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Crumb: Complete Edition, Vol. 19: Metamorphoses, Book 1 / Barone
Bridge Records

Crumb: Complete Edition, Vol. 19: Metamorphoses, Book 1 / Barone

$18.99

Details

Composer
CRUMB, GEORGE
Artist
Marcantonio, Barone
Format
CD
Label
Bridge Records
Released
Jun 19, 2020
Catalog #
BCD9535
UPC
090404953521

About

The great American composer, George Crumb's most recent compositions have been two large piano compositions, "Metamorphoses, Books 1 and 2", completed in 2019. Volume 19 of Bridge's Complete Crumb Edition, a series of recordings supervised by the composer himself, is made up entirely of Metamorphoses Book 1, performed by Crumb specialist, Marcantonio Barone. The work consists of ten movements, each based on a famous painting by artists including Paul Klee, Vincent van Gogh, Marc Chagall, James Whistler, Jasper Johns, Paul Gauguin, Salvador Dali, and Vasily Kandinsky. At 90, George Crumb continues to produce works of incredible detail and passion. Critic David Hurwitz wrote that "Bridge’s decision to embark on a complete edition of George Crumb’s music remains one of the most significant recording projects currently in progress, as well as one of the most artistically successful."

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REVIEWS:

Klee, Van Gogh, Chagall, Whistler, Gauguin and Kandinsky all give inspiration for a stylistically inclusive, vigorously inventive sequence: just 37½ minutes of music, but a disc of real substance.

– Sunday Times (UK)

The pianist Marcantonio Barone places Crumb’s evocative gestures with reverent care and gives them space to make their full effect, and he’s as responsive to the music’s savage or folk-like moments as he is to its quiet poetry. The recorded sound is ideally close so the piano’s resonances sound huge and all-enveloping, as they should. Those who already know Crumb’s music well might be a tad disappointed that this piece breaks no new ground creatively. But for those who don’t it offers a wonderfully concentrated, vivid introduction to his imaginative world.

– The Telegraph (UK)

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Black Prince (after painting by Paul Klee, 1927) 05:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Black Prince (after painting by Paul Klee, 1927)
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  2. 2 No. 2. The Goldfish (after painting by Paul Klee, 1925) 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. The Goldfish (after painting by Paul Klee, 1925)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  3. 3 No. 3. Wheatfield with Crows (after painting by Vincent van Gogh, 1890) 04:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Wheatfield with Crows (after painting by Vincent van Gogh, 1890)
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  4. 4 No. 4. The Fiddler (after painting by Marc Chagall, 1912-13) 03:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. The Fiddler (after painting by Marc Chagall, 1912-13)
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  5. 5 No. 5. Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Southampton Water (after painting by James McNeill Whistler, 1872) 03:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Southampton Water (after painting by James McNeill Whistler, 1872)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  6. 6 No. 6. Perilous Night (after painting by Jasper Johns, 1990) 03:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Perilous Night (after painting by Jasper Johns, 1990)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  7. 7 No. 7. Clowns at Night (after painting by Marc Chagall, 1957) 03:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Clowns at Night (after painting by Marc Chagall, 1957)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  8. 8 No. 8. Contes barbares (after painting by Paul Gauguin, 1902) 04:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Contes barbares (after painting by Paul Gauguin, 1902)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  9. 9 No. 9. The Persistence of Memory (after painting by Salvador Dalí, 1931) 03:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. The Persistence of Memory (after painting by Salvador Dalí, 1931)
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone
  10. 10 No. 10. The Blue Rider (after painting by Wassily Kandinsky, 1903) 02:53
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. The Blue Rider (after painting by Wassily Kandinsky, 1903)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    George Crumb
    Performer
    Marcantonio Barone