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4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Title from container. |
Performer |
Various performers. |
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To celebrate Elliott Carter's 100th birthday, Nonesuch released Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective, a four-disc set, on February 24, 2009. The discs include most of the recordings Nonesuch made of Carter's music between 1968 and 1985. |
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Text of Dust of snow and The Rose family by Robert Frost. |
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In sleep, in thunder is a setting of 6 poems by Robert Lowell. |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes inserted. Includes texts of vocal selections, notes and appreciations by Paul Griffiths, Virgil Blackwell, Tod Machover, Ursula Oppens and Fred Sherry. |
Contents |
Disc 1. Piano sonata (1945, rev. 1982) (Paul Jacobs, piano) -- Dust of snow (1942) ; The Rose family (1942) (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano ; Gilbert Kalish, piano) -- The minotaur (1947) (New York Chamber Symphony ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor) -- Elegy for string orchestra (1952) (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor) |
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Disc 2. Sonata for cello & piano (1948) (Joel Krosnick, cello ; Paul Jacobs, piano) -- String quartet no. 1 (1951) (The Composers Quartet) -- Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, & harpsichord (1952) (Harvey Sollberger, flute ; Charles Kuskin, oboe ; Fred Sherry, cello ; Paul Jacobs, harpsichord) |
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Disc 3. Variations for orchestra (1955) (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor) -- String quartet no. 2 (1959) (The Composers Quartet) -- Double concerto for harpsichord & piano with two chamber orchestras (1961) (Paul Jacobs, harpsichord ; Gilbert Kalish, piano ; The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble ; Arthur Weisberg, conductor) |
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Disc 4. Night fantasies (1980) (Paul Jacobs, piano) -- Triple duo (1982) (The Fires of London) -- In sleep, in thunder : six poems of Robert Lowell for tenor and 14 instrumentalists (1981) (Martyn Hill, tenor ; London Sinfonietta ; Oliver Knussen, conductor. |
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Vocal works sung in English. |
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GMD: sound recording. |
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Sonatas (Piano)
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Songs (High voice) with piano.
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Ballets.
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String orchestra music.
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Sonatas (Cello and piano)
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String quartets.
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Quartets (Harpsichord, flute, oboe, cello)
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Orchestral music.
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Concertos (Harpsichord and piano)
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Piano music.
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Sextets (Piano, clarinet, flute, percussion, violin, cello)
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Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 -- Musical settings.
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977 -- Musical settings.
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Jacobs, Paul, 1930-1983. Performer.
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De Gaetani, Jan. Performer.
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Kalish, Gilbert. Performer.
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Schwarz, Gerard, 1947- Conductor.
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Krosnick, Joel. Performer.
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Sollberger, Harvey. Performer.
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Kuskin, Charles. Performer.
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Sherry, Fred. Performer.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021
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Weisberg, Arthur. Conductor.
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Hill, Martyn. Performer.
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Knussen, Oliver. Conductor.
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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963.
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Sonatas, piano.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Poems of Robert Frost. Dust of snow.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Poems of Robert Frost. Rose family.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Minotaur.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Elegy, viola, piano; arranged.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Sonatas, cello, piano.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Sonatas, harpsichord, flute, oboe, cello.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Variations, orchestra.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 2.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Double concerto.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Night fantasies.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
Triple duo.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012.
In sleep, in thunder.
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New York Chamber Symphony. Performer.
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Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Performer.
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Composers String Quartet. Performer.
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Performer.
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Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. Performer.
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Fires of London (Musical group) Performer.
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London Sinfonietta. Performer.
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Nonesuch Records (Firm)
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Added Title |
Selections
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Standard No. |
075597992212 |
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00075597992212 gtin-14 |
Music No. |
510893-2 Nonesuch Records |
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B001FZCZFW |
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