Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective

Nonesuch 510893-2 (2009)

Double Concerto (1961) Dust of Snow (1942) In Sleep, in Thunder (1981) The Minotaur (1947) Night Fantasies (1980) Piano Sonata (1945) The Rose Family (1942) Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord (1952) Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1948) String Quartet No. 1 (1950) String Quartet No. 2 (1959) Triple Duo (1982) Variations for Orchestra (1955)

Track Listing

[1.1-2] Piano Sonata (1945)
Paul Jacobs, piano
*Reissue from Paul Jacobs: Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies; Piano Sonata
[1.3] Dust of Snow (1942)
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano | Gilbert Kalish, piano
*Reissue from Jan DeGaetani & Gilbert Kalish: Songs of America: On Home, Love, Nature, and Death
[1.4] The Rose Family (1942)
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano | Gilbert Kalish, piano
*Reissue from Jan DeGaetani & Gilbert Kalish: Songs of America: On Home, Love, Nature, and Death
[1.5-21] The Minotaur (1947)
New York Chamber Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
*Reissue from Elliott Carter: The Minotaur; Piano Sonata; Two Songs
[2.1-4] Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1948)
Joel Krosnick, cello | Paul Jacobs, piano
*Reissue from Elliott Carter: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord; Sonata for Cello and Piano
[2.5-7] String Quartet No. 1 (1950)
The Composers Quartet: Matthew Raimondi, violin; Anahid Ajemian, violin; Jean Dupouy, viola; Michael Rudiakov, cello
*Reissue from The Composers Quartet: Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
[2.8-10] Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsichord (1952)
Harvey Sollberger, flute | Charles Kuskin, oboe | Fred Sherry, cello | Paul Jacobs, harpsichord
*Reissue from Elliott Carter: Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harpsichord; Sonata for Cello and Piano
[3.1] Variations for Orchestra (1955)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine, conductor
*Reissue from Cage, Carter, Babbitt, Schuller
[3.2-10] String Quartet No. 2 (1959)
The Composers Quartet: Matthew Raimondi, violin; Anahid Ajemian, violin; Jean Dupouy, viola; Michael Rudiakov, cello
*Reissue from The Composers Quartet: Elliott Carter: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
[3.11-17] Double Concerto (1961)
Paul Jacobs, harpsichord | Gilbert Kalish, piano | The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg, conductor
*Reissue from Elliott Carter: Double Concerto; Duo for Violin and PIano
[4.1] Night Fantasies (1980)
Paul Jacobs, piano
*Reissue from Paul Jacobs: Elliott Carter: Night Fantasies; Piano Sonata
[4.2-7] Triple Duo (1982)
The Fires of London: Philippa Davies, flute; David Campbell, clarinet; Gregory Knowles, percussion; Stephen Pruslin, piano; Rosemary Furniss, violin; Jonathan Williams, cello
*Reissue from Elliott Carter: In Sleep, In Thunder; Triple Duo
[4.8-13] In Sleep, in Thunder (1981)
Martyn Hill, tenor | London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen, conductor
*Reissue from Elliott Carter: In Sleep, In Thunder; Triple Duo

More Details

Double Concerto: Orchestra I (harpsichord): Paul Dunkel, flute/piccolo; Douglas Hill, horn; Allan Dean, trumpet; John Swallow, trombone; Raymond DesRoches, Claire Heldrich, percussion; Jacob Glick, viola; Jeffrey Levine, contrabass. Orchestra II (piano): George Haas, oboe; Allen Blustine, clarinet/piccolo clarinet; Donald MacCourt, bassoon; Joseph Anderer, horn; Howard Van Hyning, Richard Fitz, percussion; Linda Quan, violin; Fred Sherry, cello

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Disc One
Tracks 1-2 Produced and engineered by Max Wilcox; Recorded August 1982 at RCA Studio A, New York City
Tracks 3-4 Produced by Teresa Sterne; Engineering and Musical Production: Max Wilcox; Recorded December 1987 at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York City; Digital Engineering: MacDonald Moore
Tracks 5-21 Produced and engineered by Max Wilcox; Recorded December 6, 1988 at the Manhattan Center, New York City
Track 22 Production and Musical Supervision by Marc J. Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz; Recorded April 2, 1980 at Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, California; Engineered by Elite Recordings, Inc. and Roger Mayer, Elektra Sound Recorders

Disc Two
Tracks 1-4 Coordinator: Teresa Sterne; Recorded August 1968 at Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York City; Engineered by Marc J. Aubort
Track 5-7 Coordinator: Teresa Sterne; Recorded April 21-23, 1970 under the musical supervision of the composer; Engineered by Marc J. Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz; Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Track 8-10 Coordinator: Teresa Sterne; Recorded August 1968 at Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York City, under the musical supervision of the composer; Engineered by Marc J. Aubort

Disc Three
Track 1 Executive Producer: Dr. Steven Paul; Recording Producer: Christopher Adler; Recorded July 1990 at Orchestra Hall, Chicago; Balance Engineer: Gregor Zielinsky; Recording Engineers: Klaus Behrens, Hans-Rudolf Muller; Post-Production and editing: Arend Prohmann
Track 2-10 Coordinator: Teresa Sterne; Recorded April 21-23, 1970 under the musical supervision of the composer; Engineered by Marc J. Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz; Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig
Tracks 11-17 Coordinator: Teresa Sterne; Commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation; Recorded September 1973 by Phonag Studios, Lindau/Zurich, Switzerland, in cooperation with Elite Recordings, Inc., New York; Recording Directors: Helmuth Kolbe and Joanna Nickrenz; Engineered by Helmuth Kolbe and Robert Lattman

Disc Four
Track 1 Produced and engineered by Max Wilcox; Recorded August 1982 at RCA Studio A, New York City
Tracks 2-7 Produced by Oliver Knussen; Recorded November 5, 1984 at St. Luke’s Church, Hampstead, London; Engineered by Sally Groves and John Whiting; Digital editing: Bob Auger
Tracks 8-13 Produced by Oliver Knussen; Recorded February 29, 1984 at Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London; Engineered by Sally Groves and John Whiting; Digital editing: Bob Auger

Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, Maine

Texts for In Sleep, In Thunder from Collected Poems by Robert Lowell. Copyright © 2003 by Harriet Lowell and Sheridan Lowell. [Note the first poem is printed with the incorrect title “Dolphins.” The correct title is “Dolphin.” Lowell did write a poem called “Dolphins” but that is not the poem that Carter set.]

Design by Nathan Garland
Box cover photograph by Bill & Gwen Sloan

Discography