Fragment II : for string quartet (4:31) -- Quintet for piano & strings (14:56) -- Syringa : for soprano, baritone & ensemble (19:11) -- Tempo e tempi : for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello (16:06) -- Quintet for piano & winds (22:08) -- Retrouvailles : for piano solo (1:51).
Note
The 4th work is a song cycle.
Words of the 3rd work by John Ashbery and classical Greek writers; of the 4th work by Eugenio Montale, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Giuseppe Ungaretti.
Language (note)
Sung in English and Greek (3rd work) and Italian (4th work).
Author
Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012, composer.
Title
Quintets & voices / Elliott Carter.
Publisher
New York, N.Y. : Mode Records, [2003]
Copyright date
℗2003
Playing time
000431 001456 001911 001606 002208 000151
Type of content
performed music
Type of medium
computer
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Performer
Lucy Shelton, soprano ; André Solomon-Glover, baritone ; Steve Taylor, oboe ; Charles Neidich, clarinet ; Frank Morelli, bassoon ; William Purvis, horn ; Ursula Oppens, piano ; Arditti Quartet ; Ensemble Sospeso, Jeffrey Milarsky (3rd work), Stefan Asbury (4th work), conductors.
Event
1st work recorded 2000 February 20 St. Peter's Church, New York City.
2nd work recorded 1998 December 7 Recital Hall, SUNY Purchase.
3rd work recorded 1999 October 16-17 Concordia College.
4th work recorded 2001 February 22 Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd.
5th-6th works recorded 2000 December 20 Academy of Arts & Letters, New York City.
Language
Sung in English and Greek (3rd work) and Italian (4th work).