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A Nonesuch retrospective, Elliott Carter

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A Nonesuch retrospective

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Elliott Carter

Disc 1. Piano sonata (1945, rev. 1982) (Paul Jacobs, piano) (26:29) -- Dust of snow (1942) (1:05) ; The Rose family (1942) (1:07) (Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano ; Gilbert Kalish, piano) -- The minotaur (1947) (New York Chamber Symphony ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor) (32:49) -- Elegy for string orchestra (1952) (Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ; Gerard Schwarz, conductor) (4:51)Disc 2. Sonata for cello & piano (1948) (Joel Krosnick, cello ; Paul Jacobs, piano) (21:27) -- String quartet no. 1 (1951) (The Composers Quartet) (38:00) -- Sonata for flute, oboe, cello, & harpsichord (1952) (Harvey Sollberger, flute ; Charles Kuskin, oboe ; Fred Sherry, cello ; Paul Jacobs, harpsichord) (15:30)Disc 3. Variations for orchestra (1955) (Chicago Symphony Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor) (23:07) -- String quartet no. 2 (1959) (The Composers Quartet) (20:00) -- Double concerto for harpsichord & piano with two chamber orchestras (1961) (Paul Jacobs, harpsichord ; Gilbert Kalish, piano ; The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble ; Arthur Weisberg, conductor) (22:36)Disc 4. Night fantasies (1980) (Paul Jacobs, piano) (22:24) -- Triple duo (1982) (The Fires of London) (19:40) -- In sleep, in thunder : six poems of Robert Lowell for tenor and 14 instrumentalists (1981) (Martyn Hill, tenor ; London Sinfonietta ; Oliver Knussen, conductor) (19:42)

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