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- Original Release Date: 13 Feb 2004
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Clarinet Concerto - Scherzando | Michael Collins | 2:13 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 2. Clarinet Concerto - Deciso | Michael Collins | 2:01 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 3. Clarinet Concerto - Tranquillo | Michael Collins | 4:00 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 4. Clarinet Concerto - Presto | Michael Collins | 2:06 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 5. Clarinet Concerto - Largo | Michael Collins | 3:01 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 6. Clarinet Concerto - Giocoso | Michael Collins | 3:24 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 7. Clarinet Concerto - Agitato | Michael Collins | 2:03 | £0.79 | ||
| Play | 8. Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei - 1. Partita | BBC Symphony Orchestra | 16:25 | £2.29 | ||
| Play | 9. Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei - 2. Adagio tenebroso | BBC Symphony Orchestra | 17:22 | £2.29 | ||
| Play | 10. Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei - 3. Allegro scorrevole | BBC Symphony Orchestra | 11:38 | £1.49 |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The mixed range of responses from the other reviews showing here suggest that a further opinion may help to put this music into a wider perspective.
It's surely an error of fairly high order to dismiss Carter's output as "just not musical". The song cycles, the soaring trumpet solo that opens the Symphony of Three Orchestras, the passionate viola cadenza in the 2nd quartet, the central wind chorale in the Double Concerto, the cloud-like clusters of pianissimo strings the conclude the piano concerto, the seemingly effortless elegance of Dialogues (the late "second" piano concerto), the lento espressivo of the 5th quartet - these are just a few examples of truly poetic musicality in Carter. So let's not worry on that point. Indeed I would add the awesome devastation of the slow movement of the big Symphony here as a further example of Carter at his most deeply human.
I also doubt that it's helpful to make glib comparisons between one and another composer as though they were being numbered above or below one another in this week's hit parade. It's not unfair to comment that the Symphony here has leanings to the portentous, and I have some sympathy with another comment here that the music is exposed to criticism for being "in ragged state", although to my ears Carter's music is far less open to criticism on this count than some others mentioned.
I give this disc five stars because
- I think the performances are mightily impressive
- I think the quality of the recorded sound is fine
- I think the music is full of attractive writing and often marvellous invention; and
- I love Carter's originality of language.
Actually the clarinet concerto falls on my ears as a slightly angular piece - generally I am more an admirer of Carter's purer thought-forms than of his concertante writing. If you want to get to know Carter's sound world, then you should certainly start with earlier music of his than that presented here. But once you are caught up in his manner, you'll surely come to appreciate this excellent disc. I particularly admire the absence of the finale to the Symphony - it has a direct link back to Bruckner's 9th as a musical ancestor in this respect, aside from the direct relationship in the grandeur of the respective slow movements.
Best wishes on your aural travels ... this disc is well worth the effort.
It's surely an error of fairly high order to dismiss Carter's output as "just not musical". The song cycles, the soaring trumpet solo that opens the Symphony of Three Orchestras, the passionate viola cadenza in the 2nd quartet, the central wind chorale in the Double Concerto, the cloud-like clusters of pianissimo strings the conclude the piano concerto, the seemingly effortless elegance of Dialogues (the late "second" piano concerto), the lento espressivo of the 5th quartet - these are just a few examples of truly poetic musicality in Carter. So let's not worry on that point. Indeed I would add the awesome devastation of the slow movement of the big Symphony here as a further example of Carter at his most deeply human.
I also doubt that it's helpful to make glib comparisons between one and another composer as though they were being numbered above or below one another in this week's hit parade. It's not unfair to comment that the Symphony here has leanings to the portentous, and I have some sympathy with another comment here that the music is exposed to criticism for being "in ragged state", although to my ears Carter's music is far less open to criticism on this count than some others mentioned.
I give this disc five stars because
- I think the performances are mightily impressive
- I think the quality of the recorded sound is fine
- I think the music is full of attractive writing and often marvellous invention; and
- I love Carter's originality of language.
Actually the clarinet concerto falls on my ears as a slightly angular piece - generally I am more an admirer of Carter's purer thought-forms than of his concertante writing. If you want to get to know Carter's sound world, then you should certainly start with earlier music of his than that presented here. But once you are caught up in his manner, you'll surely come to appreciate this excellent disc. I particularly admire the absence of the finale to the Symphony - it has a direct link back to Bruckner's 9th as a musical ancestor in this respect, aside from the direct relationship in the grandeur of the respective slow movements.
Best wishes on your aural travels ... this disc is well worth the effort.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is not easy music but it is deeply satisfying and profound music, a great Symphony for our age. The difficulty is because of the richnesss of the musical thought, there is a lot to take in and repeated concentrated listening is needed, helped by this wonderful performance.
It is not for someone who has not come to terms with complex music such as Bach, or someone frightened by the level of dissonance found in say Bartok's 5th quartet, but if you believe music can say things that can not be said in any other medium, try it,more than once, it is life affirming.
It is not for someone who has not come to terms with complex music such as Bach, or someone frightened by the level of dissonance found in say Bartok's 5th quartet, but if you believe music can say things that can not be said in any other medium, try it,more than once, it is life affirming.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i disagree with the general thrust of the reviewer below.The orchestion isn't all that remarkable (the only attribute apparently)but there's enough teeming invention to hold the attention in the recent Clarinet Concerto (one of his most vital scores)and even parts of the more portentious Sinfonia.
In the league table,i'd put Carter below both Stockhausen and Babbitt,but at his best he's a force to be reckoned with eg.string Quartet no.3,Variations or the Piano Concerto.By the way,i'm talking in terms of communication,NOT whether or not the piece fills up pages of an analysis book.
In the league table,i'd put Carter below both Stockhausen and Babbitt,but at his best he's a force to be reckoned with eg.string Quartet no.3,Variations or the Piano Concerto.By the way,i'm talking in terms of communication,NOT whether or not the piece fills up pages of an analysis book.
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