Discography
Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective
Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective
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
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
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