The Music of Elliott Carter, Vol. 2 <BR> BRIDGE 9044BBC Music Magazine: Best of Year Reviews: Outstanding performances here by all concerned: some of the players go back decades with this repertoire, and their passion for and mastery of Carters music is clear. High Performance Review This is an important disc, partly because it restores a major Carter work to the catalogue, partly for its useful update on some of the masters recent miniatures. Gramophone The Cello Sonata is a very approachable early

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and was premiered just north of the WTC the following month

Benita Valente

Amy Beach (1873-1942) was probably the first woman composer to gain attention for writing successfully in the large forms of the nineteenth century: symphony

Carter completed the concise 12 minute ASKO Concerto in January 2000 to a commission from the Asko Ensemble of Amsterdam and the recording on this disc is of its first performance in the Concertgebouw on April 26 of that year

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harp and mandolin)

and Debussy's gorgeous Harp Dances

for guitar

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everything sounds logical in Oelbaum’s hands