Elliott Carter (b. 1908) - Nine Compositions - 1994-2002 (2003)

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The various pieces on this disc vividly illustrate the sheer fecundity, the undimmed imagination and constant creative impulse of veteran composer Elliott Carter. True, most of the works here are comparative miniatures. Carter has elevated the short instrumental tribute piece, for an unaccompanied solo instrument or a select few, to a new and significant branch of his art, creating a virtual production-line of dialogues or soliloquies of considerable expressive force which further explore or amplify the issues marked out by his larger works. But those larger works continue to emerge as well, and here the "Oboe Quartet" and the slightly earlier song-cycle "Of Challenge and of Love" typify his perennial gifts for sustained argument and expression on an ample scale. from the attached booklet

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Music of Elliott Carter: vol V - Nine Compositions (1994-2002) - (14 tracks) 64:14

01 Steep Steps [2001] Virgil Blackwell (cl)  02:57

Two Diversions, for piano [1999] Charles Rosen (p) - (2 tracks, 08:20)
02 Two Diversions 1 04:40
03 Two Diversions 2 03:40

04 Oboe Quartet [2001] Stephen Taylor (ob) Curtis Macomber (v) Maureen Gallagher (vla) Eric Bartlett (cel) for Holliger 14:45
05 Figment #2 (Remembering Mr. Ives) [2001] Fred Sherry (cel) for Fred Sherry 03:30
06 Au Quai [2002] Maureen Gallagher (vla) Peter Kolkay (b) 02:53

Of Challenge and of Love, for soprano and piano [1994] Tony Arnold (Sop) Jacob Greenberg (p) - (5 tracks, 20:15)
07 I High on Our Tower 02:37
08 II Under the Dome 04:47
09 III Am Klavier [1994 ] 02:48
10 IV Quatrains from Harp Lake 08:47
11 V End of a Chapter 01:16

12 Figment #1 [1994] Fred Sherry (cel) for Thomas Demenga 05:19
13 Retrouvailles [2000] Charles Rosen (p) 01:57
14 Hiyoku [2001] Charles Neidich (cl) Ayako Oshima (cl) 04:18

Bridge BCD 9128 (2003)