Special offer. Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 16
Ann Crumb (soprano), Patrick Mason (baritone), Marcantonio Barone (piano)
Orchestra 2001, James Freeman
In several songs there's a lot of noodling on pentatonic themes, spiced occasionally by a touch of Bartók-style bitonality or percussive chords à la Stravinsky.
Special offer. Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 16
Ann Crumb (soprano), Patrick Mason (baritone), Marcantonio Barone (piano)
Orchestra 2001, James Freeman
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In several songs there's a lot of noodling on pentatonic themes, spiced occasionally by a touch of Bartók-style bitonality or percussive chords à la Stravinsky.
About
This important recording features the premiere recording of the final instalment of George Crumb's monumental American Songbook series. Songbook 7, titled Voices from the Heartland, includes songs both humorous and tragic, and concludes with the largest song setting of the cycle, the native American 'Song of the Earth'. As in previous works in this cycle, Crumb employs a percussion “orchestra” of more than 100 instruments, creating a rich tapestry of beguiling sounds.
Also included is the premiere recording of Sun and Shadow, Crumb's new cycle on poems of Lorca.
Contents and tracklist
- Ann Crumb, Marcantonio Barone
- Ann Crumb, Patrick Mason, Marcantonio Barone, Brenda Weckerly, Greg Giannascoli, David Nelson, William Kerrigan
- Orchestra 2001
- James Freeman
Awards and reviews
August 2014
In several songs there's a lot of noodling on pentatonic themes, spiced occasionally by a touch of Bartók-style bitonality or percussive chords à la Stravinsky.
1st May 2014
Crumb carefully preserves the integrity of the original melodic lines, while enclosing them in his familiar sound world of exotic effects and arcane instruments...Accompanied by amplified piano, it's an unassuming, bland set of soprano settings – slight, but touchingly honest.
