Elliott Carter: Orchestral Songs; Complete Choral Music

CRI CD 648 (1991)

The Defense of Corinth (1941) Emblems (1947) The Harmony of Morning (1944) Heart Not So Heavy As Mine (1938) Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (1945) Tarantella (1936) Three Poems of Robert Frost (1974) To Music (1937) Voyage (1943) Warble for Lilac Time (1943)

Track Listing

[1] Warble for Lilac Time (1943)
Rosalind Rees, soprano | Adirondack Chamber Orchestra, Gregg Smith, conductor
[2] Voyage (1943)
Rosalind Rees, soprano | Adirondack Chamber Orchestra, Gregg Smith, conductor
[3-5] Three Poems of Robert Frost (1974)
Rosalind Rees, soprano | Adirondack Chamber Orchestra, Gregg Smith, conductor
[6] Tarantella (1936)
Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, conductor | Paul Suits, piano (four hands) | Jerald Stone, piano (four hands)
*Reissue from The Gregg Smith Singers: Elliott Carter: Choral Music
[7] Emblems (1947)
Long Island Symphonic Choral Association | Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, conductor
*Reissue from The Gregg Smith Singers: Elliott Carter: Choral Music
[8] The Harmony of Morning (1944)
Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, conductor
*Reissue from America Sings, Vol. V: American Choral Music after 1950
[9] Heart Not So Heavy As Mine (1938)
Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, conductor
*Reissue from The Gregg Smith Singers: Elliott Carter: Choral Music
[10] Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (1945)
Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, conductor
*Reissue from The Gregg Smith Singers: America Sings (1920-1950)
[11] To Music (1937)
Rosalind Rees, soprano | Gregg Smith Singers, Gregg Smith, conductor
*Reissue from The Gregg Smith Singers: Elliott Carter: Choral Music
[12] The Defense of Corinth (1941)
Jan Opalach, narrator | Columbia University Men's Glee Club, Gregg Smith, conductor | Edward Green, piano (four hands) | Mark Suttonsmith, piano (four hands)
*Reissue from The Gregg Smith Singers: America Sings (1920-1950)

Details

Timings: Warble for Lilac Time (6:55), Voyage (5:49), Three Poems of Robert Frost (1:17, 1:31, 1:52), Tarantella (5:19), Emblems (14:32), The Harmony of Morning (9:26), Heart Not So Heavy As Mine (4:28), Musicians Wrestle Everywhere (3:13), To Music (7:09), The Defense of Corinth (14:12)

The Defense of Corinth: Recorded Spring 1975 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
The Harmony of Morning: Recorded Spring 1976, Whitman Hall, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Emblems and Tarantella: Recorded May 1982, Central Islip High School Auditorium, Islip, NY
Heart Not So Heavy As Mine, Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, and To Music: Recorded 1983, Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity, New York, NY
Three Poems of Robert Frost: Recorded 3-4 August 1982, St. Agnes Catholic Church, Lake Placid, NY
Voyage: Recorded 18 July 1982, St. Agnes Catholic Church, Lake Placid, NY
Warble for Lilac Time: Recorded 20 July 1982, St. Agnes Catholic Church, Lake Placid, NY

Producer: Gregg Smith
Recording Engineer: David Hancock
Notes by Gregg Smith and Joseph R. Dalton, Elliott Carter

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