Composer(s): Meltzer, Harold
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Genre: Chamber Music; Vocal
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.559660
Barcode: 636943966020
Release Date: 10/2010

MELTZER, H.: Brion / Sindbad / Exiles (Cygnus Ensemble, Peabody Trio, Sequitur, Shirley-Quirk, Baker, Hostetter)

The works on this disc are representative of Harold Meltzer’s unique sensibility, profound imagination and inquisitive musical mind, quickened both by the things of the world and by a wide range of music, including the works of Franco Donatoni and the Stravinsky of Agon. Brion was praised by the 2009 Pulitzer Prize jury as ‘a graceful, sensual and contemplative experience’, the ‘inexorable emotional power’ of Two Songs from Silas Marner impressed The New York Times, The Oxford Times described Sindbad as ‘a startling and deeply interesting modern work’, while The Boston Globe declared that ‘Exiles goes immediately onto this year’s must-hear-again list.’

Tracklist

Meltzer, Harold
Cygnus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Baker, James (Conductor)
1 I. — 06:13
Cygnus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Baker, James (Conductor)
2 II. — 10:33
Cygnus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Baker, James (Conductor)
3 III. — 01:00
Cygnus Ensemble (Ensemble)
Baker, James (Conductor)
Meltzer, Harold
Eliot, George - Lyricist
Farnum, Elizabeth (soprano)
Hesselink, Gregory (cello)
4 No. 1. At Night Came His Revelry 03:52
Farnum, Elizabeth (soprano)
Hesselink, Gregory (cello)
5 No. 2. The Bewilderment of Waking 03:51
Farnum, Elizabeth (soprano)
Hesselink, Gregory (cello)
Meltzer, Harold
Barthelme, Donald - Lyricist
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
6 I. The Beach 03:35
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
7 II. Classroom 02:58
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
8 III. Sindbad's Wives Look Back 01:41
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
9 IV. The Beaux-Arts Ball 03:17
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
10 V. Tennis 02:06
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
11 VI. At Night 02:10
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
12 VII. Experience 03:33
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
13 VIII. Water Cannon 02:49
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
14 IX. Waltzes 00:58
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
15 X. Teaching 03:06
Shirley-Quirk, John (narrator)
Peabody Trio (Ensemble)
Meltzer, Harold
Crane, Hart - Lyricist
Aiken, Conrad - Lyricist
Lalli, Richard (baritone)
Sequitur (Ensemble)
Hostetter, Paul (Conductor)
16 I. Exile 11:37
Lalli, Richard (baritone)
Sequitur (Ensemble)
Hostetter, Paul (Conductor)
17 II. Exile (after the Chinese) 03:21
Lalli, Richard (baritone)
Sequitur (Ensemble)
Hostetter, Paul (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:06:40