Release Date: 30 January 2011
Label: Bridge Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 090404933523
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Crumb
Description
This exciting disc presents the first recordings of two new George Crumb song cycles. With The Ghosts of Alhambra, George Crumb returns once again to his favorite poet, Federico Garc?¡a Lorca. The texts for The Ghosts of Alhambra come from Poema del cante jondo, much of which Lorca wrote in reaction to the commercialized flamenco he experienced in contemporary Andalusia. Crumb's settings are alternately dark, dramatic and childlike in their directness and simplicity. The spectacular tapestry that is Crumb's Voices from a Forgotten World presents a huge variety of American song from diverse sources. Native American songs (Navajo and Ojibwa) bump up against 17th century ballads and folk songs from various corners of the nation. The huge percussion orchestra provides one of Crumb's most colourful scores in a 46 minute composition that is shattering in its cumulative emotional impact.
Tracklisting
Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Odense Symphony Orchestra; Flemming Dreisig; Leif Segerstam; Mi
Partch Ensemble
Zino Francescatti
Various
Various
Various
Valente
The Golden Gate Quartet
