Roundabout (6:38) -- El canto de los asesinados (7:15) -- Bells dance, drums ring (6:54) -- Haiku of Buson (11:08) -- Lesgedowdaheah (9:24) -- Die Berliner Hornisse (10:31) -- Nell Miller, op. 1 (10:48).
Note
The 1st work for double bass and computer-generated tape; the 2nd for tenor, soprano saxophone, bass guitar, and percussion, with various speakers and clappers (text by Federico Garcia Lorca); the 3rd for percussion quartet; the 4th for reciter and tape; the 5th for 3 saxophones, trumpet, trombone, 2 electric guitars, electric bass guitar, piano, and percussion (2 players); the 6th for alto saxophone and piano; the 7th an electronic work based on an interview with the composer's grandmother.
Language (note)
The 2nd work sung in Spanish; the 4th recited in English.
Author
Carl, Robert, 1954-
Title
Roundabout [electronic resource] / Robert Carl.
Imprint
[St. Paul, Minn.] : Innova, [2010]
Series
Naxos Music Library.
Colección Innova.
Performer
Robert Black, double bass (1st work); Jerome Pruett, tenor (2nd); Hartt Contemporary Players; Douglas Jackson, conductor (2nd & 5th works); Percussion 20/20 (3rd); Mark Engebretson, alto saxophone; Laura Loewen, piano (6th).
Language
The 2nd work sung in Spanish; the 4th recited in English.