- Audio CD (Jun 28 1994)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Bridge
- ASIN: B000003GJ2
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. Gra - Charles Neidich |
| 2. Enchanted Prlds - Harvey Sollberger/Fred Sherry |
| 3. Duo - Rolf Schulte/Martin Goldray |
| 4. Scrivo In Vento - Harvey Sollberger |
| 5. Changes - David Starobin |
| 6. Con Leggerezza Pensosa (Omaggio A Italo Calvino) - Charles Neidich/Rolf Schulte/Fred Sherry |
| 7. Riconoscenza Per Goffredo Petrassi - Rolf Schulte |
| 8. Son: Moderato - Fred Sherry/Charles Wuorinen |
| 9. Son: Vivace, Molto Leggiero - Fred Sherry/Charles Wuorinen |
| 10. Son: Adagio - Fred Sherry/Charles Wuorinen |
| 11. Son: Allegro - Fred Sherry/Charles Wuorinen |
Product Description
Amazon.com essential recording
With a full orchestra, Elliott Carter can spread his wings with clangorous grandness. When he goes with a smaller unit, as he does here, he can also do wonderful things--expanding on his tonal and timbral studies with telescoped intensity. This generous 78-minute collection begins in 1993 with Charles Neidich unfurling Gra for the solo clarinet, a piece that rivals anything on the extraordinary Giacinto Scelsi's Complete Works for the Clarinet for breadth and investigative power. Carter, an octogenarian when he wrote Gra, has, this collection shows, been on similar paths since at least 1948, when the CD's closer, Sonata for Violoncello and Piano, came to be. It shows off Carter's proclivity for middle-register grounding and fast outward motion, always tracking toward the unfamiliar and creating electric excitement. As a compendium of one of the greatest American composer's solo and chamber works, Eight Compositions can't be beat. --Andrew Bartlett
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous music by one of America's greatest composers,
By Ryan M. Hare (The Palouse, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eight Compositions (Audio CD)
This disc is full of some of the most interesting and beautiful compositions by one of American's greatest composers. Every piece is both delightful and challenging, and each rewards repeat listening. Some of these pieces needed some time for me to grow into them, but I very fond of all them now. Others I found to be terrific right away. You mileage may vary!By the way, the performances are spectacular. It is difficult to imagine the possibility of performances with greater charm and commitment. The players believe in every note, and play it all with superb confidence and musicianship.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous music by one of America's greatest,
By Ryan M. Hare (The Palouse, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eight Compositions (Audio CD)
This disc is full of some of the most interesting and beautiful compositions by one of American's greatest composers. Every piece is both delightful and challenging, and each rewards repeat listening. Some of these pieces needed some time for me to grow into them, but I very fond of all them now. Others I found to be terrific right away. You mileage may vary!By the way, the performances are spectacular. It is difficult to imagine the possibility of performances with greater charm and commitment. The players believe in every note, and play it all with superb confidence and musicianship.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great collection by a genuinely colossal figure.,
By Augustus Caesar, Ph.D. (Eugene, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eight Compositions (Audio CD)
Elliott Carter (b. 1908) is a composer whose music seems to inspire either love or hatred, with little in between. Carter started out studying with Nadia Boulanger in the 1930s, then wrote several years' worth of neo-Copland music before finally finding his own voice in the mid-1940s. Beginning with his Piano Sonata, Carter began writing in an exclusively atonal idiom, constructing works that are breathtaking in their complexity and integrity. This is not music for the dilettantes who like to play Schubert like muzak when they are cleaning their house or chatting with friends. This is uncompromising, "serious" (often playfully so) music intended for listeners who approach it with the respect it deserves and with the willingness to spend the time required (however long that may be) to appreciate it. If you're looking for instant comprehension, look into [stuff] like "The World's Most Soothing Classical Album" and other corporate delights. This is a truly invaluable collection, with important works culled from 45 years of Carter's creative development. The earliest work here was written when the composer was 40 and the latest when he was 85, but evident throughout is his daring, originality, extraordinary technique and adherence to his own creative vision. This is beautiful music by virtually any measure. The performances, mostly by the Group for Contemporary Music, are superb. This collection speaks for itself. Milton Babbitt once asked, "Who cares if you listen?" The point of that notorious essay was that there is now more to music than Tchaikovsky, and that composers have an obligation to themselves and their art and not to close-minded, musically unlettered philistines. Though he wrote that essay in 1958, Babbitt's thesis is unfortunately still valid, as evidenced by the negative, dismissive reviews of Carter's music featured here. If you don't like it, don't listen to it; but don't attack the composer for being a fraud if you won't take the time to familiarize yourself with his music beyond a cursory listen.
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