Special offer. Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 10
Ann Crumb (soprano), George Crumb (narrator)
Orchestra 21, James Freeman
Crumb is a national treasure, and one of the very few contemporary composers whose new works are worth waiting for. These song cycles are masterpieces, plain and simple, and you must hear them.
Special offer. Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 10
Ann Crumb (soprano), George Crumb (narrator)
Orchestra 21, James Freeman
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Crumb is a national treasure, and one of the very few contemporary composers whose new works are worth waiting for. These song cycles are masterpieces, plain and simple, and you must hear them.
About
Using more than 100 percussion instruments, along with amplified piano, The River of Life presents one of Crumb's most colorful and inventive scores to date. Unto the Hills was released by Bridge on an earlier disc, but, after the composer went on to write three more volumes of his American Songbooks, he returned to the score of Unto the Hills, adding another song to give the cycle its final shape. This song has been added to the earlier recording, and includes the composer himself performing as narrator.
Contents and tracklist
- Ann Crumb
- Orchestra 2001
- James Freeman
- Ann Crumb, George Crumb
- Orchestra 2001
- James Freeman
Awards and reviews
Classics Today
Crumb is a national treasure, and one of the very few contemporary composers whose new works are worth waiting for. These song cycles are masterpieces, plain and simple, and you must hear them.
