John Harbison: The Rewaking, String Quartet No. 3, Fantasia on a Ground

The Lydian String Quartet (Artist, Composer), John Harris Harbison (Composer, Performer), none (Conductor, Orchestra), Dominique Labelle (Orchestra), Lydian String Quartet; Dominique Labelle (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: John Harris Harbison, Lydian String Quartet; Dominique Labelle
• Orchestra: none, Dominique Labelle
• Conductor: none
• Composer: The Lydian String Quartet, John Harris Harbison
• Audio CD (August 28, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Musica Omnia
• ASIN: B00005NHK2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #278,422 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

New York Times review of mo0110: John Harbison's "The Rewaking" John Harbison: The Rewaking Lydian String Quartet with Dominique Labelle Musica Omnia mo0110 (2 discs) December 23, 2001 NEW YORK TIMES ANTHONY TOMMASINI'S PICKS The Year in Classical Music 1. VERDI: `FALSTAFF' Bryn Terfel, Thomas Hampson; Berlin Philharmonic, conducted by Claudio Abbado (Deutsche Grammophon; two CD's). Though there are several classic recordings of Verdi's miraculous final opera, this new one takes its place among the best. Mr. Abbado elicits a bustling and transparent performance, and Mr. Terfel owns the title role. The entire cast is superb, especially Dorothea Roschmann as Nanetta and Mr. Hampson as Ford. 2. EARL KIM: VOCAL WORKS Benita Valente and Karol Bennett, sopranos; Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble, directed by Scott Yoo (New World). Here is an entrancing program of works for voice, narrator and chamber ensemble by Kim, the California-born composer of Korean heritage, who died in 1998. He was a gentle genius whose aesthetic valued precision, lucidity and the beauty of a single sound. Ms. Valente and Ms. Bennett are superb. 3. GLUCK: ITALIAN ARIAS Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano; Akademie fÃur Alte Musik Berlin, directed by Bernhard Forck (Decca). Working with the excellent Berlin Academy for Old Music, Ms. Bartoli offers a revelatory program of little-known arias from Gluck's early period (titled ``Dreams and Fables''), all to librettos of Metastasio. Ms. Bartoli is in top form. 4. JUDITH WEIR: `A NIGHT AT THE CHINESE OPERA' Various singers; Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Parrott (NMC; two CD's). Released in Europe in 2000, this recording of the English composer Judith Weir's scintillating 1987 opera within an opera did not arrive in the United States until this year. The story, to a libretto by Ms. Weir, tells of a troupe of actors drafted into building defenses against floods in 13th-century China. They enact a play, ``The Chou Family Orphan,'' that discombob --New York Times