Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment [Box set]

Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment [Box set]

On this CD:

1. Only, for voice
Composed by Morton Feldman

2. Projection 1, for solo cello
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Taco Kooistra

3. Projection 2, for flute, trumpet, violin, cello & piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer
Conducted by James Fulkerson

4. Projection 3, for 2 pianos
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer, Philip Corner

5. Projection 4, for violin & piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

6. Projection 5, for 3 flutes, trumpet, piano, violin & cello
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer, Tomoko Mukaiyama
Conducted by James Fulkerson

7. Intersection 2, for piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

8. Intersection 3, for piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

9. Intersection 4, for cello
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Taco Kooistra

10. Piece for Four Pianos, for 4 pianos
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

11. Two Pianos, for 2 pianos
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

12. Piano Four Hands, for 1 piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

13. Piano Piece (to Philip Guston), for piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

14. Durations 1, for alto flute, piano, violin, & cello
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer, Taco Kooistra

15. Durations 2, for cello & piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer, Taco Kooistra

16. Durations 3, for tuba, violin & piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

17. Durations 4, for violin, cello & vibraphone
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Taco Kooistra

18. Durations 5, for violin, cello, horn, vibraphone, harp & piano/celeste
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer, Frank Denyer, Taco Kooistra

19. Vertical Thoughts 1, for 2 pianos
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

20. Vertical Thoughts 2, for violin & piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

21. Vertical Thoughts 3, for soprano & chamber ensemble
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer, Frank Denyer, James Fulkerson, Taco Kooistra
Conducted by James Fulkerson

22. Vertical Thoughts 4, for piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer

23. Vertical Thoughts 5, for soprano, violin, tuba, percussion & celeste
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer
Conducted by James Fulkerson

24. Voice and Instruments II, for female voice, clarinet, cello & bass
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by John Anderson, Taco Kooistra, Lucia Meeuwsen
Conducted by James Fulkerson

25. Instruments 1, for alto flute, oboe, trombone, celesta & percussion
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Philip Corner, James Fulkerson
Conducted by James Fulkerson

26. Voice, Violin and Piano, for female voice, violin & piano
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by Frank Denyer, Lucia Meeuwsen

27. Instruments 3, for flute, oboe & percussion
Composed by Morton Feldman

Conducted by James Fulkerson

28. Bass Clarinet and Percussion, for bass clarinet, cymbals & gong
Composed by Morton Feldman
Performed by John Anderson

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com essential recording
Every aspect of this 3-CD collection, from its breadth to its precise sound to its expansive booklet to its bargain price, is top-notch. Morton Feldman's compositions, from the starkest to the most intense, have deserved a collection of this nature for decades. To hear the string of five-part pieces (Projection, Durations, and Vertical Thoughts) laid end to end is amazingly instructive. Feldman excels from his earliest at the study of pitch relationships and intricate, luminescent structures. And the Barton Workshop shows this off with a blush of restraint as they pull together Feldman's odd mix of sonorities (flute, trumpet, violin, cello, and piano on Projection 2; violin, tuba, and piano on Durations 3; flute, oboe, trombone, celeste, and percussion on Instruments I) without breaching the seamwork Feldman so carefully wove around his studies. As this set progresses, the study advances from one focused on pitches and timbres to one focused on sonic dynamics beyond categorization. An early John Cage acolyte, Feldman is painted by these pieces more definitively than ever as a more concise, unflinching thinker. The music floats, surely and unwaveringly, but it punctures the air with atonalities that seem drawn from an entirely different musical language. --Andrew Bartlett

Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment, Music, Taco Kooistra, John Anderson, Morton Feldman, James Fulkerson, Anne La Berge, Ulrike von Meier, Lucia Meeuwsen, Frank Denyer, Philip Corner, Tomoko Mukaiyama, Cello Solo, Cello with Keyboard, Chamber, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Keyboard, Keyboard Music for More Than One Player, Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Mixed Chamber Ensemble with Keyboard, Music for Four Hands at One Keyboard, Music for Two Keyboards, Quintet for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard, Solo Voice(s) and Small Ensemble, Trio for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard, Violin with Keyboard, Vocal

Morton Feldman: The Ecstasy of the Moment [Box set]

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