BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Oliver Knussen, conductor (1st, 4th-5th works) ; various other soloists and ensembles. Recorded between Dec. 16, 2008 and Oct. 15, 2009. Compact discs. Booklet with program notes by Bayan Northcott, texts (with English translation of the 10th work), and biographical notes on the performers in English ([35] p.) inserted in container.
Contents:
Horn concerto (Martin Owen, horn) (10:32) -- Mad regales : on poems of John Ashbery : for 6 solo voices (BBC Singers) (6:53) -- Tintinnabulation : for six percussionists (New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble ; Frank Epstein, conductor) (7:56) -- Wind rose : for wind ensemble (6:09) -- Sound fields : for string orchestra (7:19) -- On conversing with paradise / text excerpted from Cantos of Ezra Pound (Leigh Melrose, baritone ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group ; Oliver Knussen, conductor) (11:40) -- Retracing (Peter Kolkay, bassoon) (1:32) -- Clarinet quintet (Charles Neidich, clarinet ; Juilliard String Quartet) (13:57) -- Figment V (Simon Boyar, marimba) (1:41) -- La musique / text by Charles Baudelaire (Lucy Shelton, soprano) (2:28) -- Retracing III (Jon Nelson , trumpet) (1:57) -- Due duetti (Rolf Schulte, violin ; Fred Sherry, violoncello) (8:42) -- Figment III (Donald Palma, double bass) (3:10) -- Figment IV (Hsin-Yun Huang, viola) (3:06) -- Poems of Louis Zukofsky (Lucy Shelton, soprano ; Charles Neidich, clarinet) (13:44) -- Retracing II (William Purvis, horn) (2:35) .
Series:
Music of Elliott Carter ; v. 8 Carter, Elliott, 1908- Selections (Bridge) ; v. 8.
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