tracks

Piece #1
Piece #2
Piece #3
Piece #4 - Resonant
Piece #5 - Clear
Piece #6 - Freely
Kegama
Peace March 1 ("Stop Using Uranium")
Peace March 2
Movement 1
Movement 2
Movement 3
Movement 4
Movement 5
Movement 6
Movement 7
Movement 8
Movement 9
Movement 10
Movement 11
Digger Song
A Woman Invented Fire
Drowning (II)
The Woman Let The Tide Go Out
Note To The Grandparents
Mulberry Street Ends In Good Works
The Sad Children's Song
This Is About The Women Of That Country
That Year
Rock About
Instrumental
Starving To Death On A Government Claim
For 5 Or 10 Players
Exercise 15
Exercise 16
Exercise 17
Exercise 18
For 5 Or 10 Players
Dark As A Dungeon
Schoenen Met Veters

notes

Recorded 21 June, 1999 De Bethanienklooster, Amsterdam and 10/11/13/14 April; 20/28 June, 1999 in De Hoop, Diemen, The Netherlands.

All compositions except Exercise(s) (15,16,17,18) are first recordings.

Violist Pieces (1997).
Kegama (1991) for violin, clarinet/bass-clarinet, cello, piano & percussion.
Peace March 1 (1983-84) for flute.
Peace March 2 (1984) for flute, clarinet, cello, piano, percussion.
Emma (1988-89) for viola, cello & piano.
Digger Song (1988) for violin, viola, cello & percussion.
From Leaning Forward (1988) for soprano, bass-baritone, clarinet/bass-clarinet & cello.
Three Pieces (1979-80) for violin & viola.
For 5 Or 10 Players (1962) version for 5 players: for trombone, violin, viola, cello & percussion.
Exercise 15 (1975) for solo piano.
Exercise 16 (1975) for 2 instruments (clarinet & cello).
Exercise 17 (1975) for solo trombone (valve trombone).
Exercise 18 (1975) for 4 instruments (clarinet, cello, valve trombone, piano).
For 5 Or 10 Players (1962) version for 10 players: for flutes, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, melodica, violin, viola, cello, bass & percussion.
Dark As A Dungeon (1977) for clarinet.
Schoenen Met Veters (1999) for flute, clarinet/bass-clarinet, trombone, violin, viola, cello & bass; written for The Barton Workshop, commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, 1989-99.

Recording supported by a grant from the Aaron Copland Foundation.

English, German and French liner notes. Track 1 & 2 recorded 7th May 2003, track 3 & 4 recorded 15th & 16th May 2002 at the Philharmonic Hall, Ostrava, Czech Republic. Edited at Music Master, Slovakia. Mastered at Foothill Digital, New York.

"From The Depth Of Silence" (2000, rev. 2001) for two tubular bells and orchestra;
"Burning Meditation" (1993) version for baritone and string orchestra, commissioned by Mutable Music;
"Kyokoku" (1991) for baritone and orchestra, commissioned by Mutable Music;
"Kisetsu" (1999) for orchestra, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic.

English, German and French liner notes.

credits

Baritone Vocals [Bass Baritone] – Charles van Tassel (tracks: 1-22 to 1-29)
Bass Clarinet – John Anderson (12) (tracks: 1-07, 1-22 to 1-29, 2-11)
Cello – Judith van Swaay (tracks: 1-10 to 1-29, 2-04, 2-06, 2-08, 2-09, 2-11)
Clarinet – John Anderson (12) (tracks: 1-07, 1-09, 1-22 to 1-29, 2-06, 2-08 to 2-11)
Composed By – Christian Wolff
Engineer, Edited By [Digital] – Robert Bosch
Executive-Producer, Art Direction – Brian Brandt
Flute – Jos Zwaanenburg (tracks: 1-08, 2-09, 2-11)
Percussion – Tobias Liebezeit (tracks: 1-07, 1-09, 1-21, 2-04, 2-09)
Performer – The Barton Workshop
Photography By – Co Broerse
Piano – Frank Denyer (tracks: 1-07, 1-09, 2-05, 2-08)
Producer, Liner Notes – James Fulkerson
Soprano Vocals – Nicola Walker-Smith, (tracks: 1-22 to 1-29)
Trombone – James Fulkerson (tracks: 2-04, 2-09, 2-11)
Viola – Elisabeth Smalt (tracks: 1-01 to 1-06, 1-10 to 1-21, 2-01 to 2-04, 2-09, 2-11)
Violin – Marieke Keser (tracks: 1-07, 1-21, 2-01 to 2-04, 2-09, 2-11)
Art Direction – Okkyung Lee
Composed By, Recording Supervisor – Somei Satoh
Conductor – Petr Kotik
Executive-Producer – Brian Brandt
Liner Notes – Dean Suzuki
Mastered By – Allan Tucker
Orchestra – The Janáček Philharmonic,
Producer – Petr Kotik, Thomas Buckner
Recorded By, Edited By – Jaroslav Stranavsky

companies

Recorded At – Janáček Hall, Ostrava
Mastered At – Foothill Digital

Be the first to write a review

Write a Review