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Carter: Concerto for orchestra; Three Occasions

~ Elliott Carter (Composer), Oliver Knussen (Conductor), London Sinfonietta (Ensemble), Eric Crees (Trombone), Ole Bohn (Violin)

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Conductor: Oliver Knussen
Composer: Elliott Carter
Audio CD (3 Aug 1992)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Virgin Classics
ASIN: B00000DNWH
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 219,489 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price

1. A Celebration Of Some 100 X 150 Notes(3 Occasions) 3:18 �0.69

2. Remembrance (3 Occasions Pour Orchestre) 5:56 �0.69

3. Anniversary (3 Occasions Pour Orchestre) 7:07 �1.89

4. 1er Mvt Impulsivo (Conc Vl 1990) 8:51 �1.89

5. 2eme Mvt Angosciato Tranquillo (Conc Vl 1990) 8:57 �1.89

6. 3eme Mvt Scherzando (Conc Vl 1990) 8:07 �1.89

7. Introduction Misterioso (Conc Orchestre 1969) 0:54 �0.69

8. 1er Mvt Allegro Non Troppo (Conc Orchestre 1969) 4:45 �0.69

9. 2eme Mvt Presto Volando (Conc Orchestre 1969) 4:14 �0.69

10. 3eme Mvt Maestoso (Conc Orchestre 1969) 5:59 �0.69

11. 4eme Mvt Allegro Agitato (Conc Orchestre 1969) 2:50 �0.69

12. Coda Allegro Molto (Conc Orchestre 1969) 2:08 �0.69

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On this CD:

Concerto for Orchestra
Composed by Elliott Carter
Performed by London Sinfonietta
Conducted by Oliver Knussen
(3) Occasions
Composed by Elliott Carter
Performed by London Sinfonietta
Conducted by Oliver Knussen
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Composed by Elliott Carter
Performed by London Sinfonietta
Conducted by Oliver Knussen

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What a disc! Buy it first and foremost for the Concerto for Orchestra, one of a handful of pieces that makes you realise just what the orchestra can do in the second half of the century. The opening explodes into focus; from then on it is 23 minutes of spectacular orchestral activity--with so much happening at any one time, this is musical relativity taken to its limits. That Carter shapes and directs his white-hot material with such precision and expressive purpose makes for a compulsive experience. Conductor Knussen finds the balance between homing-in on detail and relaying the broader picture: it's more confident and better-played than Leonard Bernstein's pioneering New York account (Sony Classical) and conveys the music's soundworld more completely than Michael Gielen's well-prepared German radio performance (temptingly cheap on Arte Nova). The Violin Concerto, sparser but not simpler and never "easy listening", is music of wisdom and reflection. Take your time, but go ahead and enjoy the Three Occasions, a triptych of tributes that fuses the wit of Copland with the exuberance of Ives. Complex yet compulsive--Carter's music in a nutshell, and all the more wonderful for it! --Richard Whitehouse

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5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent, 6 Feb 2009

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The key work on this CD is the Concerto for Orchestra. This piece was my introduction to the complex works of the late 60s via the first recording made by Bernstein, and I could not make head or tail of it despite being a fan of the first two string quartets and the other music of the 50s.

Perhaps Bernstein could not understand it either as Knussen's performance is so far superior as to sound like another piece. It still needs many listenings to come to terms with the detail but even at first hearing everything sounds right. I place this work with Symphonia as one the greatest achievements of America's greatest composer, ( I write as an enthusiastic Ivesian!)

The other pieces are later an easier to comprehend quickly, the Violin Concerto is a fine work but there something about the vituosity of the Celebrations and their sheer energy and love of life that is even more attractive. One may be affected by knowing of the composers great age and enormous intellect, but the real test is the music, and in my opinion of all the music I have heard of the late 20th century, this is where the great tradition that stretches back through the centuries survives.

A must have disc if you have any interest in the music of our age

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