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milton babbitt ordered list

A list of Milton Babbitt recorded works I've listened to. Just starting to log...

1. Clarinet Quintet (1995-96). Mark Lieb, The Phoenix Ensemble [2009 Innova. 1694 Spotify plays]. Alex Ross says Babbitt "has become generous, toward tradition and toward his listeners.:

aworks listening log :: july 8, 2018 @HedgehogMusic ‏

 Robert Ashley

• ✓ She Was a Visitor (1967). Robert Ashley [1967 Sony Music Entertainment]
• The Wolfman (1964). Robert Ashley [2008 Pogus Productions]. "gaining considerable reputation as a threat to the listener's health." It's definitely full of noise.

Sarah Davachi

• ✓ Mordents (2018). Sarah Davachi [2018 Recital Program]. Canadian composer studying musicology at UCLA.

Paul Epstein 

• ✓ Changes 6 (2013). R. Andrew Lee [2015 Irritable Hedgehog]

John Adams

• ✓ Hallelujah Junction (1998). Jeroen van Veen [2017 Brilliant Classics]

Terry Riley

• ✓ Simone's Lullaby (1994). Regina Myers. [2017 Irritable Hedgehog Music]. Score  of The Heaven Ladder, Book 7.

Lou Harrison

• ✓ Philemon and Baukis (1989). [1992 Amarc, LLC.]

George Crumb

• ✓ Pastoral Drone (1982). Gregory D'Agostino [2006 Bridge Records, Inc.] 

Alan Hovhaness

• ✓ Hymn to Yerevan (1969). Central Washington University Wind Ensemble, Larry Gookin, Keith Brion, Mark Goodenberger [2018 Naxos]. "A stirring and mysterious work with direct emotional appeal."

Michael Hersch

• Violin Concerto (2015). Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Tito Muñoz, International Contemporary Ensemble [2018 New Focus Recordings].  "a composer of brutally honest music"
• end stages (2016). Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Tito Muñoz, International Contemporary Ensemble [2018 New Focus Recordings]

 

aworks listening log :: july 7, 2018

John Adams

• Absolute Jest (2011/12). Doric String Quartet, Peter Oundjian, Royal Scottish National Orchestra [2018 Chandos]
• American Berserk (2001). Jeroen van Veen [2017 Brilliant Classics]
• ✓ Hallelujah Junction (1998). Jeroen van Veen [2017 Brilliant Classics]
• Naive and Sentimental Music (1997-98). Peter Oundjian, Royal Scottish National Orchestra [2018 Chandos]
• Phyrgian Gates (1977/78). Jeroen van Veen [2017 Brilliant Classics]
• ✓ China Gates (1977). Jeroen van Veen [2017 Brilliant Classics]

Julius Eastman

• Buddha (1984). Kukuruz Quartet [2018 Intakt Records]. And a vocal version on Soundcloud.
• Fugue No. 7 (1983). Kukuruz Quartet [2018 Intakt Records]. Minimalism is now "venerable." 
• ✓ Evil Nigger (1979). Kukuruz Quartet [2018 Intakt Records]. “a basicness, a fundamentalness, and eschews that thing which is superficial or—what can we say?—elegant.”

Bernard Herrmann

• ✓ Cape Fear (1962). Bernard Herrmann Studio Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann [Classical Pages]
• The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956). Bernard Herrmann Studio Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann [Classical Pages] 

Samuel Barber

• String Quartet (1935-36). The Alexander Quartet [1992 Amplitude CD]. Canonic second movement, of course.
• Serenade (1942). The Alexander Quartet [1992 Amplitude CD]. It's his Opus 1.

Aaron Copland

• Movement for String Quartet (1923). The Alexander Quartet [1992 Amplitude CD]
• Two Pieces (1928). The Alexander Quartet [1992 Amplitude CD]

George Gershwin

• ✓ Lullaby (1948). The Alexander Quartet [1992 Amplitude CD]

Notable Spotify plays: Fugue No. 7 33561, Absolute Jest 22731, Cape Fear 2586, Naive and Sentimental Music 1794

aworks listening log :: july 6, 2018

Julius Eastman

• ✓  Gay Guerrilla (1980). Kukuruz Quartet [2018 Intakt Records]. New recording adds to the reputation of the late composer. Kyle Gann on Eastman.

Frederic Rzewski

• ✓  Coming Together (1971). NakedEye Ensemble [2018 Starkland]. Not like any other version.

Christian Wolff

• Rhapsody (2009). National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic [2018 Naxos]
• John, David (1998). Robyn Schulkowsky, SWR Symphony Orchestra [2018 Anthology of Recorded Music, Inc.] 

Patrick Higgins

• Dossier (2017). Patrick Higgins [2018 Other People]. Composer & guitarist recording live although it's not guitar-like at first glance.

Hans Zimmer 

• Mountains (From "Interstellar")  (2014). Grissini Project [2018 Grissini Project]. They play cover versions of film music etc. 

Stephen Stucky

• Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (2003). National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic [2018 Naxos]. Numerous explicit musical influences.

John Harbison 

• Symphony No.  4 (2003). National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic [2018 Naxos]. Wikipedia: 'Lisa Hirsch of the San Francisco Classical Voice wrote, "It's an engrossing work, full of interesting detail and structural experimentation..."'

Bernard Herrmann 

• Concerto Macabre for Piano and Orchestra (From "Hangover Square")  (1945). [1974 Sony Music Entertainment]

Carl Ruggles

• Sun-treader  (1931). National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic [2018 Naxos]. His best known work. 

Notable Spotify plays: Symphony No. 4 53406, Mountains 15384, Hanover Square 2297