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Carter: The Vocal Works (1975-1981) / Speculum Musicae
Bridge Records

Carter: The Vocal Works (1975-1981) / Speculum Musicae

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Details

Composer
CARTER, ELLIOTT
Artist
Speculum Musicae
Format
CD
Label
Bridge Records
Released
Jan 01, 1989
Catalog #
BCD9014
UPC
090404901423

About

"The Bridge disc features the expert New York chamber group Speculum Musicae, and has an attractive rarity as opener, the Three Poems of Robert Frost, composed in 1942 when Carter was still an obedient, highly effective adherent of the 'open-air' Coplandesque style, but orchestrated with exuberant resourcefulness as recently as 1980...The account of Syringa (1978), the most complex and hermetic of the vocal works, with its superimposition of the soprano's Robert Ashbery poem on a collection of ancient Greek texts sung by the bass, may strike listeners (and especially attentive score-readers) as more careful than inspired. But as it proceeds it conveys the spirit of the work's intricate yet impassioned enquiry into the sources and spaces of creativity very well. Momentum is maintained, and the instrumental detail is clear and precise.

A Mirror on which to Dwell (1976) is less ambitious, though these settings of six poems by Elizabeth Bishop are marvellously refined in sonority the vocal line ranging from lingering lyricism to subtly-patterned declamation. Christine Schadeberg characterizes the texts alertly, especially the tricky syntax of ''O Breath''...

It is indeed gratifying to find record companies so prompt in acknowledging the importance of the Carter phenomenon, and with performances that, if not always ideal in every respect, are for the most part worthy of this extraordinary music."

-- Arnold Whittall, Gramophone [2/1990]

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 I. Dust of Snow 01:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Dust of Snow
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Patrick Mason
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    David Starobin
  2. 2 II. The Rose Family 01:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. The Rose Family
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Patrick Mason
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    David Starobin
  3. 3 III. The Line Gang 02:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. The Line Gang
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Patrick Mason
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    David Starobin
  4. 4 I. Anaphora 03:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Anaphora
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Christine Schadeberg
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Donald Palma
  5. 5 II. Argument 02:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Argument
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Christine Schadeberg
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Donald Palma
  6. 6 III. Sandpiper 02:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Sandpiper
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Christine Schadeberg
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Donald Palma
  7. 7 IV. Insomnia 02:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Insomnia
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Christine Schadeberg
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Donald Palma
  8. 8 V. View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress 02:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    V. View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Christine Schadeberg
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Donald Palma
  9. 9 VI. O Breath 03:21
    Track
    9
    Title
    VI. O Breath
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Christine Schadeberg
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Donald Palma
  10. 10 Syringa 18:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    Syringa
    Duration
    18:53
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Katherine Ciesinski, Jan Opalach
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    William Purvis
  11. 11 I. Dolphin 03:04
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Dolphin
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Jon Garrison
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Robert Black
  12. 12 II. Across the Yard: La Ignota 03:15
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Across the Yard: La Ignota
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Jon Garrison
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Robert Black
  13. 13 III. Harriet 03:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Harriet
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Jon Garrison
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Robert Black
  14. 14 IV. Dies Irae 03:16
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Dies Irae
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Jon Garrison
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Robert Black
  15. 15 V. Careless Night 04:30
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Careless Night
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Jon Garrison
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Robert Black
  16. 16 VI. In Genesis 02:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    VI. In Genesis
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Elliott Carter
    Performer
    Jon Garrison
    Ensemble
    Speculum Musicae
    Conductor
    Robert Black