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Crumb: Makrokosmos, Vol. I

Yoshiko Shimizu (piano), Rupert Struber (percussion), Akiko Shibata (whistle) & Natsumi Shimizu (slide whistle, alto recorder, whistle)

A brilliant exploration of George Crumb’s Makrokosmos, inspired by Bartók. Beauty, violence, peace and strange sounds emerge out of mysterious nocturnal worlds. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2019, 4 out of 5 stars
  • Release Date: 30th Nov 2018
  • Catalogue No: KAI0015029
  • Label: Kairos
  • Length: 97 minutes

2 CDs

$31.25

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Contents

Crumb, G: Makrokosmos I (Twelve fantasy-pieces after the zodiac for amplified piano)

Work length32:35
  • Yoshiko Shimizu (piano), Akiko Shibata (whistle)
  • Recorded: 16-17 February 2016
  • Recording Venue: Oizumi Bunkamura, Japan

Pt. 1: No. 1, Primeval Sounds (Cancer)

Track length4:31

Pt. 1: No. 2, Proteus (Pisces)

Track length2:10

Pt. 1: No. 3, Pastorale (Taurus)

Track length1:12

Pt. 1: No. 4, Crucifixus (Capricorn)

Track length2:56

Pt. 2: No. 5, The Phantom Gondolier (Scorpio)

Track length2:49

Pt. 2: No. 6, Night-Spell I (Sagittarius)

Track length3:24

Pt. 2: No. 7, Music of Shadows (Libra)

Track length2:19

Pt. 2: No. 8, The Magic Circle of Infinity (Leo)

Track length1:55

Pt. 3: No. 9, The Abyss of Time (Virgo)

Track length2:31

Pt. 3: No. 10, The Spring-Fire (Aries)

Track length1:43

Pt. 3: No. 11, Dream Images (Gemini)

Track length4:07

Pt. 3: No. 12, Spiral Galaxy (Aquarius)

Track length2:58

Crumb, G: Makrokosmos II (Twelve fantasy-pieces after the zodiac for amplified piano)

Work length31:10
  • Yoshiko Shimizu (piano), Akiko Shibata (whistle)
  • Recorded: 16-17 February 2016
  • Recording Venue: Oizumi Bunkamura, Japan

Pt. 1: No. 1, Morning Music (Cancer)

Track length2:44

Pt. 1: No. 2, The Mystic Chord (Sagittarius)

Track length2:22

Pt. 1: No. 3, Rain-Death Variations (Pisces)

Track length1:47

Pt. 1: No. 4, Twin Suns (Gemini)

Track length3:12

Pt. 2: No. 5, Ghost-Nocturne, for the Druids of Stonehenge (Virgo)

Track length2:07

Pt. 2: No. 6, Gargoyles (Taurus)

Track length1:25

Pt. 2: No. 7, Tora! Tora! Tora! (Scorpio)

Track length2:07

Pt. 2: No. 8, A Prophecy of Nostradamus (Aries)

Track length3:04

Pt. 3: No. 9, Cosmic Wind (Libra)

Track length2:35

Pt. 3: No. 10, Voices from Corona Borealis (Aquarius)

Track length3:16

Pt. 3: No. 11, Litany of the Galactic Bells (Leo)

Track length2:37

Pt. 3: No. 12, Agnus Dei (Capricorn)

Track length3:54

Crumb, G: Makrokosmos III (Music for A Summer Evening)

Work length34:07
  • Yoshiko Shimizu (piano), Rupert Struber (percussion), Natsumi Shimizu (alto recorder)
  • Recorded: 26-27 June and 24-25 July 2017
  • Recording Venue: Oizumi Bunkamura, Japan and Studio Weinberg, Kefermarkt, Austria

No. 1, Nocturnal Sounds (The Awakening)

Track length6:08

No. 2, Wanderer-Fantasie

Track length4:52

No. 3, The Advent

Track length7:03

No. 4, Myth

Track length4:19

No. 5, Music of the Starry Night

Track length11:45

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