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The Music of Elliott Carter
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Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 8
Martin Owen (horn), Leigh Melrose (baritone), Rolf Schulte (violin) & Fred Sherry (cello), William Purvis (horn), Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Jon Nelson (trumpet), Donald Palma (contrabass), Hsin-Yun Huang (viola), Simon Boyar (marimba), Charles Neidich (clarinet), Lucy Shelton (soprano) & Charles...
Textures are pared down to their essence, a quality exemplified in the abundance of perfectly turned little miniatures for one or two instruments...All these things, whether tiny and serene... —
Awards:
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Sunday Times, 2010, Albums of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Contemporary
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…the performance of the Violin Concerto on the other CD is especially interesting… Rolf Schulte gives the whole concerto an almost fevered intensity. —
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Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 5
Nine Compositions 1994-2002
Virgil Blackwell (bass clarinet), Charles Rosen (piano), Fred Sherry (cello), Maureen Gallagher (viola) and Peter Kolkay (bassoon), Tony Arnold (soprano) and Jacob Greenberg (piano), Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima (clarinets)
Speculum Musicae
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Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 9
Rosalind Rees (soprano) & David Starobin (guitar), Tony Arnold (soprano), Charles Rosen (piano), Steven Beck, Slowing Wind Quintet
Colorado College Festival Orchestra, Basel Sinfonietta, Scott Yoo, Joel Smirmoff
overturns the stereotype that built up around the composer during his lifetime —
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Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 7
Nicolas Hodges (piano)
London Sinfonietta & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen
You might expect the tone of these late works to be meditative and autumnal, but in fact they're witty, brightly coloured and full of mental and rhythmic agility. The four big-scale works from... —
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Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 1
Vocal Works (1975-1981)
Patrick Mason, Christine Schadeberg, Katherine Ciesinski and Jan Opalach, Jon Garrison
Speculum Musicae, David Starobin, David Palma, William Purvis, Robert Black
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Music of Elliott Carter - Vol 4
Susan Narucki (soprano), David Starobin (guitar) and Daniel Druckman (percussion)
Speculum Musicae
