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| 1. Songs, Drones And Refrains Of Death: Part One, Refrain One: I. The Guitar/Refrain Two: II. Casida... - George Crumb/David Starobin/Donald Palma/Aleck Karis/Daniel Druckman/Eric Charlston |
| 2. Songs, Drones And Refrains Of Death: Part Two, Refrain Three: III. Song Of The Rider/Refrain Four... - George Crumb/David Starobin/Donald Palma/Aleck Karis/Daniel Druckman/Eric Charlston |
| 3. A Little Ste For Christmas: 1. The Visitation - Lambert Orkis |
| 4. A Little Ste For Christmas: 2. Berceuse For The Infant Jesu - Lambert Orkis |
| 5. A Little Ste For Christmas: 3. The Shepherd's Noel - Lambert Orkis |
| 6. A Little Ste For Christmas: 4. Adoration Of The Magi - Lambert Orkis |
| 7. A Little Ste For Christmas: 5. Nativity Dance - Lambert Orkis |
| 8. A Little Ste For Christmas: 6. Canticle Of The Holy Night - Lambert Orkis |
| 9. A Little Ste For Christmas: 7. Carol Of The Bells - Lambert Orkis |
| 10. Apparition: I. The Night In Silence Under Many A Star - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 11. Apparition: Vocalise 1: Summer Sounds - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 12. Apparition: II. When Lilacs Last In The Dooryard Bloom'd - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 13. Apparition: III. Dark Mother Always Gliding With Soft Feet - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 14. Apparition: Vocalise 2: Invocation To The Dark Angel - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 15. Apparition: IV. Approach Strong Deliveress! - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 16. Apparition: Vocalise 3: Death Carol ('Song Of The Nightbird') - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 17. Apparition: V. Come Lovely And Soothing Death - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
| 18. Apparition: VI. The Night In Silence Under Many A Star - Jan DeGaetani/Gilbert Kalish |
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4.0 out of 5 stars
For Crumb enthusiasts, 19 Nov 2006
By Michael Suh - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Crumb: Various Works (Audio CD)
The three works on this disc are somewhat "typical" Crumb. "Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death" is not Crumb's greatest work, even if it has his signature gestures -- a combination of speaking and singing during songs, shouting from the percussion players, among other techniques. It's a little contrived and more than a little dated (it's unmistakably 1960s avant-garde), but it's not a bad work. The recording's vocal performance by both the ensemble and the soloist sounds very muddled, which is unfortunate.
The Suite for Christmas has never been my favorite work. Crumb's other works for piano, such as the Makrokosmos books, are so much better it makes this work really look kind of anomalously amateur, even though I'm sure it's extremely hard to play. Orkis makes the most of this work, it's as good as I've ever heard it.
Apparition is by far the best work on this disc. It focuses on death just like the Songs and Drones, but Apparition also has some of the most delicate music found in any of Crumb's works. And the singing is sharp and clear, even with the transparent textures of the music. It uses Walt Whitman's Death Carol as its text and really captures the mysticism, light, and darkness that surrounds death that Whitman conveys in his poem.
Overall, it's a good disc. It's definitely a great disc for people who like Crumb, but I know I wouldn't have explored much more of his music if this were my introduction.
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