Milton Babbitt: An Elizabethan Sextette

Milton Babbitt (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 20, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Composers Recordings
• ASIN: B000005TTL
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #442,316 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly rich sound world, December 8, 1999

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Eleanor Schleifer (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Milton Babbitt: An Elizabethan Sextette (Audio CD)

Babbitt's music is very special in that it requires complete immersion while never ceasing to be graceful and uniquely brilliant in its interplay of pitches, rhythms and timbres. The performances are exemplary: I particularly recommend 'Vision and Prayer' sung by Bethany Beardsley to the accompaniment of electronic sound. Written during the genre's infancy, it is a work of scintillating originality, and despite its primitive sound resources, is yet to be matched in newer electronic works. I do also recommend Babbitt's 'Philomel' on the New World Records label.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply marvelous, August 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Milton Babbitt: An Elizabethan Sextette (Audio CD)

One of America's masters at his very best. Super performances by pianist Alan Feinberg. Elizabethan Sextette is an extraordinary work. I agree with the previous poster; it alone is worth the price of this excellent CD

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an excellent, varied Babbitt selection, May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Milton Babbitt: An Elizabethan Sextette (Audio CD)

The Elizabethan sextettes are worth the price of the CD alone. They are wonderfully sung and hauntingly beautiful. There's a really good choice of piano pieces too, spanning many decades of his life as a composer.