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CARTER, E.: String Quartets (Complete) / 100th Anniversary Release (3CD+1DVD Box Set Release) Reviews
CARTER, E.: String Quartets (Complete) / 100th Anniversary Release (3CD+1DVD Box Set Release) Reviews
| 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:  Elliott Carter on Naxos, By This review is from: CARTER, E.: String Quartets (Complete) / 100th Anniversary Release (3CD+1DVD Box Set Release) (Audio CD) In celebration of the 100th birthday of the American composer Elliott Carter (1908 -2008), the budget-priced Naxos label released on two separate CDs Carter's five string quartets performed by the Pacifica Quartet. On Carter's birthday (December 8, 2008), Naxos released a CD of ten varied works for solo instruments, small ensembles, and chamber orchestra performed by the New Music Concerts Ensemble of Toronto under its director Robert Aitken, a long-time friend of the composer. This CD was accompanied by a DVD including discussions between Aitken and Carter and rehearsals of some of the works on the CD. The three CDs and the DVD have been combined in this attractive Naxos set which offers the listener the opportunity to hear a good deal of the music of this difficult, controversial composer. The quartets in particular constitute seminal works of late 20th Century music which receive inspired performances from the Pacifica Quartet. The recording of the first and fifth... Read more 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Pacifica QT: Elliott Carter: String Quartets, Plus: Tough-Minded, ... Rewarding?..., By This review is from: CARTER, E.: String Quartets (Complete) / 100th Anniversary Release (3CD+1DVD Box Set Release) (Audio CD) Let's mention the tough-mindedness of these varied works, right off. No concessions to an easy populism - rather notable for a modern 20th century composer who started out sounding like Aaron Copland? Still. Carter's string quartets are not necessarily any more difficult - to the mind, heart, or ear - than, say, Bartok's quartets, Schoenberg's quartets, and/or Anton Webern. On the nice sides? Well, an consummate expertise in writing for his instruments, among other things - like a permeating cleanness and directness that may connote quintessential American music to some ears at least. The drama and the lyric gestures are indeed concentrated - and in that respect, both Bartok and Webern come quickly to mind. The third disc of quirkier short but varied pieces somehow connotes Charles Ives to me, mainly by way of the humor and experimentalisms. If you are already a fan listener to the other 20th century chamber composers mentioned as associates, you may... Read more |
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