Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns?
by Morton Feldman
- Type: Album
- Released: 1991
- Label: New Albion
- Country: United States
- Length: 53:39
- Community rating: 4.06/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This recording captures the profound, meditative stillness of Morton Feldman's avant-garde chamber music and modern classical compositions. Written in tribute to Mark Rothko, 'Rothko Chapel' utilizes incredibly sparse, somber choral arrangements and subtle dissonance to create a deeply mysterious and suspenseful acoustic space.
Genres
Descriptors: dissonant, avant-garde, choral, vocal, minimal, spirituality, percussive
Tracklist
- Rohtko Chapel 1 (9:06)
- Rothko Chapel 2 (4:35)
- Rothko Chapel 3 (2:56)
- Rothko Chapel 4 (4:38)
- Rothko Chapel 5 (2:52)
- Why Patterns? (29:29)
Credits
- Morton Feldman - primary artist, composed by, liner notes
- Todd Reamon - art direction
- Thendara Foundation - commissioned by [partially funded by]
- Mark Rothko - cover
- Mark Waldrep - edited by
- Tom Lazarus - edited by, engineer
- Foster Reed - executive-producer
- Walter Zimmermann - liner notes
- Carolyn Albiston - alto vocals
- Catherine Watson - alto vocals
- Claire Bolfing - alto vocals
- Damon E. Brown - alto vocals
- Dana Lewenthal - alto vocals
- Deborah Dietrich - alto vocals, soprano vocals, solo vocal [soloist]
- Francoise Debreu - alto vocals
- Leslie Mackenzie Blackie - alto vocals
- Linda Corum - alto vocals
- Ruth Mayeda - alto vocals
- Sharon Entwistle - alto vocals
- Wendy Zukas - alto vocals
- Alan Lewis - bass vocals
- Alex Fordyce - bass vocals
- Doug Strickler - bass vocals
- Greg Salmon - bass vocals
- Jeff Phillips - bass vocals
- Joseph Spencer - bass vocals
- Michel Galante - bass vocals
- Simon Andrews - bass vocals
- Stephen Meyer - bass vocals
- Steve Baron - bass vocals
- Takeshi Oda - bass vocals
- Victor Gavenda - bass vocals, directed by [chorus, assistant]
- Karen Rosenak - celesta
- University Of California Berkeley Chamber Chorus - chorus
- Philip Brett - directed by [chorus]
- William Winant - percussion, timpani, bass drum, vibraphone, wood block, gong, chimes, temple block, drum [tenor]
- Ann Millikan - soprano vocals
- Clena Benzoni - soprano vocals
- Elise Mills - soprano vocals
- Elizabeth Ronan - soprano vocals
- Jean Spencer - soprano vocals
- Johanna O'Dell - soprano vocals
- Katherine Peters - soprano vocals
- Kristie Foell - soprano vocals
- Mary Freeman - soprano vocals
- Susan Hedges - soprano vocals
- Torey Bookstein - soprano vocals
- Verna Van Solkema - soprano vocals
- Adam Blankman - tenor vocals
- Ching Chang - tenor vocals
- Daniel Kotin - tenor vocals
- Daniel Rosler - tenor vocals
- John Bradley - tenor vocals
- John Young - tenor vocals
- Kai Behrend - tenor vocals
- Mark Richards - tenor vocals
- Mitchell Morris - tenor vocals
- Trevor Weston - tenor vocals
- Tyler Cutforth - tenor vocals
- David Abel - viola