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A major work finally gets it's recording debut.,
This review is from: George Crumb 70th Birthday Album (Audio CD)
Ever since I read a review of the concert where George Crumb's Star Child was premiered I've been hoping that a recording would be forthcoming. In a sense, this is your typical Crumb work, with it's wild vocalise, it's unusual instrumental effects, it's mixture of tonal and atonal elements, and, most of all, it's aura of ritual and mystery. It also breaks new ground in it's scope (a large orchestra used sparingly) and layering of different musics. I particularly love the duet between the soprano and trombone ("Voices Crying in the Wilderness" indeed!) and the quietly estatic closing, with the strings soaring into their highest range. The guitar work shows a lighter and humorous side of Crumb's art and are a delight, as are the early songs (although there is only a hint of the composer's later style buried in them). Anyone interested in comtemporary music that is both innovative and deeply expressive should check into this disk.
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Impressive orchestral work from George Crumb,
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This review is from: George Crumb 70th Birthday Album (Audio CD)
What a perfect way to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of the twentieth century's great composers than with the release of "Star Child".The work starts with quiet string sounds similar to Charles Ives's "the Unanswered Question" and builds to an intense climax as in Crumb's own "Black Angels".The four conductors required for performing the piece make this an unlikely work to appear on standard orchestral programs.This CD is therefore an important documentation of a moving musical experience. Crumb's recent "Mundus Canis" is also heard and shows that the composer is still going strong after a brief creative slowing down in the '80s. This work features the composer performing on percussion with guitarist David Starobin. In addition to being an amusing musical portrait of Crumb's past family pets, the work features new explorations of guitar sounds similar to some of the earlier piano compositions of the '70s. This is a valuable addition to American classical recordings that for the most part contain Minimalist or serial related compositions
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An American Masterpiece,
This review is from: George Crumb 70th Birthday Album (Audio CD)
George Crumb's Star-Child is a very powerful music, to be ranked between
the best ever composed in the United States of America. Without favor, the Dies Irae can be matched in the same level with those composed by Mozart or Verdi.
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