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A Nonesuch retrospective [sound recording]
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A Nonesuch retrospective [sound recording]
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[sound recording] / Elliott Carter.
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Publication Information:
[New York] : Nonesuch Records, p2009.
Physical Description:
4 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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To celebrate Elliott Carter's 100th birthday, Nonesuch released Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective, a four-disc set, on February 24, 2009. The discs include most of the recordings Nonesuch made of Carter's music between 1968 and 1985.
Text of Dust of snow and The Rose family by Robert Frost.
In sleep, in thunder is a setting of 6 poems by Robert Lowell.
Compact discs.
Program notes and vocal texts in English (56 p. : ports., music) laid in container.
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Contents:
Disc 1. Piano sonata (1945, rev. 1982) (Paul Jacobs, piano) (26:29) -- Dust of snow (1942) (1:05) ; The Rose family (1942) (1:07) (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano ; Gilbert Kalish, piano) -- The minotaur (1947) (New York Chamber Symphony ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor) (32:49) -- Elegy for string orchestra (1952) (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor) (4:51) --
Disc 2. Sonata for cello & piano (1948) (Joel Krosnick, cello ; Paul Jacobs, piano) (21:27) -- String quartet no. 1 (1951) (The Composers Quartet) (38:00) -- Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, & harpsichord (1952) (Harvey Sollberger, flute ; Charles Kuskin, oboe ; Fred Sherry, cello ; Paul Jacobs, harpsichord) (15:30) --
Disc 3. Variations for orchestra (1955) (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor) (23:07) -- String quartet no. 2 (1959) (The Composers Quartet) (20:00) -- Double concerto for harpsichord & piano with two chamber orchestras (1961) (Paul Jacobs, harpsichord ; Gilbert Kalish, piano ; The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble ; Arthur Weisberg, conductor) (22:36) --
Disc 4. Night fantasies (1980) (Paul Jacobs, piano) (22:24) -- Triple duo (1982) (The Fires of London) (19:40) -- In sleep, in thunder : six poems of Robert Lowell for tenor and 14 instrumentalists (1981) (Martyn Hill, tenor ; London Sinfonietta ; Oliver Knussen, conductor) (19:42).
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Various performers.
Language:
Vocal works sung in English.