Milton Babbitt a composers' memorial

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Title

Milton Babbitt [sound recording] : a composers' memorial.

Published

Seattle, Wash. : Perspectives of New Music ; [Red Hook, N.Y.] : Open Space, 2012.

Physical Description

4 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes

Texts by John Donne and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Twenty-eight compositions for various instruments, voices, computer and MIDI: solo piano, violin, viola, vibraphone, computer and MIDI; duets for violin and violoncello, violin, flute, viola, alto saxophone or mezzo-soprano and piano, flute and clarinet, computer and soprano, two violins, B♭ clarinet and violin; trio for violin, piano and computer; jazz ensemble.

Issued with Perspectives of new music, v. 49/2 special supplement (Spring 2012) and Open space magazine special issue 14 (April 2012), which contains scores for all works and articles on Babbitt.

Compact discs.

Disc durations: 53:32; 45:41; 52:07; 52:29.

Program notes in English and texts (31 p.) inserted in container.

Some works recorded during 2010-2011 in various locations.

Vocal works sung in English.

Variant and related titles

Composers' memorial

Perspectives of new music.

Open space magazine.

Format

Audio

Language

English

Added to Catalog

May 15, 2012

Performers

Megan Berti, mezzo-soprano ; Patricia Sonego, soprano ; Martin Boykan, Zuzanna Szewczyk Kwon, Melvin Chen, Ashlee Mack, Ju-Ping Song, Mihae Lee, Annabel Thwaite, Stephen Gosling, John McDonald & Mark Knoop, piano ; Rolf Schulte, Chung Ching (David) Leung, Michelle Ross, Conrad Harris, Paula Kim Harris, & Helen Hwaya Kim, violin ; Matthew Jones & Stephanie Griffin, viola ; Joel Krosnick, violoncello ; Paul Nagem, Jayne Rosenfeld & John McMuretry, flute ; Sergei Vassiliev, & Ted Gurch, clarinet ; Mary Joy Patchett, alto saxophone ; Peter Jarvis, vibraphone ; unnamed jazz ensemble (Chuck Bergeron, bass ; Shelton G. berg, piano ; Dante Luciani, trombone ; Gary Keller, saxophone ; Daniel Susnjar, percussion ; Nathan Skinner, vibraphone ; Mark Small saxophone/winds).

Contents

Tre Duetti / Elliott Carter (11:11)

For Milton / Martin Boykan (3:31)

Call it what you will / Matthew Barber (10:26)

Steps / Joan Tower (5:11)

Duetude / Carlton Gamer (7:34)

For Milton / Samuel Adler (5:02)

Is it serious? / Joel Gressel (9:58)

Odds and ends / Robert Morris (3:30)

For toy piano / Stephen Dembski (2:58)

Fingertips / Paul Lansky (4:30)

Last dance for Milton / Elaine Barkin (6:08)