George Crumb Archive
“A Tribute to Janet” = Oboe Quartets by Mozart, Britten, Knussen, Francaix – Britten Oboe Quartet – Harmonia Mundi
A Tribute to Janet = Oboe Quartets by Mozart, Birtten, Knussen, Françaix— Britten Oboe Quartet (Nicholas Daniel, Jacqueline Shave, Clare Finnimore, Caroline Dearnley) — Harmonia Mundi HMM 907672, 61:09 ****: This recording combines various “oboe quartets” by a diverse group of composers, beginning with W.A. Mozart, then moving in time to Jean Françaix, Benjamin Britten (for […]
CRUMB: Voices from the Morning of the Earth; An Idyll for the Misbegotten; The Sleeper – Ann Crumb, sop./Randall Scarlata, bar./ instr. soloists/ Orchestra 2001 /James Freeman – Bridge
Trademark sounds and a must for George Crumb lovers.
JAMES PRIMOSCH: Sacred Songs = From a Book of Hours; Four Sacred Songs; Dark the Star; Holy the Firm – Soloists/ 21st Cen. Consort/ Christopher Kendall – Bridge
Sacred music for those who take such things seriously.
GEORGE CRUMB: Sun and Shadow; Voices from the Heartland (American Songbook VII) – Ann Crumb, sop./ Patrick Mason, bar./ Orchestra 2001/ James Freeman – Bridge
A little fatigue sets in on the Lorca settings, but the American Songbook is as vital as ever in this last installment.
KYONG MEE CHOI: The Eternal Tao (complete opera), (2014)
It’s difficult to know what to make of this very static experience, because we are not afforded the best possible presentation.
“David Starobin: New Music With Guitar, Vol. 8”: DAVID STAROBIN: Variations on a Theme by Carl Nielsen (2010); PAUL LANSKY: Partita (2010); POUL RUDERS: Six Pages; GEORGE CRUMB: The Ghosts of Alhambra – David Starobin, guitar/ Mari Yoshinaga & Daniel Druckman, perc./ Patrick Mason, bar. – Bridge
in addition to the musical pleasures, this disc is also useful for checking out how many strands of nuance and layers of subtlety your system is capable of.
“Dreamtiger – East-West Encounters” = COLIN McPHEE: Balinese Ceremonial Music; DOUGLAS YOUNG: Trajet/Inter/Lignes; OLIVIER MESSIAEN: Canteyodjaya; GEORGE CRUMB: Vox Balaenae – Dreamtiger – Cameo Classics
Some audio archeology is required but mostly worth it.
Crazy Jane = PAUL LANSKY: Songs of Parting; DAVID LEISNER: Three James Tate Songs; RONALD ROXBURY: Crazy Jane; AKEMI NAITO: The Idea of Order at Key West; JOHN MUSTO: The Brief Light; GEORGE CRUMB: The Ghosts of Alhambra (Spanish Songbook I) – var. perf. – Bridge
Settings of poems that compellingly explore the beauty and fear of the world.
GEORGE CRUMB: Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 15 = The Ghost of Alhambra etc. – Soloists/Orchestra 2001/ James Freeman – Bridge
He has always been one of America’s best, and these very recent works only confirm that assessment.
Music@Menlo Live 2010, Maps and Legends: Music by BRITTEN, WALTON, ELGAR, RAVEL, TURINA, DEBUSSY, SHOSTAKOVICH, PROKOFIEV, SCHOENBERG, DVORAK, BARBER, VIVALDI, CRUMB, HAYDN, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, MILHAUD, COPLAND, POULENC & others – Music@Menlo (8 discs)
Outstanding live recordings from one of the best chamber music festivals in the world.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
