen Hwaya Kim, violin) (6:07) -- Too slow / Newton Armstrong (Mark Knoop, piano) (4:40) -- For Milton / Christian Carey (John McMuretry, flute; Ashlee Mack, piano) (6:15) -- Now all set / Laura Karpman (Chuck Bergeron, bass; Shelton G. Berg, piano; Dante Luciani, trombone; Gary Keller, saxophone; Daniel Susnjar, percussion; Nathan Skinner, vibraphone; Mark Small, saxophone) (10:05).
Series:
Perspectives of new music ; v. 49, no. 2
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1049774395
LCCN:
2014625899
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.