"Featured works: world premiere recordings of 'Mosaic' (2004), 'HBBH' (2007), and 'Figment IV' (2007), as well as 'Enchanted Preludes' (1988), 'Tempo e Tempi' (1998/99), 'Two Fragments for String Quartet' (1994/99), and 'Oboe Quartet' (2001). Stereo/5.1 multichannel hybrid CD/SACD release that can be played on any CD player. On December 11, 2008, Elliott Carter celebrated his one-hundredth birthday. To the present day he wrote outstanding new music full of invention and ingenuity, sophistication and joie de vivre. These recordings of his recent and very latest works, three of which appear for the first time on disk, bear witness to the great admiration, eternal gratitude, and huge delight we feel when we play his music, conveying it with boundless enthusiasm to every corner of the earth. Performed by: Ursula Holliger (harp), Felix Renggli (flute/alto flute/piccolo), Heinz Holliger (oboe/English horn), Carolin Widmann (violin), Daniel Haefliger (violoncello), Edicson Ruiz (double bass), Jorg Dahler (viola), Silvia Nopper (soprano), Elmar Schmid (clarinet), Daria Zappa (1st violin), Esther Hoppe (2nd violin), Emanuel Abbuhl (oboe), Christoph Schiller (viola), Francois Benda (clarinet/bass clarinet), Edicson Ruiz (double bass)."
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Tracklist
1 Mosaic - For Chamber Ensemble [2004] 12:02
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet, Bass Clarinet ? Francois Benda
Double Bass ? Edicson Ruiz
Flute, Flute [Alto], Piccolo Flute ? Felix Renggli
Harp ? Ursula Holliger
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Viola ? Jurg Dahler
Violin ? Carolin Widmann
2 Figment IV - For Viola Solo [2007] 3:14
Viola ? Jurg Dahler
3 Enchanted Preludes - For Flute And Violoncello [1988] 6:18
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Flute ? Felix Renggli
- Tempo E Tempi - For Soprano And Ensemble [1998/1999]
4 I. Tempo E Tempi 2:05
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
5 II. Ed E Subito Sera 0:46
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
6 III. Oboe Sommerso 1:55
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
7 IV. Una Colomba 0:50
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
8 V. Godimento 1:07
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
9 VI. L'Arno A Rovezzano 3:27
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
10 VII. Uno 1:19
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
11 VIII. Segreto Del Poeta 3:28
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Clarinet ? Elmar Schmid
Oboe, English Horn ? Heinz Holliger
Soprano Vocals ? Sylvia Nopper
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
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12 HBHH - For Oboe Solo [2007] 2:56
Oboe ? Heinz Holliger
13 Fragment No. 1 - For String Quartet [1994] 3:40
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Viola ? Jurg Dahler
Violin ? Daria Zappa, Esther Hoppe
14 Fragment No. 2 - For String Quartet [1999] 3:41
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Viola ? Jurg Dahler
Violin ? Daria Zappa, Esther Hoppe
15 Oboe Quartet - For Oboe And String Trio [2001] 15:51
Cello [Violoncello] ? Daniel Haefliger
Oboe ? Emanuel Abbuhl
Viola ? Christoph Schiller
Violin ? Jurg Dahler
Credits
Booklet Editor ? Brigitte Weinmann
Composed By ? Elliott Carter
Cover ? Heinz Holliger
Executive-Producer ? Jurg Dahler
Liner Notes [Text] ? Max Noubel
Liner Notes [Translation] ? J. Bradford Robinson, Javier Palacio, Jurg Dahler
Mastered By ? Robert F Schneider
Photography By ? G. Zwetsloot, Meredith Heuer, Walter Dahler
Producer ? Wulf Weinmann
Recorded By, Edited By ? Andreas Werner
Typography [Typesetting], Layout ? Dominik Weinmann
