Album
   
Album title
Chamber Music by ELLIOTT CARTER - Figments and Fragments
Performer
JOHANNES MARTENS ENSEMBLE
Catalogue #
2L-054-SACD
EAN13
7041888513223
ISRC-code
NOMPP0806010-130

Disc 1
Hybrid SACD
MCH 5.1 DSD
Stereo DSD

Release date
August 2008
Recording date
January 2008
Location
Sofienberg Church, Oslo, Norway
Original source
DXD (352.8kHz/24bit)
 
Chamber Music by ELLIOTT CARTER
- Figments and Fragments

For this album of music by Elliott Carter cellist Johannes Martens has assembled some of Norway's foremost young musicians. Tracing Carter's development through some of his most creative periods, these works - from the beautiful 1946 Elegy and the celebrated Cello Sonata from 1948 through to newer pieces for solo instruments, duo, trio and string quartet - constitute nearly a cross-section of musical evolution in the 20th century's second half.

Elliott Carter has mentioned how, as a child, he could ride his bicycle all the way down Manhattan without meeting a single automobile, a stark contrast to today's permanent traffic jam. Travelling in Europe before and after the first and second world wars, and seeing the disastrous results, he felt a need to develop music that mirrors the human situation in the modern world. Thus, his music stands as a tribute to life.

Sonata for Cello and Piano - Figment 1 and 2 - Enchanted Preludes - Scrivo in Vento - Gra - Con leggerezza pensosa - Fragment 1 and 2 - Elegy

Johannes Martens is a member of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and has also been guest principal cellist of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra and the Norwegian Opera Orchestra. Tom Ottar Andreassen is principal flautist of the The Norwegian Radio Orchestra and The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Joachim Kjelsaas Kwetzinsky is a much sought-after concert pianist and chamber musician. Andjei Maevski is principal clarinettist of The Norwegian Opera Orchestra. Anders Kjellberg Nilsson is widely recognised as one of Norway's most promising young violinists. Anders Rensvik is a member of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Yi Yang is a concertmaster of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra.

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