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| Transfigured
Notes |
 Milton
Babbitt’s Transfigured Notes for string
orchestra had a ‘sensational’ career before it was
ever actually performed, having been declared “unplayable”
twice by a major American orchestra. That it is eminently
playable is demonstrated by this first recording, made
live at Gunther Schuller’s world premiere
performance.
Transfigured Notes is embraced
on this CD by seminal works by Babbitt’s two favorite
composers: Schoenberg’s early masterpiece Transfigured
Night and Stravinsky’s Concerto in D for String
Orchestra.
Performed by a string orchestra
handpicked from among Boston’s finest musicians and
recorded live at Jordan Hall, Boston, February 1991.
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| PERFORMERS |
Beth
Abbate, Stacey Alden, Daniel Banner, Cynthia Cummings,
Colin Davis,
Jennifer Elowitch, Barbara Englesberg, Holly James,
Sandra Kott, Veronica Kulig, Judean LaSalle, Julie Leven,
Paul MacDowell, Danielle Maddon, Ann Miklich,
Gerald Mordis, Nancy Oliveros, Alexander Roumanul,
Etsuko Sakakeeny,
Charles Sherba, Susan Shipley, Ray Shows, Jessica
Stensrud, John Williams, violin; David
Allcott, Victor Alpert, Anne Black, Emily Bruell, Beth
Cohen, Frank Grimes,
Betty Hauck, Leslie Perna, David Rubinstein, Consuelo
Sherba, Pattison Story,
John Ziarko, viola; Michael Curry, Andres
Diaz, Joan Esch, Jolene Kessler,
Ronald Lowry, Beth Pearson, George Seaman, Mark Simcox,
Leslie Svilokos, cello; Tom Coleman, Greg
Koeller, Henry Peyrebrune, Nick Tsolainos, Guy Tyler, bass;
Gunther Schuller, conductor |
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| PROGRAM |
| 1. |
Arnold
Schönberg: Transfigured
Night (1899) |
28:17 |
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| 2. |
Milton
Babbitt: Transfigured
Notes (1986) |
26:34 |
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Igor Stravinsky:
Concerto in D for Strings |
13:26 |
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I. |
Vivace |
6:25 |
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| 4. |
II. |
Arioso:
Andantino |
2:53 |
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| 5. |
III. |
Rondo:
Allegro |
4:08 |
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| Recorded
8-9 February 1991 in Jordan Hall at the New England
Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| Producer:
Gunther Schuller |
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