Morton Feldman & Milton Babbitt - Clarinet Quintets (Lieb, Phoenix Ensemble, innova 746)
Morton Feldman & Milton Babbitt - Clarinet Quintets (Lieb, Phoenix Ensemble, innova 746)
Avant-Garde, Contemporary Classical | EAC (FLACs) NO LOG, SCANS | 1:02:38 | 247 MB
Filefactory | Innova | (7z) | Released 2009
Composers: Morton Feldman & Milton Babbitt
Performers: Phoenix Ensemble, Mark Lieb, Clarinet
"When you think of two American composers exhibiting extremes in method and aesthetics, 20th century giants Morton Feldman and Milton Babbitt are certainly a good example. There are no two men with more opposite views on music and expression. You might think therefore that listening to their music side by side would automatically turn off 50% of the audience. You’d be wrong.
The New York based Phoenix Ensemble has paired Feldman's Clarinet and String Quartet and the world premiere recording of Babbitt's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, and the result shows their deep musical connections. Each benefits from the other’s perspective on texture, color, and time-flow.
Feldman's suspended transparency next to Babbitt's equally striking gnarliness complement one another, and provide a compelling case for the importance and influence of these composers to the American music
scene in recent decades.
The Phoenix Ensemble, with the approval and guidance of Mr. Babbitt, provides a first look into his largely unknown masterwork, and an equally enlightening performance of Feldman's poignantly expressive music." (label info)
Morton Feldman
Clarinet and String Quartet
(1983)
39:10
Mark Lieb, clarinet
Aaron Boyd, violin
Kristi Helberg, violin
Cyrus Beroukhim, viola
Alberto Parinni, cello
Recorded August 28th and 29th, 2008 Dreamflower Studios, Bronxville, NY
Jeremy Tressler: Engineer & Mastering Mark Lieb and Gina Cuffari: producers
Milton Babbitt
Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet
(1995-1996)
23:25
Mark Lieb, clarinet
Aaron Boyd, violin
Alicia Edelberg, violin
Cyrus Beroukhim, viola
Bruce Wang, cello
Recorded February 19th and 20th, 2007 Dreamflower Studios, Bronxville, NY
Jeremy Tressler: Engineer & Mastering Mark Lieb and Marc Wolf: producers
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