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- Friday, December 11, 2009
Celebrate Elliott Carter's 101st Birthday with Composer's Four-Disc Nonesuch Retrospective
Composer Elliott Carter turns 101 today. Earlier this year, as part of the composer's centennial celebration, Nonesuch Records released Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective, featuring most of Carter's Nonesuch recordings from 1968 to 1985. The four-disc set The Observer called "covetable and historic" is now 33 1/3% off the standard list price at nonesuch.com as part of the Nonesuch Store Anniversary Sale.
- Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday Times (UK): Four Stars for Elliott Carter Nonesuch Retrospective, Among Best Tributes to Composer
Elliott Carter: A Nonesuch Retrospective, a four-disc set featuring the recordings of the composer's works made for the label from 1968 to 1985, was recently released in celebration of the Carter's 100th birthday. "Among tributes to the centenarian master," says the Sunday Times (UK) in its four-star review, "few are as nicely judged as this set of recordings made for Nonesuch." The Buffalo News gives three stars to "this exceptional four-disc box," asserting that the performances it features "give the music its optimal opportunity to be heard."
About this Album
Described by the composer as an exploration of the human experience of time, this album features two award-winning quartets that each present opposing views of the temporal experience: expansive and compressed, majestic and miniature. Written eight years apart, they capture the evolution of Carter’s compositional language, in which the elongated, continually unfolding gestures of the first give rise to the condensed phrasing of the second. The album features performances from The Composers Quartet, under the direction of the composer.
Credits
MUSICIANS
The Composers Quartet:
Matthew Raimondi, violin
Anahid Ajemian, violin
Jean Dupouy, viola
Michael Rudiakov, cello
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Recorded April 21-23, 1970, under the supervision of Elliot Carter
Engineering & tape editing: Marc J. Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz (Elite Recordings, Inc.)
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig
Coordinator: Teresa Sterne
Art direction: Robert L. Heimall
Cover Art: Fred Otnes
