First Recordings: Quintet for Piano & Strings (1997), Fragment for String Quartet (1999) With: Quintet for Piano & Winds (1991) - Steve Taylor, oboe. Charles Neiditch, clarinet., William Purvis, horn., Frank Morelli, bassoon., Syringa (1978) for Soprano, bass and ensemble; Tempo e Tempi (1998) for soprano, violin, oboe, clarinet and cello; Retrouvailles (2000) for piano solo - The Arditti Quartet, Ursula Oppens. Piano, Lucy Shelton, soprano, Andre Solomon-Glover, bass, Ensemble Sospeso, Stefan Asbury and Jeffrey Milarsky, conductors. "An American master in 24-bit. 96khz sound, available on DVD. Released to celebrate the 95th birthday of Elliott Carter this year -- an amazing figure who remains one of America's most active and vital composers. This collection combines two of his quintets with two major works for voice(s) and ensemble, and two recent, extraordinary miniatures." NTSC, 80 min.
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1. Fragment II * (1999) (4:31)
for string quartet
The Arditti Quartet
First recording
2. Quintet for Piano & Strings * (1997) (14:56)
Ursula Oppens, The Arditti Quartet
First recording
3. Syringa (1978) (19:11)
for soprano, baritone & ensemble
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Andre Solomon-Glover, baritone
Ensemble Sospeso
Jeffrey Milarsky, conductor
4-11. Tempo e Tempi (1998) (16:06)
for soprano, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello
Lucy Shelton, soprano
Ensemble Sospeso
Stefan Asbury, conductor
12. Quintet for Piano & Winds (1991) (22:08)
Ursula Oppens, Steve Taylor, Charles Niedich, William Purvis,
Frank Morelli
13. Retrouvailles (2000) (1:51)
for piano solo
Ursula Oppens, piano
