For Philip Guston

by Morton Feldman & The California EAR Unit

For Philip Guston cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 November 1997
  • Label: New Albion
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 4:25:20
  • Community rating: 4.27/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This definitive four-hour recording by The California EAR Unit captures the staggering, glacial minimalism of Morton Feldman's tribute to his friend, painter Philip Guston. The piece is incredibly sparse, calm, and meditative, utilizing delicate acoustic chamber arrangements to evoke a somber, avant-garde stillness.

Genres

Descriptors: minimalistic, instrumental, avant-garde, acoustic, minimal, experimental, chamber, long-form, delicate, atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 1 (19:05)
  2. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 2 (25:31)
  3. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 3 (14:08)
  4. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 4 (7:04)
  5. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 5 (16:15)
  6. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 6 (20:21)
  7. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 7 (15:12)
  8. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 8 (15:46)
  9. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 9 (17:22)
  10. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 10 (23:34)
  11. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 11 (12:35)
  12. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 12 (12:08)
  13. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 13 (22:36)
  14. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 14 (18:10)
  15. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 15 (12:19)
  16. For Philip Guston (1984): Part 16 (13:06)

Credits

  • Morton Feldman - primary artist, composed by
  • The California E.A.R. Unit - primary artist, performer
  • Ross Hudson - cover [cover design]
  • Bob Michaels - editor
  • Tom Erbe - editor, mastered by
  • Josef Kucera - engineer, recorded by
  • Mark Waldrep - engineer
  • Becky Starobin - executive-producer
  • David Starobin - executive-producer
  • Dorothy Stone - flute [flutes], producer
  • Alan Rich - liner notes
  • Arthur Jarvinen - percussion
  • Mel Melcon - photography by [photo of arthur jarvinen]
  • Martin Cohen - photography by [photo of dorothy stone]
  • Diane Alancraig - photography by [photo of gloria cheng-cochran]
  • Betty Freeman - photography by [photographs of morton feldman]
  • Gloria Cheng - piano, celesta
  • Akira Rabelais - technician [enhanced track director]
  • Brendon Cassidy - technician [windows director port]

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