Janine Jansen, Daniel Blumenthal - John Harbison: Four Songs of Solitude, Variations, Twilight Music (2003)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 232 MB | 53:18
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 232 MB | 53:18
Genre: Classical | Label: Naxos
Given how often these chamber works by John Harbison are played in concert, it is somewhat surprising that this is the first CD to offer them on one program. At once highly abstract, completely accessible, and intensely personal, Variations and Twilight Music were written in the 1980s and have become classics in their own right, fitting comfortably alongside the likes of Bartók’s Contrasts and Brahms’ and Ligeti’s respective Horn Trios. Although both pieces on this recording were taken from live performances by the fine members of Spectrum Concerts Berlin, the sound is not compromised in the slightest.