Carter: Concerto for Orchestra

by Oliver Knussen

Carter: Concerto for Orchestra cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1992
  • Label: Virgin Classics
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:04:25
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Oliver Knussen conducts the London Sinfonietta in Elliott Carter's Concerto for Orchestra, recorded at Henry Wood Hall in London and coupled with the Three Occasions and the Violin Concerto, with Ole B枚hn as soloist. The record documents Knussen's close association with Carter, whose music he championed throughout his conducting career in Britain.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, complex, virtuosic, long-form, dissonant

Tracklist

  1. Clarinet Concerto: Scherzando (2:13)
  2. Clarinet Concerto: Deciso (2:01)
  3. Clarinet Concerto: Tranquillo (4:00)
  4. Clarinet Concerto: Presto (2:06)
  5. Clarinet Concerto: Largo (3:01)
  6. Clarinet Concerto: Giocoso (3:24)
  7. Clarinet Concerto: Agitato (2:03)
  8. Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei: 1. Partita (16:25)
  9. Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei: 2. Adagio tenebroso (17:30)
  10. Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei: 3. Allegro scorrevole (11:38)

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