Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 6
George Crumb
Lux Aeterna, Pastoral Drone, Four Nocturnes, Gnomic Variations
Echoes of Time and the River
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Complete Crumb Edition, Vol. 6
Lux Aeterna
Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano
Penn Contemporary Players
Richard Wernick, conductor
Pastoral Drone
Gregory D'Agostino, organ
Four Nocturnes
Robert Shannon, piano
Gregory Fulkerson, violin
Gnomic Variations
Robert Shannon, piano
Echoes of Time and the River
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Conlin, conductor
BRIDGE 9127
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Volume Six of Bridge's Grammy-winning George Crumb Edition features the premiere
recording of the composer's only work for solo organ, the roof-raising
"Pastoral Drone." Organist Gregory D'Agostino, quite literally pulls
out all of the stops in Crumb's "in your face" essay. Also featured on
this CD is the first digital recording of Crumb's seminal orchestral
masterpiece, "Echoes of Time and the River," performed by the Warsaw
Philharmonic, under conductor Thomas Conlin. Awarded the Pulitzer
Prize in 1968, "Echoes of Time and the River," is among Crumb's most
personal scores, with its four movements ranging from intimate chamber music to
electrifying tutti outbursts. Bridge Records is also pleased to re-issue, for
the first time on CD, legendary mezzo-soprano Jan DeGaetani's reading of Crumb's
"Lux Aeterna." DeGaetani's relationship with Crumb inspired many of
his finest scores ("Ancient Voices of Children," "Night of the
Four Moons," etc.), and this re-mastered recording, at long last, restores
her masterful performance to the catalog. Piano virtuoso Robert Shannon
continues his work on this series with a powerful performance of "Gnomic
Variations," and is joined by violinist Gregory Fulkerson for Crumb's
eerily beautiful "Four Nocturnes."
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