Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Violin Concerto; Three Occasions for Orchestra
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Composer: Elliott CarterConductor: Oliver Knussen
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-06-24
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Three Occasions: no 1, A celebration of some 100 X 150 notes
- Three Occasions: no 2, Remembrance
- Three Occasions: no 3, Anniversary
- Concerto for Violin: 1st movement, Impulsivo
- Concerto for Violin: 2nd movement, Angosciato-Tranquillo
- Concerto for Violin: 3rd movement, Scherzando
- Concerto for Orchestra: Introduction 'Misterioso'
- Concerto for Orchestra: 1st movement, Allegro non troppo
- Concerto for Orchestra: 2nd movement, Presto volando
- Concerto for Orchestra: 3rd movement, Maestoso
- Concerto for Orchestra: 4th movement, Allegro molto
- Concerto for Orchestra: Coda 'Allegro molto'
Music reviews of Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra; Violin Concerto; Three Occasions for Orchestra
Music Review: "great winds of change, destruction, and renewal..."
Rating: 5 Stars
Thanks to EMI for reissuing this best recording of Carter's CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA (1969), originally released on the Virgin label. Commissioned by Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic, their original recording failed to do justice to this fantastically complex work. The CONCERTO features four groups of instruments, each proceeding at a different tempo through the work, one of the best examples of this dynamic structural innovation in Carter's oeuvre.
Carter supervised the 1991 recording by the London Sinfonietta, led by Oliver Knussen, and unlike the other available recordings, it is separated into six tracks which facilitates careful listening. Knussen's interpretation is Boulezian, revealing every detail of the score, in contrast to Michael Gielen's recording of a year later leading the SWR Sinfonieorchester (see my review), which is more lush and romantic, with more powerful tutti passages, but which misses some of the rich complexity.
First performed in 1970, the CONCERTO reflects the turmoil of the times. Bayan Northcott in the liner notes describes the composition as "a large structure as a kind of vortex of interacting forces." The "great winds" quote above refers to the poem "Vents" which was an inspiration for the piece. With his CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA Carter created one of the most powerful and distinctive orchestral works of the late 20th century.
"Three Occasions for Orchestra" and the "Violin Concerto" are more recent compositions from the late 1980s, and both are superb. While neither is as stunning as the CONCERTO, they work perfectly here in creating a diverse and absolutely compelling set of modern music!
An interesting element of this disc's original Virgin incarnation was the involvement of Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, a devotee of modern music who studied with Luciano Berio at Mills College. Lesh and his Rex Foundation helped subsidize the 1991 recording. The Virgin disc with original cover art has now been reissued by ArkivMusic.
See my ELLIOTT CARTER: A CENTENARY LISTENER'S GUIDE for more reviews and recommendations. See also my lists THE THREE BEST LATE 20th CENTURY COMPOSERS (Carter, Ligeti and Xenakis), THE 12 BEST and 30 OF THE BEST LATE 20th/21st CENTURY COMPOSERS.
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