a r t i s t : Elliott Carter
t i t l e : The Music Of Elliott Carter, Vol. 7
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Bridge Records
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Jan/2007
t r a c k s : 22
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 77,7 MB
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2007 Grammy Nominee
Best Contemporary Composition: Boston Concerto
The Music of Elliott Carter, Vol. 7
Dialogues (2003)
Nicolas Hodges, piano
London Sinfonietta
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Boston Concerto (2002)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
Cello Concerto (2001)
Fred Sherry, cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Oliver Knussen, conductor
ASKO Concerto (2000)
Asko Ensemble
Oliver Knussen, conductor
BRIDGE 9184
This highly anticipated recording, a Bridge co-production with
the BBC, presents first recordings of four major Elliott
Carter compositions, all composed within the past six years.
Conducted by the distinguished British conductor, Oliver
Knussen, these recordings tell the amazing tale of an American
composer, well into his nineties, composing at the peak of his
powers. Malcolm McDonald writes that ⌠Carter is not far short
of his own centenary, and continuing to produce highly
complex, sophisticated scores with an energy that would hardly
be conceivable even in a much younger man.÷ The composer
traveled to London and Amsterdam to oversee the performance
and recording of these four works.
Dialogues for piano and chamber orchestra was a BBC Radio 3
commission for the brilliant young British pianist Nicolas
Hodges and is scored for piano solo and a chamber orchestra
comprising 18 instruments. Carter writes that ⌠Dialogues is a
conversation between the soloist and the orchestra: responding
to each other, sometimes interrupting one another or arguing.÷
Hodges, Knussen and the London Sinfonietta give a reading of
electrifying intensity. Boston Concerto was commissioned by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and is based on a William
Carlos Williams poem, ⌠Rain÷, a verse chosen to convey the
composer╞s enduring love for his wife Helen, the dedicatee of
Boston Concerto. Describing the diaphanous textures of this
work, Bayan Northcott writes of Boston Concerto that ⌠despite
occasional deep sonorities, the whole work has a kind of
distanced lightness, seeming to hover in mid air.÷ Carter╞s
Cello Concerto is a twenty minute span introduced by the
soloist alone, playing a cantilena that presents ideas later
to be expanded into a series of linked movements. The concerto
is played by long-time colleague and valued Carter interpreter
Fred Sherry who, during the composition of the work, consulted
with Carter about the finer details of the cello writing.
Scored for a large orchestra that frequently plays with
intimately drawn orchestral textures, the Cello Concerto was
commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and was first
performed by the CSO with Yo Yo Ma, cello soloist and Daniel
Barenboim, conductor. Carter completed the concise 12 minute
ASKO Concerto in January 2000 to a commission from the Asko
Ensemble of Amsterdam and the recording on this disc is of its
first performance in the Concertgebouw on April 26 of that
year. The composer writes: ⌠Although the music is in
light-hearted mood, each soloistic section approaches ensemble
playing in a different spirit.
http://www.bridgerecords.com/pages/catalog/9184.htm
Enjoi!s
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01-Dialogues [13:33]
02-Boston Concerto - I. Allegro Staccatissimo [01:20]
03-Boston Concerto - II. Lento, Teneramente [01:55]
04-Boston Concerto - III. Tempo Primo [00:47]
05-Boston Concerto - IV. Meno Mosso [01:27]
06-Boston Concerto - V. Piu Mosso, Tempo Primo [00:54]
07-Boston Concerto - VI. Meno Mosso [01:29]
08-Boston Concerto - VII. Tempo Primo [01:09]
09-Boston Concerto - Viii. Lento, Sostenuto [01:50]
10-Boston Concerto - Ix. Tempo Primo [01:01]
11-Boston Concerto - X. Piu Mosso [01:15]
12-Boston Concerto - Xi. Tempo Primo [01:09]
13-Boston Concerto - Xii. Maestoso - Molto Espr. [01:55]
14-Boston Concerto - Xiii. Tempo Primo [00:52]
15-Cello Concerto - I. Drammatico [01:28]
16-Cello Concerto - II. Allegro Appassionato [02:09]
17-Cello Concerto - III. Giocoso [02:40]
18-Cello Concerto - IV. Lento [03:50]
19-Cello Concerto - V. Maestoso [02:47]
20-Cello Concerto - VI. Tranquillo [03:28]
21-Cello Concerto - VII. Allegro Fantastico [03:50]
22-Asko Concerto [10:39]
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